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.UME XXXX. .... . !
CAMDEN- SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MAY 4. 192* ' ?
NUMBER 6.
morial Day Comes
| iursday,May Tenth
anuria! day come* this year on
iday, May 1 Oth, and the program
pnembcr the veteran* of the
begins with the annual dinner
:30 to be served at the Prenbyi
,Sunday School rooan to the
ins and widows of veterans of
War by the John D. Kennedy
ler United Daughters of the
deracy.
i meeting will be called to ordi
Mayor P. DuBose, at 4:80
and invocation by He v. J. p.
m. -A chorus will lead in the
I -df "America," and the aaago
will be asked to join in the
g. The speaker of the after*
rill bo Rev. George Pierce Watltd
a groat treat is in store its
Watson is a speaker Of ffnsat
ality and power. Rev. I. deL.
law will announce the winner
five dollars given hy the C. IB.
apter for the beet assay ?n
i Hampton," written fey * Gamgh
School student,
ie" will be sung by a chorus
It benediction will he proumjiie the
Rov. A. D. MoArn. '
rale is to be a feature um "the
Am and the order <of march <will
at 3:30 from the Camden
I Library led % Messrs. L.
W' and H. G. Garrison, Jr.,
d by the Wateree Mill ibcmd.
lomes the CoBfedertfte > veterans
decorated in the -colors up.f t^he
leracy. The Sons of Veterins
Id by the U. D. ?C, members.
Aaughters of the American
Ition, Spanish American war
As, American Legion and World
leterans, the Legion Auxiliary,
Iny M. S. C. Nitttonal Guard,
Ihe Boy Scouts. /At the old
house the school children wall
I line snd continue the march
I speakers Ktanii. 1
lorgaBizations titkiog .part
treses are requesjUad'
1 at the Camden rt>ub]tf^ Lib
3:50 o'clock and' thd schoS!
are roqwrttelcl ;toobf**t the '
B^ikonsr at 4:00 o^lock.
jWhing at Casshtt. , 'l1
of the :Oassatt Baptist
"notified rfchbt* there *ill '
^Aarices field At Lthht CCharrch
?ay Bth, aU3; o'fclodk in
Bnwn ?nd again at 7:3? in
The services will be
^B the Apv. James" Howter,
Wr' aT!(i wry meihlber. of the
to be present.
B*V* Mill atb Met j '
B" *31 Democratic dub met
H 2Kth and reorganized by
; - *uiin, president; W. P.
v,ce president; G. West,
A,M E- Afangum, execu
B1' eeman- delegates tottfhe
Bmvcfltl0n ^re> Qi- C. Joyaer, Bp(,,j
s L. Mangum, J. E.
H ' Mangum, H. D. ThompK.J
ub, went 'on record as
B . en*? mr 'Newton K?tB
J'US(' *'r ^prosentatiVes.
Puss Over 1
wjfaves Herei j
planet
ht*ry formation passed
B Vast Sunday Afternoon fl
?rlock ?"oing north. In *
th*re were said to*
while others had *
Kn v nTlle planes *were enE
h Tems, to *
B '<t Fayette Wile, N. C., 1
s anouvera there this week. 1
rof ?k t*ne* c<mld *et a c
1(' Moseley house Ahd t
Kich 7 ,,vhile th fire was 1
h de?tr?yed thl. old tend- t
B^'t^diit Church ' v
E ,; near Hampton J
E ^;c;WaUon, pastoK.
Kins-, School, 10 a. <
Enh I "'r a11 8ydes and B
? :hh at 7*17 p. m., .
Bbecol >0Un? P^P1? are >?- ?
H ,, membe^ Public h
bv ;h;Vm and 8:00 p. rn,
^Arv;, o Pastor. Morning C
' c.P?c,al Significance of a
from 11
Br ' I
Summer Golf Opens
This Afternoon
The Hummer golf season opens hero
in glamorous style this afternoon at
three o'clock when the Young Men'*
Business League, sponsoring the
movement again this year, will play
hoBt at an open-house celebration for
every follower of the sport in Camden.
Plans as announced Thursday afternoon
include an offering of lowscore
prises for both ladies and
gentlemen and a driving content for
gentlemen in addition to orchestral
music with tables arranged for cards
throughout the afternoon at the <club
house.
Beginning at five-thirty <o'olock refreshments
WiU toe awwtd complimentary
anji following many arc expected
to appear iti ttoe tlllb's ballroom
for dancing. The committee on
entertaimnent is wwu&iHg under direction
of Mrs. C. A. Dunn.
Added color is promised for the i
the OpObtng afternoon 'With the anfidUhCOttftfht
from the chairman's of-1
lice yesterday thdt Tom Willingham,
youthful protege 'of Cmmden's finest!
Winter golfing talent, will make his
first formal appearance as professional
for the club durllig the coming
summer months.
Golf in Camden last summer was
one uf the "most delightful recreations
afforded and, through arrangement1
with "owners pf the club, it again hp j
pears to merit an enthusiastic "reception
by townspeople and visitors I
to the city.
This season's executive committee
is composed of B. M. Smith, chairman;
'<*i T. Little, Jr., secretary;
W. "L. DePass, Jr., W. L. Goodale,:
C. C. Whitaker, Jr., "A.'lL'Iloykshi and i
M/L/Smith, Jr.
W. Sheorn and Son
*,, ?/Open Store Tvdag
to 1 " ?* >
One of the snappiest jrdvettteerneirts
appearing in The Chronicle today
is that of W. "Sheurn and Sob, a
new'"firm, bidding ftrr the trade 'Of
Oamden and Kerdhaw couaty. They
are" located in the store Itormerly "occupied
by the defunct ddllar Store, i
and occupied for many years by W.
31. Watkins, as a meat market.
< It was the pleasure of a Chronicle
representative to vhsft fH? stone V before
its opepfrig, and they have on
t"hei? shelves a "brand new 'h>t of
goods that they are offering thetpubnne.
It is an innovation in the line of
dry goods, as they ane mdwocUfrng the
c*dh and carry sys'tem.
Their goods are prominently" and
neatly displayed, with cash prices
thrtt will moire Ihem. They ^have
bought irta conservative way and:they
bid fair to get a good dhare .iff.the
caA trade of tibss tawm and ucommuxifcy.
fVesbjtcrki Oomrfh States
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A wery interesting program was
;iven art Sunday Sefcatf last fittuiay
morning by the Cradle Sail department.
The pi ngi? wwb fl?epared
iqy Mrs. Sill the Superintendent
of this department, ft canlisted
of ssongn, recitations, and th$
presentation of Cradle Boll OBoetiftrates.
Mart 4)1 of thejnfeies <cft?fafi
songregation weT? present and then
gerciee was very Inspiring. F
fOne hundred and seven were -etfc j
3*pday Sebodl last Sunday. The
neu's class stfltl leads all elaaites in
ittejidance. The president of tSW*
lass has a chart prepared to record ?
hew*wk-fcb?t istoeingdonebythetop J
earns. The oaptamV are challenged J
o make their teams the winner each
tandyy.
iVe "Men of the Church" meet j
rith Tt Mills Tuesday evening f
fay 8/?i eight o'clock.
"Mother's Day" will toe remembered
In our Sunday Sebool Sundayy ,
fay 13. ' Every mother ndll be sent ^
, special invitation to be present and #
axjoy th,e exercises given in their j
onor. g
A picnic will be given the Senior
Dtrto^n Endeavor Friday afternoon p
4 some nearby % place. The jemng ^
eopte are aeked to meet at the Sonay
School room Friday afternoon,
fay;at six o'clock. Cam wiH
e ptovided for aM.
Junior Christian Endeavor meets b
Unday afternoon's at 3 p. m. f<
The Seuior Christian Endeavor d
UIj1l 'inuiHi itlUM *m ^ Hutor j
ianfty Abroad." Ttos leader will be tl
High Honor8 Come
To County Students
Among the thirty-six students of ]
.the University of North Carolina who!
were initiated into the Phi Beta
Kappa fraternity last week at
I Chapel Hill were found the names of
E. 1). Blakeney, Jr., of Camden, S. C.,
and R. H. Hayes, of Kershaw. This
is said to be the highest honor that
comes to any student, and out of a
student body of more than three
thousand only thirty-six attained this (
distinction. Students In order to get
into this fraternity have to make an
average of 92 1-2 on all studies which
covers t period of three yean*.
The Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
was founded at William and Mary
College at Williamsburg, Virginia in
1776. The 'Society was at first a secret
society but in 1826 it become nonsecret
tfhd purely honorary in character,
admitting to membership certain
'small proportion ot the scholars
of high standing in each class?only
in classical courses Usually and with
fWS exceptions only in graduating
classes.
This is the highest Literary Fraternity
in the country and only a
'small proportion of the colleges of
the country are eligible to confer the
Phi Beta. Kappa key which is" worn
by members.
Speaking before the student body,
Dr. Archibald Henderson, who deCy
jlivered the principal address at the
jinitiation ceremonies, said:
"Without natural endowment no
(person can attain the summit. An in|
dividual, a people may be improved1
| by ameliorating the envrrowment";
talent and capacity may be repressed
and remain submerged through the
lack of favorable opportunity. &Ut
true genius, authentic greatness,
overleap all barriers of envrrotrment
and overcome all obstacles of society.
Environment is only a relative 'factor,
promotive or prohibitive. iBio-.
logy always trirrmpbs over Kociohjgy."
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Many Changes In I^ocal "Retfl "Eatate
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Mr. W. C. Beagle haB sold his in-1
terests in the gravel company 'on the
Wateree "River to Messrs. J. TL Zemp i
and T. K. Trotter of this city. The
other owner of ftofig property is Mr. j
L. O. Ftmdeiibu A of thin city. Quite
a large amount of money 'has been
spent on this project 'in construction
of a railway line ahd'^power 'line to
the banks of the river. It is thought,
that the output of sand and "gravel
will begin m quite a volume shortly.
Sixty-three and one-half acres of
land Wardering the "Wateree river
near the bridge, "known as the 'Chipley
lands and more recently callod-the
Riverside Farms Compauy, has been
sold to RLE. "Holland.
Six hundred and fifteen acres belonging
to "F. M. WoOten and "known
as the Itedbarik Farms, wear Boy kin
Mill, has keen ?old to X.*B. Ogfcurn.
. All of the above property was ssoFd
through X. <C. .'Shaw, Of the red! estate
agency of C. P. DuBose A 1C0.,
and is said to represent an expend!- .
ture of smnmd gnO.OOQ.
Back Yard Flock
Wins High Honors
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There f1* JMfi reports sent in t*
the poultry dijrision of Clem son t)dlkege
monthly lepiwcptiH' a total of ;
50,689 hens of various breeds. Mr. \
W. R. Rosier, of "Bethune, S. tJ. has ^
hp-distinction of baring come second'
n the percentage of production for
jbe month of March for rfU breeds, (
ritb an average of 2fi,7 ^ggSLMSPtn - A
wired with 26*.4 eggs per bird of .Joe t
"hrifetm, of Gaffney. By this achieve. nent
Mr. Hosier's flock win* first l
rlace for back yard flocks of from }
ive to fifty hens. _
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Democratic Club To Meet ?
J. F. West, president of the Char- v
>tte Thompson Democratic Clnb calls e
meeting of the. members at Char- \
otte Thompson school bouse for *
laturday, May 6th at 2 o'clock in the f
fternoon. The meeting is for. gift
urpose of re-organizing and electing 0
elegates to the County Convention. J
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Fiddler's Convention Ik
I
An old time fiddler's convention will v
p held st Piedmont School house, s d
m miles north of Camden on Thurs- 6
ay eveaing, May Ifith, to wfcfckffee h
uWif is Invited. The procaede of if
be entertainment wiU go for ths n
Slayer of Woman
Given a Pardon
Andrew C. Baker, Kershaw, convicted
of murder with recommendation
to mercy and sentenced in March,
1918, by the late Judge R. W.(
Memminger to life imprisonment, was
yesterday granted a parole during
good behavior by Governor Jokp %.
Richards.
This case, which has been brought
before three governors?R. A.
Cooper, Thomas 0. McIx;od and John
G. Richards?extracted much attention
in Kershaw county at the time
of the trial and the hearing was followed
by large crowds, according to
newspaper accounts of the affair.
Baker was charged with the mur- j
der of Lucy Marsh after she had been I
tried and cleared of the charge of
killing the wife of Baker. Essie
i Estelle Baker. It was alleged in the
petition set before Governor Rich-1
| ards that Baker was convicted on
circumstantial evidence and that hi
did not go on the stand in his own
defense.
The records show that after Lucy
j Marsh had been acquitted of the
(charge of murder in connection with
: the death of Estelle Baker, wife o?
Andrew C. Baker, who was killed in
September, 1917, while she was gathering
grapes in the woode near her
home, she?Lucy Marsh?with the
(Other members of her family was
(driving along in a wagon preparatory
to leaving the country, they
having lived for some years on the
farm of G. J. Baker, which adjoined
the farm of Andrew Baker. Lucy
Marsh at this time was shot "by
some unknown persqti" and later
Baker was arreted, trted, and found
quilty of murder with rectrnntiendation
to mercy. The jury hearing the
case ajraintft Bnkor was owmpoKed of
David Wolfe, foreman; B. H. Hunter,
A. J- Tftrrtter, R. B. Ross, W.
BowdU, S. <C. "W^est, James Raboo,
H. T. THaTjgwm, A. Hyatt, W. H.
Blartowell, V. D- Eastridge, and W.
H. <OdIUsr, *e<jwding to records in
the ;gr>v?morb? 'efftce.
j In April, 1928, the board of parjdons
recommended that Baker be
paarcfrmed.
| Among the ipapers in the record,
is ^one clipped from a neWspapexl
j which sdta tbrth that Baker, while
a prisoner, Kent *>10 to be trsed hi
| any way 'Seemed advisable for the
xdltdf of 'these vHro lost .loved ones,
in the Cleveland school fire.?FrideyV
C&ohrmbia State. , ;
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To Assemble Near'Library
'L. A. Wittkowsky, Oommander of
(4vmp Jumjph B. Kershaw, eon* of
ISon'federate "Veterans, has issued the
fallowing notice: \
""All memfbers of Camp Joseph R.
Kershaw, Saiw df ton federate Veterans
-arte earnestly requested to assemble
near -pdWic library on Thursday,
"May IRlh, sit "3:80 p. m., to take a
part in the parade to the Cemetery
for the "Memorial exercise*. All
nsesriberrRavlng cars are requested to
brhjg them, and take some of the
raemibers, r#ho rare not provided with
oanu"? - Camden
Home Is
SLetst in Flames
Flames pf unknown origin ?any
Sunday afternoon claimed an esti- '
mated toll of "f20,000 to the town
house and furnishings of J. L. Moseley.
.
The home which faced Caonden'a
lib 1 uiikapi Monument square was 1
>ne of the city's prettiest places and 1
( a furtriehinga and-ftxtures were con- 1
jidered among the dnest. ?' 1
'The local volunteer Are department
fought doggedly for more than an
lour and their work once bordered
>nto the spectacular when members \
?f Its crew replaced a broken section \
it hose in less than forty .seconds. fl
. The loos is protected by insurance j
iccording to members of the family.
The destruction of this house reaoires
another of Camden's old landnarks.
It Is said that the house was o
tilR by Mr. Gsmewell, the inventor ^
JT the Gsmewell fire alarm system, *
rho later moved hit residence to New A
fyrtr. The - property, then came into *
he possession of the late Major and I
Irs. W. 8, Leitner. Mrs. Leitper si
rid UM TNdkflnff to Camden school 6
Mtrict and the building was used C
ftr many years as a high school d
sliding. Mr; MoseIey~had the build- tl
? remodeled on the inside and had p
he house Mdf furnished, making g
f?? mmt i iPPM^BBg^TWBg
four il/e(i Jailed
For Injuring Woman
Mrs. Jack Lang ley of the Lockhart i
section of this county ih in a critical
condition in a locul hospital suffering
concussion of the brain, a broken
jawbone, broken hip and severe
bruises about the body while four
white men are being held in the Kershaw
county jail pending the outcome
of her injuries.
At first it Wft? reported here that
Mr?. Langley had been hurt when
struck down toy a passing automobilb
but officers Investigating the case
have obtained evidence which shows
that the injuries were not of an accidental
nature. The woman is said
to have left her home Saturday night
in company with three male companions
and later returned to her
home by the same men after she was
injured.
No effort was made by members of
the party to obtain medical relief for
the woman the night of the accident,
it is stated, but on Sunday afternoon
an ambulance was ordered to her
home and she was placed in the hospital
here where she has remained in
a v semiconscious condition according
to reports.
Among the men being held in the
jail here in connection with the ac-1
cident is Henry Truesdale against
whom Mrs. Larvgley was expected to
testify 111 his approaching trial for
the murder of his father, Lem Truesdale,
near here several weeks ago.
Othere confined In jail here include
Will Boone, Lee Miller, and Lewis
Moss, alias Lewis Boone, all of whom
reside in the Lockhart section about
ten miles northeast of this city.
Members of the state constabulary
are here to co-operate with the forces
of Sheriff J. H. McLeod and additional
arrests are expected to follow./ ,
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Many New S
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Welcomes these new readers into our
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' Banks. Will fie Closed
The three banks of Camden will be
closed on next Thursday, May' 10th, {
as that is Memorial Day. The public .
is requested to bear this "hi mind and ,
make^ deposits, on Wednesday. -7
"Always in Trouble" '
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A play entitled "Always in Trou-'
>le" will be given by the members of 1
he Midway High School, near Cos- 1
att, on Friday evening, May 4th, at *
1:15 o'clock. i
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Widow Cets Check For $1,000 c
Mrs. Charlotte S. Sinclair, widow r
f the late Mr. James D.. Sinclair t
rho died less than two weeks ago, a
raa presented with a check frotn the \
fijiaa . Insurance Company, repreented
in Camden by Mrs. Annie S. y
)avid?on for $1,000 with interest
ince the day
fiyme a ^Wm^yee of the
Camden Democrats
Name Delegates
Democrat!] of Camden, meeting at
the county court house Saturday
afternoon, selected officers for unbther
year and named forty-one representatives
to the county convention
to be held here Monday but did not
instruct delegates in state or national
issues.
L. T. Mills under whose direction
the meeting was held wan unanimously
elected president of the Camden
club and Wylie Sheornxwas named
secretary. Three vice-presidents
were selected, these being L. A. Wittkowsky,
I. C. Hough and George A.
Greed.
H. D. Niles was elected to represent
Camden as a * member of the
county Democratic executive committee.
The president with other officers
of the club was empowered to appoint
the committee on enrollment
and such other committees as might
be deemed necessary or expedient.
Delegates to the county convention
were named as follows: G. C. Welsh,
L. T. Mills, W. R. Hough, J. H. Clyburn,
B. E. Sparrow, J. H. McLeod,
H. D. Niles, J. F. McDowell, C. W.
Birchmore, R. E. Stevenson, G. F.
Cooley, W. L. De-Pass, Jr., T. K. Trotter,
M. L. Smith, G. A. Creed, Wylie
Sheorn, M. L. Smith, Jr., T. D. Huggins,
O. J. Smyrl, W. A. Clarke, B.
M, Smith, W. L. Jackson, L. J. Whitaker,
David Wolfe, Leon Schlosburg,
C. P. DuBose, T. J. Kirkland, C. C.
Whitaker, L. A. Kirkland, D. V. Dixon,
J. R. Goodale*, L. A. Wittkowsky,
I. C. Hough, H. G. Carrison, Jr., W.
L. Rush, J. B. Zemp, W. T. Redfearn,
E. C. Zemp, James Sheorn,
R. M. Kennedy, J. Whitaker, Jr.
r Camden Shrlnern Attend Big Meet
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Ida* Shrine c$rt>Cnd drw
this city Sunday afternoon
national .convention being staffed in
Miami, Fla. The party left in a special
car over the Northwestern rail-,
way for Silmter Where connections
were made with the Atlantic Coast
Line's Shrine Special to Miami.
Members of the drum corps include
A. S. Llewellyn, Frank Campbell,
G. A. Creed, W. F. Nettles, SL
B. Beard, M. H. Deal, J. R. Goodale,
I). J, Creed, T. V. Walsh, Jr., and
others forming the Camden delegation
include C. P. DuBose, Carl Roaa.borough,
J. H. McLeod, J. H. Clyburn,.
H. L. Schlosburg, Dr. W. R. Clyburn,
John W. Wilson,1 A. E. Millet, Roland'
R. Goodale, J. E. RosS, W. D. Barrett,
R. Rabin, H. G. Rrown, Mrs. A. S..
Llewellyn and Mrs. H.4L Brown.
Humphries Heads V Group
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Frank Humphries, of Oamden, was
elected president of the Wofford College
Young Men's Christian Association
at the April student body -meeting
V>f. that institution held in the
Chapel at Spartanburg last Saturday
morning.
iiiiii iiiii 'vry Base
Ball Season
Opens Saturday
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Camden'# baseball season openaSaturday,
May 5, at four o'clock when
the Wate&e Mills tedm Will play v
Oakland Mills of Newberry. Among
the line-up for the start of what
promises to be a most successful
season for. the local -outfit will b?r
many former Camden "High school*
players including Hubert Brown, Ed
Barnes^ Skinner. M^oro, Moseley and
Sanders. Others to take .a prominmt
part will be Clyde Baker, Herb
Lynch, Simpson, MVmms, Sullivan
ind Gibson. s
The, schedule as now. arranged provides
for games only on Saturdays
mt it the hope of the local manage-'
nent to have mid-week games later
n the -season for special benefit ?f _
hose unable to attend the Saturday
xhibitions. July Fourth will witless
one of the biggest games of
aseball played here in recent year*'
ccoidlug to leaders of the sport at
Vatersa." ~ '
The jfull schedule as announced
esterday is a follows:
May 8s, Thrift ~ift.