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I The Camden Chronicle BL-^? I ? CAMDEN' SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER aft'lBM ^ 1?- " NUMBER 36. Wj Curtain Drawn Wr Jteloved. Woman to was grieved ami the enlllunity Hardened upon learn tbe pushing of Mrs. Leila B Ije, of this city, at a Columbia BJVarly Saturday morning, fol: Kn extended illness. 1 Truesdale. had recently reV the hospital where for K weeks prior to her -last ?illWL been a patient. While ^Kber condition was not regardKL|t recovery until within a K^le of her death. services were conducted at Kjjy residence on North Broad Sunday afternoon by Rev. G. < of the Lyttleton Street u church and interment fol"Eftr Quaker Cemetery of CamKersof friends gathered to pay Ejbute and to bank high the B mound with floral offerings bid come ^rom ?very- section BtUte- Actiye pallbearers were Bl Little, J. T. Mackey, WilBjng, R. B. DeLoache, James BknlL. A. Wittkowsky. B Truesdale was 47 years of age, B? of this county and since mar ? resident of this city. She member of the Methodist and her character was repreKve of the loftiest ideals of Hmity. She was ever gentle m and the memory of her Bol life will linger long with the Beu friends to whom she had to endeared. riving Mrs. Truesdale besides toband, E. P. Truesdale, are two Bers, Miss Loroe Truesdale and facile Truesdale, all of this city, three sisters, Mrs. LQlie II in son, anburg; Mrs. Manley Croxton, iter; and Mrs. Chalmers Wil- , 1, Heath Springs. kiamsburg Teachers Hear Smith ligstrea Nov. 2$.?-The WtlHarasBhiiijilsjt in"'the -3>lgh and was privileged to hear an by former Judge Mendel L. Judge Smith spoke on mdders on and emphasized the im-> , Bt of democratic principles in Km, advocating that freedom of Bt speech and religious prineiBinstilled in the minds of chilHj their teachers. He spoke of Bfrce of the teacher upon the Bd urged the teaching profesB>' discard details, however Bunimportant, illustrating his I telling of some apparently Brtant details that had wielded md and far reaching influence. pM District tMeeting He koo3t enthusiastic and highly B Sisterhood District meeting BM in Camden, on November 7? B*as the first district meeting P* history of Sooth Carolina pWs and was Called by Dis1 No. 2. This district includes Bi?, Sumter, Bishopville, Camkind members ot' large from boring towns. B meeting was most successful Jfll be held annually. Each wood was well represented. W* a most inspiring invocation Gustav Hirsch, ^greetings extended from district chair JNrs. LCon Schlosburg; state Ban on co-operation,. Miss Sara W*' and the Camden Sisterhood, ijjenry Kichel, P^ct No. 2 was very fortunate ^>ving the South Carolina Brt? Mrs. M. .Lumiansky, of W***~ this _ meetingr-^-MriwPansky was called on from the ^*nd responded with hearty good access of this project. Sisterhood responded to the *ith reports of their activiPlans for the coming year. toiMion on the training of Sab-. School teachers followed. Mrs. * Heming, 0f Columbia, state I n ?f Sabbath Schools was Trcaented a phm for Sabbath, School 5? in this state. It was moved 7***d that thia plan be referstate executive committee action. Jurtav Faulk, from the Union Hebrew Congregations jyTj*1 ln?piring message. r?*?ch L. Freund, of Smarter concluded the meeting Man Commits Suicide After Hintitiff of Columbia, Nov. 25.-~AfU*r virtually announcing to the city editor of The Columbia Record yesterday that he intended to commit suicide, Jo.> Wood, about 35, shut himself In the bathroom of a rooming house here and turned on the gas. His body was found this morning." Not known to any member of the staff,Wood had put this question to Wyatt A. Taylor, ,he city editor "I want to know if a young man and I'm not speaking for myself but for a friend?were to commit suicide and leave a note, could you have that note published in one or two other towns, where a certain young lady may be?" It was obvious Mr. Taylor said, that the man was speaking about himself, and when he left after refusing to give his name or his rooming place, a reporter was assigned to trail the man. 4 Wood ducked into an uptown store and the reporter lost his trail. Nothing more was heard until this morning when Coroner J. B. Sbott was called tp the Pickens street house wher$ Wood had been found dead. Coroner Scott said he had been dead for hours. >. - te*t three notes. One was to his landlady, apologizing for killing himself in her house. Another was a sentimental letter to a girl, whose naihe he did not give, who, he said, was either in Atlanta or Jacksonville. A third note was to his business associates, wishing for them success. In discussing the troubles of the man he said wqs about to commit suicide, Wood .adid that the fellow was "down and out." He intimated that the chief was about the gir}, but added that he had financial troubles and had an infection of the leg due to an injury in an automobile accident. Uttje is known about .Wood here. -W? notes he had Cincinnati, but did not give her name. "?? .Mr. Taylor this afternoon identified the dead man as the one who had come into his office yesterday. Service* at <Graee Church There will be services at Gxeu* Episcopal Church in this city on Sunday morning, December 2nd, at 11:16 o'clock. Mr, Christie Benet, of Columbia, will deliver an address. Saint Mary's Catholic Church Lyttleton and Pine Streets. The hour of Sunday morning services is ten o clock nt present. No evening services are scheduled. The weekday morning service is a .7:16. The Catholic church, like all Catholic churches, is open all through the day every day, and all are Velcome to attend the services dr to come in to dfcjoy the quiet bf the church and- to rest and pray at any time. ' -? m Kills Its Inventor Orange, N. J.-hDt. s. A. Von Sochocky, who invented the radium paint used to illuminate watch dials is dead from radiuta poisoning, due to inhalation nnd ojthtr exposure to the chemical during many years. * Teachers To Meet The Kershaw County Teachers' Association will hold its regular meeting at the Camden hight*4chool on Saturday, December 7f. at 11 o'clock, according to announcement by W. B. Stevenson, the president of the association. A short business meeting will be heTcTffrst^after~wmsinvm ha the department meetings for about an hour. All on the program are requested to. be present . . ? - * Old Time Locomotive Arrives Here Tuesday " " " "The Best FrTend . of Charleston,' en old time locomotive, said to be th* first, locomotive to l>e operated it America, and which; has been re produced by. the Southern Railway will arrive :over the Southern's lines In Camden on Tuesday, December 4tl TStj5:0fr p. M., tfnd will depart the following morning at 8:00 o'clock. The Southern has giveq the coming of this historical train wide publicity through the press ss well ss sendfrvi out personal invitations to friends o1 this great system. They ares ?tf] gious to have the school chUdrti find Sherrill of Chesterfield. fro fits By. Diversifying j Cheraw, Nov. 24.? Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sherrill, successful and contented in their farming and their farm life, j represent diversification in its sanest! |and soundest form, ('ash returns I from nearly a dozen products and abundant supplies always at hand for at genuine live-at-home program make a satisfying country life for the! Sherrills and mark them as a text] for a sermon on "Go thou and do likewise." Gus Sherrill, everybody who knows him gladly tells you, is a man typical of the best-farmer and citizen to b_? found in the broad reaches of Chester - J field county. His low-lying" loam land, much of which 15 years ago was] largely unproductive because too wet! at times, he tile-drained at consider-1 able expense as he could find the J necessary funds. tSome 75 acres are now tilje-drained. Then ,jvith cover crops?rye, vetch, crimson clover, and I more recently Austrian peas? he be J gan to build up the fertility of his soil; and in this process his dairy cows and hogs have played a big part] also. The present productivity of hi$] land is indicated in the statement] that he won fourth place in.'vthe| state-wide five-acre cotton contest I last year. I Mr. Sherrill's position as a suc-l cessful diversified farmer is evirl denced by the fact that the Chester-] field county committee selected him] this year as Chesterfield's candidate for Master Farmer,?and richly does he deserve it. The Sherrill's?for Mrs. Sherrill belongs clearly in the! picture?get their money returns 1 from cotton, tobacco, dairy products,! hogs, turkeys, chickens, grain"" iwH hay. A fine Guernsey herd of 20l purebreda furnishes whole milk for Sale to Funderburk's dairy and skim-l fnilk to turkeys, chickens and pigs.] A purebred herd of 80 to 40 Hamp- j shire hogs turns in fine profits. AJ drove of 100 to 125 Bronse turkeye?j Mrs. Sherrill's special hobby?nets] yearly $600 to $1006, With customgttH over a wide range clamoring for thetnl at a premium; and a flock of 150 R. J. Red chickens helps to add to Mrs.] Sherrill's special income as well as to supply the .family table. Bids Soon Received On Two County Roads Bids will be received by the state highway department at the Jefferson hotel in Columbia on Tuesday, December 11, on a number of highway project*. Included th the number will be three lettings which ^will be -of especial interest to the people.'^ Kershaw county? J Ten miles of paving of Federal highway number one from Camden to Bethpne will be let, as well as ten and, two-tenths miles on the same route from Bethune to Camden. A fraction over fourteen , miles oyer state highway 26 between Camdan and Kershaw will also be let on this date. Already a little more than five miles of this route has beeri com1 plejted and is now a splendid piece of 1 roadway leading to Kershaw. i. i; - Fair Association Buys Down Town Property The Kershaw County Fair Associa; tion has this. Webk purchased nine acres of land in the southern section of-the city ta be used as a fair , grounds and an athletic field. r just south of the old court house and was in years gone by known as the . Bnswell Felri. The fair iMQcMig* bought the land from James H. Burns at a price of $3,500. TinUrlfnr*n At th<* avaaabL iair A Ilv vU 11 vTI 1IJ5 D Ov ?fiv j'* Tj rr i v twit 1 grounds location will be removed to the new property, the entire plot will be fenced in and besides being used ' as a fair grounds, it can be used for 1 football and baseball games as well s as other athletic events. I ?- Mssd^i To Mett 1 There will be an important meeting ' of the Directors of theCamdenand Kershaw County chamber of oom[ merce at the Palmetto Tba Room r Tuesday evening , at 7:15. \ Mr. WMUw Alfred McLmfhlin i and Mi? Eva Ora Dell Holland,-both H gi II? HIOT ms m m a ? W ?IMrv "W pjKK' P"-' ' ' mi iiinuii iiiii, -?-mmmmm Christmas Seal Sale Gets Under Way Today The Annual Christmas Seal Sale for the raising of funds to finance the light against tuberculosis in the tta te, conducted by the* South Carolina Tuberculosis association, will begin this morning in all of the counties of the state except three. Chuirrrun have not y?t been appointed in Greenwood and Vofk but sale will begin in both counties shortly. The chairman in Calhoun had to resign unexpectedly and her successor has pot been uppointed. Several counties have already held ralfes for their workers. An outstanding. meeting of the week was that of the Florence County TuJbercudosls association at which 100 percfHb representation of district chair .hear addreM??; by tf' president of'the tassociation, the Rev. W. S. Poynfl* chairman; Senator PhilMW?fmith and Mra. D. McL. Meld, executive secretary of f'the association. Rallies have been or scheduled to date in Jasper. and Spar^5ter* havf ,***" Placed? speaker* lined up, special committees appointed and volunteer workers in almost every town in the state are busily FhTmorlC. ?* the "le L.fe ^ !nu' t Humphries has been fSSIfki e Chairman for the county ' 1 ,ch"lna*,> ^v^th^wnship-Mr'- D- MDeKalb Township?(Mrs.L.D. Boy^ km, Boykin. m i Aock Township?Mrs. F. B. Floyd, Liberty Hill. * Wateree Townahip?MrB. B. W Gettys, Lugoflf. t* Christmas beal Sunday m the churches of Kershaw county and on that day the pastors of practically every church will make en appeal for co-operation in the seal sale. W. . Tragedy Causes Sorrow In Lee County Capital .w.Bi^hopville, S. C., Nov. 30.?This town was shocked and grieved Thursday at the tragedy that befell a fJUrt- : T,os} Proi?inent people on Frank n! highway ***** Greenwood. fon ^^8Cham58' Ar" three-year-old ch^nn? ^ !***& Desfr^Pl ? a Grefnw?od hospital f?w? Jfractur?? v?ta?n- when his father's car crashed into a loaded truck parked on the side of the roadway. oJlf*<sa?d Mj*' Deschsmps and Margaret, five-year-old daughter, the ther passengers in the car, were serif 'Mra* ?escbamp8 suffered a broken arm and leg and nose; Mr. Deschamps, a deep gash oh th* Httf n aml an hatred ai-in; the httle g!rl a broken collar bohe. All of the injured were carried to a Greenwood hospiU1 where they are being cared for. Mr. arid Mrs. m champs were on their way to Aobe8I?nA Thanksgiving with the brother of the latter, Mr. R. w. Adams. V The body of the little boy was brought to Bishopville'last night and the funeral will likely be held today. Former Camden Man Heads Kiwanis Club neW8 from the Pilot, a newspaper published_^Abcrdeent N. C., will be read with interest in Camden and Kershaw county by friends of Mur' dook Johnson, who was a former p attklug attomey of thts city. -His friends will be delighted to know that ina cRa^ng <r??d th? N?rth CaFO* ''Murdoch_ Johnson, of Aberdeen, of the organisation held irrtbe Manor j?hurst' on Wadnet<lay night, the meeting was a.most enthusiastic ons attended by close to out hundred per cent- of the rr membwUMp. Mr MCvOOKM 9 WWW Twins Take Game Ity t One-Point Margin Batesburg-Leesvilie maintained its station among the runks of the un- i defeated here yesterday afternoon when tiie 1 wins, appearing before a crowd estimated at better than two thousand, eliminated Camden by the marginal score of 14 to 13, winning the lower state "B" Class high school football title. I he visitors chalked their winning point when the boot of Smith, their brilliant and liashy fullbuck, sent the ball twirling through the posts during the lost few minutes of play after the tying touchdown had been placed by the elusive and almost uncanny Captain Uawl. liatesburg - Lcesville started its march to overcome the sixpoint lead of Camden, established in the third period, with the opening of the final quarter. The visitors maintained a slow but regular drive into Camden's territory . until the Bulldog line tightened and forced the Twins to punt, releasing the ball to Camden on their own two-yard line. Campbell kicked for Canpden but the ball was straight-away returned to the one-<foot line of Camden. Two plays, two plunges At the Bulldog line and, although late in showing up, it was the Twin-Cities Thanksgiving Day in Camden. Camden's first, touchdown and goalpoint, the initial scoring of the day, were registered in the first five minutes of the game when, following a consistent drive into enemy-territorir, the ball was passed from Campbell to Russell for six points and i ' kicked by Ruosell for the extra tf Batesburg-Leesvilie-came back in ? ? B2??nd quar*?r to tie the score 7-7. That man Smith figured in all the scoring this time when he managed to get through Camden'l linei for the touchdown and follow this With a successful kick for his own eictra point. T^e third quarter loomed large and bright for Camden when remarkable play the heavier TVin-Cities team counted .^th another touchdown, a jSas|Tfrom ^i&pbelt W^otenr, x?ifced this period's fcore. yAMg 7 with Camden claiming the h?-favor part until late in the final quarter, jw Camden credited with three first-downs wnile Batesburg-Leesvilie ran Jts count to nine, according to unofficial records of the game, Sub-stitutions were held at a minimum and penalties came few and far between. Colorful . and decidely ~ pleasing features of the game were the cheering sections of both teams. Colors were flying at every stag? of play and if either side had an advantage irt fan-support it was past appreciable perception. During halves the field, marked out on the Kirkwood's magnificent polo grounds, was taken by the cheering stream pof Camden a supporters. Batesburg-Leesvillo followed with is similar demonstration and concluded their showj with sportsmanship's greatest and most beautiful tribute when the Twin-Cities band played Camden s cheering airs. k 2L ind,vid*aI ,tar* none shone brighter for Camden's defense than Jenkins*?at center while Russell and Chewning proved invaluable aides to Camden s hard-to-stop ba^kiield. Rawl, brother of the great JK i? & ,8*>teh-calibred material of are lightly proud and Smith of the same line-up proved great at stopping his man and, to j Wtvdg spectators, greater still at rlS* and 8ummary follow: Camden (13) position fi. L. (14) ffiR!11 H5 1>ra,t8 JWts L.T. Aull L.G Eargle i?1*"18 * ?>' ?ite Koss , . . . *y . , . ..RjG Millar Tetw^%<C>,*,,'J?,,?' Tiimnons p w ' * Wise Camden < ......7 o 6 0 IS Batesburg-Leesvilie . .0 7 6 7 14 "Offtciafwr- Referee, Stonev (CaroForeitl* McKnl*ht (Wake .i,lghra? Boy Met Tragic Death ?Vmter Stalk Cutter A fourteen year old negro lad by the name of LkWson, employed on the farm of Mr.--H.-G. Carrlaon, Sr., four miles east o$ Camden met a tragic death last Friday afternoon while at ' work in a field. The lad wee driving a stalk fitter and becoming Cold he placed the reins of the mule over his head and put hie hands in his pockets. The I mule took fHght and dashed away, 1. throwing the unfortunate lad In front ; e?V - W4? wi|ki a search New Filling Station To Replace Old House \N ork commenced this w?*vk on moving the old fhouse on north Broad street to make room for u modern filling station soon to bo elected there by Dr. K. K. Stevenson, local real estate dealer, who will lease it to the Texas oil company. Dr. Stevenson purchased the property from Mr. Henry Savage. It has u frontage of one hundred feet an^ extends east to a depth of three hundred and twenty-two feet. The new building will occupy a space of 100 by 100 feet and will be of stucco finish. It will be built to specifications furnished by the Texas company and will represent an expenditure of $15,000 to $20,000. The old time house on this site has been purchased by Messrs. J. B. Zemp and N. C. Arnett and it will be moved back and across to a lot on east Walnut stn-et and will be used as a residence. Canvassing fommittee The canvassing committee of the Camden Baptist Church will devote next Sunday afternoon, December 2nd, in seeing the various members of the Church at their homes to secure from them pledges of contributions for Church expenses for the coming year. This canvass is made in part for the accommodation of those members who cannot conveniently bring or send their pledges to the Church, but primarily for the finance committee to - have at once something tangible to act upon it making plans for another year. It is requested by the chairman of the canvassing committee, Mr, M. G. Huckabe*, that all members of the Church assist the committbe by remaining at home on Sunday afternoon until they have been seen by the canvassing committee. <Ught Wsur i * Sumter, Nov. a*.?-Rural ~ Officer* Pollard and Norrls stiff** an ftiteh- ~ sive drive this WMk4M&d oh vehicle* 'L on the driveways of the county at night without proper lights. As a result the drivers of 16 wagons, bug-"^ gies and automobiles were arrested and fined from $6 to $10,, each. The drive will be continued, the officers stated, until every wagon, buggy and : automobile in the county is properly lighted while on the highways at night. Kershaw Man Killed Louis Baker, 41-year-old white n*2n. s of Kershaw, was probably killed instantly Sunday afternoon between A and B O'clock on the Camden highway about a mile below Elgin, when the Ford touring car in which he was riding alone, turned pver. ^he victim suffered a broken .neck and it is thought that he was killed instantly. Some colored people saw the accident and say the car turned over three times. It is thought tSa'm'TdirnsSi" 11 trol of the car as there was no other apparent cause. Baker was I employed in the Lancaster cotton mill | until recent months, when he moved to Kershaw. The fellis Funeral Home was notified and' took charge of the body. It was brought to Lancaster and prepared for burial., Funeral service* wow (held at the home in Kershaw Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Broom officiating. The dead man is survived by his widow and several young children, and the following brother*." and sisters: Gorden and Alex Baker, Gastonia, N. C.f John Baker, High Shoals, N. C.; Ernest Baker, Great ^Fatter Mluu Fully Baker , and Mro, Bellie Meddlin, Great Falls. Intermant was in West&ide cemetery, Lflfl- . caster. Ivy Lodge Inn Under New Management Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Jones, who have for a number of years been conducting a boarding house on north Broad street, have leased the Iyy Podge Inn, also on north Broad street, and 'are now having the large sixteen *oom '' fafly. equipped and will have The Inn'waa formerly conducted by for KrarUrto. J|r. and *ra. Jonea will *v J9 I^*r. business section and is an iceal location for a boardina Kouaa