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[ The Camden Chronic i f f OLUME 41. " MmmA | CAMDEN, SOUTHCAROUNA, FH,DAY: DECEMBER 27. H>29 ^ > 1 " ? NUMBER 40 hristmas Finds I Many VisitorsHere I The Christmas spirit prevails ' in Baden'* cottage add hotel colony, Wu many social events are planned Kthc visiting college students here Eth* vacation period. The hotels E pyin their decorations of holly, Hgfetoe and the lovely native ami' E Hobkirk Inn's spacious hails and jEior.t lend themselves especially to ^corative touch, and are fesK^d with green and red. A Christ K tree is always a feature of the K, tide at Hobkirk; guests and K^n.js sharing the hospitality of the 'Cm, : o that no one tinder its hoe ttai.ic roof heed feel lonely or home* ftiristmas day will bring together ^ jny sportsmen as they assemble at H^kcnnCs at Mill bank for the early ^EniinK hunt, and in the afternoon first polo match will draw a large jElery to Witness the game. -Sfatson Pomery, Carroll P. Bassett, B. ind others have come for polo, ;K Mrs. E. B. Phillips, of Par Hills, J, has arrived, bringing with her ^ftreral horses for use in the hunts. at Hobkirk Inn. ^ Most attractive to horse-lovers is H| newly completed race track own; Hby Mr. E. L. Woodward at Spying' He. One-half and one-mile tracks fog Hes on the ftAt have been construct^B and will be used in conjunction a three-mile steeple chase ^Borsc. The track will l>e used for the it events on New Year's Day, and | Hr will be frequent events held j Hr during the winter. , j Bfc. and 'Mrs. Albert Fletcher are Hi for the holiday hunts and are ^Kj&f with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight | Htoidge at their cottage adjoining J Btr. snd Mrs. Robert B. Deans, who : Hiko enthusiastic level's of sports, their cottage-omjBroad street. / ;v' ^ lijwlilik Tnn, has 4join(Ml ii(tt Hts, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bill, of H "Barrington; at the home of ^^B Olive Whitt-redgc. HJ. Herbert Low of the Erasmus Hate of Brooklyn, is spending the ; : Hy season at Green Leaf Villa. ; Hand Mrs. J. Dodge Peters and | Htfon Peters, of New York, are at | Hter a month at Hobkirk Inn, Mr. Bins. -Russell C. Veit have return| Hi New" York, whence they expect ; Hdl Shortly for their home m Paris. I Blr. and Mrs. H. B. Stearns and i H Aana'B. Stearns and Miss Ade^Hk Lyons, of Saranac, are among Btnivals this week at tin Court ^HfcKhilfwood Hotel opened on Sat{ r-tfe 2ist, with a wikyr of HJe*8- Under the ownership of ; BAWxJtt .chain of hotels which con;^P ?any fine houses throughout ^^vntry, and of which Mr. Karl P. siueiri, ine airkwood is igh standard. Mr. Fred' la manager of the season. Early arrivals >od include: Mr. and ras, Mr. a/td Mrs. 1L W. ehn Devine, all of New rte Hooker, of fTnctwiri a lWoorehouse, of LonMt. and Mrs. Charles New 'York; Mr. H. W. Fairmont, Conn.;r Mrsholz and Miss Kiara McM?fhon, of Green s gone to New York s. Betty,' Ellen, John and ire with their mother, laPP for -the vacation Hay, Jr., has come : for a brief visit with Ir. and Mrs. Oakman I reet. bright, a student at ' is spending the holnarent* Mr.1rod Mrs. >n Ohesnut street, k C. Brown, Jr., of i opened the cottage ed from Mrs. Proctor Uaylord Tucker and obinsou and children he Tucker cottage on me- Mr. and Mrs. &?? have taken the '? on upper Broad Nunnaily Johnson, of * ! ? were luncheon |j^^The Kirk wood. whf#d and art in th^fel Lyttleton arenne cottaga. | Many Attended Christmas Tree A lutgc crowd of town and county people gathered at the new armory of the Kershaw Guards Christmas afternoon to attend the community Christmas tree gotten up by the young people s societies of the various churches. U was a most beautiful tree with all the usual decorations, and Rev. C. G. Richardson had charge of the ceremonies. The hearts of over ?50 children were made happy by being presented with a well filled, stocking, and so well had those in charge prepared for the occasion, there was qi^ite a bountiful supply left over, which will be used in donating to others who were not fortunate enough to be there, or used in the general charity fund now under way. Mr. R. JVC Kennedy, Jr., was general chairman, #hilfi Mrs. W. L. Wright had charge t>{ the stocking committee. They were abjy assisted by others, but these two, leaders seemed to get genuine ftUt of the task assigned them. Mysic in keeping with the Christmas spirit was rendered by a choir, while a real Santa C^aus came down the chimney and deliWred in person to each little youngster the gift intended for httn. J* pleasure to these children and they left the place with smiling faces. The older people too, got a lot of pleasure in seeing the youngsters enjoying themselves. Negro Cashier Arrested Wilson, N. C., December 19? , R[. S. Stanback,Cashier of the defunct j Commercial bank, local negro institution, waB jailegi today in default of $10,000 bond. He is charged with making false entries in the bank records, receiving deposits knowing the bank to be Insolvent, embezzlement, f and forgery. J. D. Reid, negro president of the -afcank, Mnsif fleea, charges 1n connection with the closing of the bonk but. tonight bad not been arrested. First Baptist Church. j The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr- W.. G. Wilson* superintendent. . H:1S. PXfiftThmg by the pastor, ocr> mm t? children on the subject, "Preparation for the FutuEe."" Student Night will "be observed at tthe evening service at 7VS0, and the following program wIH he rendered:. Three awaiws of information in high school, by Miss TDmfly Pitts; 'Standards of social life hft my college, by Miss Willie Pinter; Keportt from Baptist Students Union, by Miss Henrietta Irby. What the college cherub means to the staderft by Miss UDfcra Stogner, and a short sermon by the pastor on the subject, The Secret rrf .ftacoess. . The pdblic is cordially invited to wiorsiin wron mxr. 9L 8. Small Beafl ?0. S. Small, aged 66 years, died at bis home fin the Thnee <C's community IssfTbsraday nfight, following; a brief SHaeee of jmomiatwria, and was buried at Old Salem cemetery am Friday, the funeral services being conducted by Ber. Mr- Norman, pastor of theIPleasnnt Hill Baptist church. He is survlved by two daughters, Mrs. .J. T. Hanter, of Pleasant Hill; and Mrs. Brennie Hughes, of Orangdtaurg, children of his first marriage; and hia widow and four step-eblldrcn. Mr. Small conducted a blacksmith hop in Kershaw, was an industrious worker and was highly respected by, those srho knew him.?Kershaw Era.: a Sumter County Clerk Dies of Apoplexy Henry Lee Scarborough, ci^V! of court of Spmter county, died At his home here early today following a stroke of apoplexy two hours before. 'He was 62 years old and, was Serving his fifth term as clerk of court. Mr. Scarborough was born near Bishopville, the son of Colonbl and Mrs. William <D. Scarborough, but spent moat of his life in Sumter. He Was elected treasurer of the county at the age of 26, and' served in that office for four terms. After ten years of private life he ran for the office of clerk of court and was elected. a ? Near Fatal Wreck Occurs at Bishopville . pi ,. i According to parties returning from Bishopville Wednesday, a serious automobile wreck occurred there Christmas day, in which Tom McCutchen, 18 year old Clemson student, was severely, and possibly fatally, injured. He is now in the Florence hospital. The accident occurred on the main street of Bishopville, when a Ford sedan driven by Frances McLeod, of about the same, age as McCutchen, turned over and it is thought young McCutchen went through the top of the car. It ib said his head was badly split open and caused 'concussion of the brain. Young McLeod also received injuries, but not so severe, Berry Mobley Dead Berry Mobley, aged and highly respected citizen of the Heath Springs section, passed away at his home last Wednesday, December 11th, aged 75 years, and was buried *at Old Salem cemetery on Friday, the funeral services bejpg conducted by Rev. W. G. Arial, of Heath Springs and Rev. J. F. Hoffmeyer, of Kershaw. He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Jessie, of Heath Springs; Harvey, of Colleton county; Zed, of Maryland; and Mrs. L. . A. Duncan and Miss Maud, of Heath Springs.? Kershaw Kna. Child Gone But His Tree Stands OrrviTle, Ohio, 'December <> 24? Tonight in the little town of Orrville a Christmas tree stood unlighted in its cheerless corner a tree of tragedy. Its symbolism of laughter and good cheer has been shorn, even as its green needles have withered and fallen undisturbed to the floor. And as each dead needle has fluttered downward another heart-ache has been/%npounded. Tonight, the tree that a year mjfo ;in this same corner basked in the childish Christmas joy of a happy, care-free four-year-old boy, reflects the dry-eyed gTief of the parents of that boy who vanished three days after the bit of spruce was erected for him. Melvin Rorst loved that tree. It was the first time he really realized what Christmas meanV But' his joy was short-lived for on Decetriber 27 while his tree was still "bright and green with, 'bitB of colored candies which Btill could be lighted Melvin disappeared from the backyard *of his home where he had gone to phay with new toys. Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Mdthodist Church, near Hampton Park, George fierce Watson, pastor.. Sunday, Decewfber 29: Bible school at TO a. in., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent. Epworth League at *45 9- VnOittc -worship at 11-.15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., conducted by the paster. Morning theme: ""A Proper Prayer for the: Closing Year." Evening theme: "On; What Foundation are To* Buildmg?,,i The puMic is ihort corcfiaTly ineited; to worship with us at all the seiwice?j of this church. Come and bring you/ friends. Tuesday, December 81, at1-1:30 p. m., Watdrnight Service, to; watch and pray the old year out and' the New Year In. All irre urged to] attend thii unusual servioe. - The United States senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment efj Albert L. Watson of Serantam, Pa.,* as a federal judge after a determined fight had been made against confirmation by several western senators. Suffers a Broken Leg Henry Hammond, local merchant suffered a broken leg early last Friday morning when -he was struck by an automobile driven by T* Smith, an employee of the local cotton mill. The accident occurred in front of the home of Mr. Will Strait early in the morning when the fog was heavy and this is given as -the cause of the accident. Mr. Hammond received several bruiaM ^beside the broken leg" and medical attentiou was received soon after the accident. The leg was reset by a physician on Monday. By a coincidence Mr. Hammond received hie serious injury on Friday, the 18th.?Lancaster News. Governor of Oregon Dead Salem, Ore., Dec. ?1.?Governor I. L, Patterson, of Oregon, died at his hems st 8^0 ^'clock last night from pneumonia. . Robbery Motive Fqtr Slaying Man The dead body of Wyatt Patterson, a 45 year old negro, was found in a patch of woods on the Stevens and Sowell place, 2 miles west af Keishaw Monday morning about 10 o'clock. The man was last seen Saturday and nothing was heard from him ut*r, til hunters found his body Monday, A coroner's jury viewed 'the body along with o^iqers from the sheriff'* office, and evidence gathered showed that the man ha<J been shot and his body dragged t9 the place whqye his thi oat had been cut and his person robbed. Officers are investigating the killing and the inquest will be resumed at a later date. The man is said to have been a very industrious negro and leavqs a large family of children. To Hold Watch Night Service Our readers are reminded of the Watch Night service announced for Tuesday night at the Methodist church. Thq, pastor will be pleased to have members of the jP^her churches to cooperate in making this a memorable hour in the evfihts of the year. The service will 11:30 and end a few minutes ftfier mid-night. ' ' Ships Stopping at Alrpo^' Among the ships with their| pilot* registering at Woodward Aitpprt "f?r the month of December were: C. Arnold, with Reliable Flying Servicq, Hickory, N. C., to Athens, Ga.; Eric W. Ward, in a Stearman plane, Savannah, Ga., to New York City; Lieutenant E. A. Hillery, in an army plane, Fort Bragg to Spartanburg; Lieutenant P. E. Skants, in an army plane, Fort Bragg to SpartanburgAR. Young, in a Curtis plane, Jacksonville, Fl?u, to Pomerce, Pa.; W. R. IijBmon, in an American Eagle, from 'Syracuse to Miami, Fla. \ _ #t f Santa at York Rides Elephant York, Dec. 19.?Greeted by *3,000 children who jammed Main street for Two blocks, and preceded by?a. cafiope dispensing lively airs, Santa I 'Claus, himself, mounted on a geni uine elephant, made a visit to York I this diternoon. 'Business was suspended while he j passed throujgh the streets, lavishly j throwing bags of candy to the chil dren all along the way- ?1?' vphaht and caliope were lent for the ' occasion by Barnatte brothers circus, , now in winter quarters here. All the school children of western and central . York had been invited : here for the event, and meat of them t "took advantage of the opportunity t? ; see Santa Claus riding a pachyderm and distributing gifts by the lain! '*?<).. " 1 ' * ' *"*"***" L i 'Cotton Ginnings For Oraaty *' According to fl. L Rickey, cotpjlhj census enumerator for "Kershaw 'County, the report of the gtns show "that up to December IS, there had| been ginned 13,675 bales for 19?9 asj compared with 15,645 bales for *] '.like period in 1928. ' Snook Granted Respite .v.: Columbus, Ohio., December ' 49^- j Dr. James H. Snook, covicted slayerJ of Theora K. Hix, - his co-ed sweet' "heart, was granted further respite from -death in the electric chair today when the state supreame court continued his stay of execution until January^ 31 to permit more time for consideration of his appeal. Death of C. A. Criminger Mr. G. A. Criminger who lived near Heath Springs passed away due to the infirmities of old age as he was 80 years old at the time- of his deathThe funeral was held on Saturday n cming at 10: 30 a. m. froffi^jpfrj Baptist church at Heath Springs with Rev. Arial officiating. ed waa well known in the-- He^th Springs vicinity and a large mfrfak of people in this county moUhllnW departure. Deceased leaves five sons,'Julius-ef fort Mill, ' Los Angeks, California, Seth of Heath Springs, Clarence of Springs, Pierce oFbear Heath Springs ? and three. daughters, Mrs. James Baker of Kershaw county,A'Wlfc Lucius t Turner" of near Heath Springs and Miss Matt Criminger who lives at horne.?-Lancaetsr News. Negro Man Killed In West Wateree . A Lisbon Green, aged about 40 years, a negro from West Wateree, died at the Camden hospital Saturday from gunshot wounds, said to have been Inflicted by I Elliott Brown, a 26 year, old negro. A pistol was used and two bullets vVere tired into the front of tfee man's bodyt , The shooting occurred at a school house near the store of Shivers Green Friday night, where a Christmas tree celebration was in progress. The negro is said to have made the statement to attending^, physicians^/that Elliott Brown did the shooting. An inquest was held at the eour^ house Thursday morning, A large number of witnesses were summoned, but it was mainly on the negro's statement that a verdict was returned charging Brown as the slayer. He is confined in the county jail. Brakes Fail to Hold ?Two Men Injured George Nathaniel and Will Singleton, employed by Parrish Dray Line, received injuries early yesterday afternoon when the loaded truck which they were driving to Camden from Sumter ran off the left side of the embankment on the Cbmden sidef of Ballard's Hill, turning over the embankment, and came to rest about two-thirds of the way down the side. The two men were carrying a truck load of oranges and grapefruit to Camden when the accident occurred. According to information the driver | of the truck had turned the motor off and was coasting down the other side of Ballard's Hill and, when he tried to put oh brakes the brakes failed to hold, and the car Bwe^ved to the left side of the road and went over the^fembankment, a distance of a dozen feet or more, Nathaniel iB confined to his -home with injuries, while Sflngleton was taken to the Toumey hospital for treatment. The full extent of the injuries of the two men had not heen determined this morning.?Sumter Fire Destroys Clinton Church Clinton pec. 23.?The First Presbyterian church here was gutted by lire early this morning while local Hremen waged a losing battle with , the flames. The conflagration, dis3 covered a little before midnight, was ! rftlll burning early today but the ; blaze was confined to the church. The bunding, a large ... granite structure erected In 1905, was valued at about f100,000 and was covered by Insurance only to the extent of |85,000. A short circuit in the lighting 1 system was thought to have started ' the firev, The Rev. B. J. Wood is the present pastor of the church. Congressman Killed in Plane Crash. \ # ... . . Washington, Dec. 20.?Representative William K. Kaynor, of Massachusetts and four others were killed today in the crash of an army plane at Boiling Field. Besides Representative Kaynor those killed included his secretary, Stanley B. Love and three army men including the pilot of the plane and the mechanician. Captain Harry A Dinger, pilot of the army transport plqne, was also reported killed, as were twq army privates, Vlndimir Kizman, mechanic, and a civilian named McGill, and an army private. The plane had started on a flight to Springfield, Miiss., Representative Kaynor's home. It reached a height of about 300 feet and then crashed to the ground. 2= An inquiry ww immediately launched to determine the causo of this, one of the most serious accidents in the history of Boiling Field. 1 ?i ^ Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams, and Flight Leader A. H. Jenkins, famous flyers of England, are do ad. They' crashed with their machines in the Za^houan region of tPunis, northern Africa, some time Tuesday night or early Wednesday interning aa they were attempting to ^ake a long distance flying record Car and Two Men 4| Plunge off Bridge 1 A new1 Ford car lTe7 almost a conw pl;t0 wr ck on the West Wateree # ? de of the river bridge, where after tearing away about 45 feet of guard M -calling it took u plunge to the ground t below Tuesday night. Two white men were in the car at the time and both miraculously eg- * caped any injury, The car was com?ng this way from Columbia and judging from the amount of railing toin away, must have been going at r |!| a terrific speed. It took its plunge ' J on the light side of the bridge lead. ing to Camden. Smith Resolution |? Considered Soon I Senator K. I). Smith of South Car- < olina was given assurance on Wed- ' nesday by the agricultural committee of the senate that the Smith resolution providing for relief and'carrying an appropriation of at least $0,000,000 would be given consideration immediately upon the reconvening of congress after the holidays, '-jM according to the text of a telegram received Thursday by the Chronicle. The telegram from Senator Smith * follows: "After a discussion of the conditions in the storm and tlood areas of - "'Jl the South by the Agriculture Comtrittee of the Senate yesterday, and after a conference with certain of the Federal officials, I was given assurance by the committee that my resolution providing for . relief and ' carrying an appropriation of at least Six Million Dollars,' would be given consideration immediately upon the reconvening of congress after the holidays. The Senate Agriculture committee was unanimous in its support of my resolution providing for the sadie purposes as my resolution of last year with the exception that in the present resolution no definite limitation as to amount per acre for ' 1 any particular crop is specified. This jis left to the discretion of the, sec retary of agriculture. The pe . culiar parliamentary situation made it impossible to have this acted upon before the holidays, but I have every reason to believe that it will be acted upon promptly upon the reconvening of congress. Both the Agriculture committee and Federal officials are co-orperating with ' me." > - ' ^l|| Hail Stones Keep \ For Long Period Woodruff, Dec. 22,?As a memento of the destructive hail storm that 1 Struck"WAMlmV * 29th and caused an estimated dam- Jj age of some $300,000 to crops and property, S. & Westmoreland "turn" ^ five large stones preserved in his yjj! electric refrigerator at the West moreland drug store which are in as pafat a state as when they fell on that unusual day. They have bean handled many times by curiosity seekers, but are none the worse for wear. Mr. Westmoreland says he intends keeping them as long as they 4 last. -vM \--r* Cashier Killed 5 ! \in Auto Crash Summerville, Dec. 23.?E. L. Braid, cashier'of the Summerville branch of the Peoples State Bank of South Carolina, was almost instantly killed last night when his automobile ran into the rear of the Charleston-Summerville bus about three miles beldw Summerville on highway No. 2. An automobile driven by a negro had stopped to repair a tire and Trifcks. run into by another car, injuring^ some of the oocupants slightly. The bus, on its way to JSummerville, had stopped to bring the injured to the hospital. Mr. Braid, following, ran head on into the rear of the bus, d*. molishing his own ear and receiving ~~ injuries from which ho died before he could reach the hospital. 6f New York. The edition is to U mm ^ a. lot a.