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Z". THE CaMD?N CHRONIPir Is- I ^ CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY"r ihm ' f'i NUMBER 41 New Year's Events Attended By Many ~?wr Numerous social events have made the* closing week of the holiday season a memorable one with the many visiting college students. New Year's Eve was celebrated with dances at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Kirkover, at the Armory and a largo one at the Old Court HoUse. Preceding this Jimmic Campbell of Hobkirk Inn gave a-dinner for fourteen and Mr. and Mrs. J; Leonard Graham entertained at dinner for their son Duncan Edwards and his guest George Biggs, and Miss Bushnell entertained at Greenleaf Villa. A Drag Hunt on Tuesday morning was lurgely attended. Mrs. J. Dodge Peters, of New York, who is passing the season at the Court Inn, was a hostess at a tea at the Sarsfield'-Club. Her guests were: Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs. William B. Nisbet, Mrs. B. D. Ticknor, Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Mrs. ' L. Wright and Mrs. A. D. Partridge. A delightful affair of Sunday after- j noon was the tea given by Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Wright at their cottage fdr their guests, Mr. and Mrs. William Duval, of Garden City. Others . present included Mr. and Mrs. Johi S. .Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Russell, MrC and Mrs. William L. DePass, Mr. and Mrs. C.# H. Yates, Mrs. Robert Marye, Dr. John W. Corbett, Mr. Lomant Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Kirkover, and the Misses Effie and Olive Whittredge. Mrs. William B. Nisbet entertained =i?t the Sarsfield Club for twelve on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Cluett are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ticknor, at the Court Inn. _ One of the week's attractive affairs was the luncheon tendered Miss Charlotte Campbell, of Washington, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry G. Marvin at Hobkirk Inn. It was given on Tuesday at Greenleaf Villa, j and other guests we?? Mesdames B. I D. Ticknor, William Nisbet, Dodge I Peters, Robert Marye, James N. Worcester, Miss Anna B. Stearns and Mrs. Barnes. Mrs. A. ^harpe Hunt-| er, of the Court Inn, was the hostess. . Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Callender, of New j York, are recent arrivals at the I Court Inn, and at the Kirkwood are ! Mr., M. Burke, of Marlboro, Mass; Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Orvis and1 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Piwini and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kloffer, of New York, and Mr. Benjamin Belcher, of Lakeville, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Allison were entertained at dinner at Hobkirk Inn on New Year's Eve by Mrs. David ! Gillis, and Dr. John W. Corbett, Mrs. Robert Marye and Mr. W. L. DePass were guests of Miss Charlotte Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wright and ,3 Mr. and Mrs. William Duval motored this vyeek to Yeaman's Hall for a brief visit. Camden's golf courses are in excellent condition, and the number using them increases daily. The Kirkwood greens were even better, showing the good care they have received during the summer months. Playing the Sarsfield course were noted: R. . BoHing, Philip Knapp, J. R. Martin, Edwin Muller, Mortimer Muller, Mrs. A. B. Searles, Howard Gage, El. B. Knowlton, J. S. Sweeney, Miss Marie Blanchard, Miss Anna B. Stearns, Mrs. W. B. Nisbet, Mrs. Dodge Peters and Miss Florence R. Bill. <)ut frequently for a round at _ the Kirkwood are; Mrs. Karl P. Abbott, Col. M. Burke, Mr. John Wilkinson, Newton Boy kin, J. L. Graham, W TV Orvi5, and i; L. F. Hodge. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Robeson ahdMlts Carol Robeson have arrived from Rochester for a visit at the Kirk-wood, and Mrs. K. B. Wili cox has come from New York for her annual visit here. New Year's Day was clear and beautiful and every thing exceedingly favorable for the Races which marked the opening of the fine new track at Springdale of which Messrs. H. D. Kirkover and E. L. Woodward are _ joint owners. This track was once owned by the Cantey's and back in . the - ante-bellum 'days of the fifties "*any thr.tlMng races were run there. - It is ideally located in a level stretch with a fringe of woods in the distance, and is easily accessible from Camden, two roads leading to it. An immense crowd filled parking space tm! KiVer^ av*ilable vantage point. The Northern colony and many town's People enjoyed the races which were excellent. The opening race, a quarter mile flat race, was won by Tommy Tucker, owned by Carroll P. Bassett, of Summit. ~ The exciting New Yenr*a Steeple Chase Plate was won by Kirk's Cork, owned by R. W. Pomeroy; second Lcroux, owned by Thomas Waller. - . The Mule Race was lively and - evoked much amusoment from the crowd, and the final contest, the Half Mde Flat Race, Vvas most exciting , with a neck tp neck finish when Harry Worcester Smith's Black Geldmg came off the winner. Judges iu the New Year's races > were Harry D. Kirkover, William R. i ^ *n<* L*mont Dominick. Pa,Jud?es' Samuel Russell, Jr., ( Henry G, Carrison. _ Jr-. Calel, C. Whitaker, Jr. Clerk of i Dwight Partridge. Starter, Burwell Boykin, Jr. < ? Noted in the gallery were Mrs. ] R.t^?rdirM^r,rh^L. , j % P * j5?re. Charles hmnv, . Br. 1 w Mrs. Samuel Russell, Mr. and : i rr,. Mrs. R. W. Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. ' Dwight Partridge, Mr. Donald New- 1 hall, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sweeney, ? Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Bill, Mias Florence R. Bill, Mrs. W. M. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brown, Miss < Richards, Mr. and Mrs. George C. i Cluett, Mrs. Gaylord Tucker, Mrs. Carroll P. Bassett, Mrs. Frederick Robinson, and many others. Following the races Mr. and Mrs. 1 Robert W. Pomeroy gave a large tea j at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ^ Russell also received many friends , at Mflibank. In the evening a buffet supper for 1 eighteen guests was given at her < borne by Mrs. Woods Robinson.^ . Mr. Harry Worcester Smith who is here for the race* Is visiting Mr. snd J Mrs. Harry D. Kirkover. 1 Miller Meets Death While Out Hunting Special to The State. Hartqyille, Dec. 31.?-Frank A. Miller, lawyer, farmer and businese man, accidentally ahot himself while out hunting late Tuesday afternoon. This tragedy came while he was whiling away u few hours hunting on his father's farm. Senator, as he was familiarly known, had just left his brother, C. T. Miller, and several boys and hud stationed himself down beside a brunch,, where he had an I idea he would have a( little sport or fun scooting birds or squirrels. It is said he fired one shot at a squirrel's nest. A'few minutes later, a second shot was heard to ring out, and someone, seeing his hat fly upward, rushed toward him, only to find he had accidentally shot himself in the hear!, dying a few minutes later. Those who knew him and those who read of him will always think of him as an able lawyer of over 20 years' experience at the bar; a scholar and community builcfer. He was loved and admired at home and abroad. Whenever pnd wherever his name was mentioned, only words of praise were voiced. F. A. Miller's life was a life of service. He was mayor of Hartsville six years, senator from Darlington county for two terms, magistrate of Hartsville for five years, member of the county board of education two years, county Democratic chairman two years, author of the act creating the railroad commission and for many years senior member of the law firm of Miller, Lawson and Stokes. Once of twice Mr. Miller had been .mentioned for associate justice of the supreme court and had expected to offer for the lieutenant governorship in the coming election. As the years rolled around honor after honor was heaped upon Mr. Miller because the state recognized in him a leader. Just last year he was elected to the office of president of the State Bar association, a distinction much to be sought after. Senator Miller was educated at * Peabody, the Uinversity of Nashville and Wake Forest. He was awarded an L. I. degree at Peabody in 189G, an A. B. at th^, University of Nashville, in 1899. ^Later he attended the law school at Wake Forest. Mr. Miller-was recognized as a lawyer with hut f6W peers. Tt fs" certain he possessed one of the best law libraries in the <state. Mr. Baxley Dead John S. Baxley, aged 44 years, died at his home on horth Lyttleton street extension Tuesday morning after an extended illness. "Jack" Baxley, as he was familiarly known, had a host of friends, made by his genial nature, who will regret his death. He followed the trade of an electrician and was well/known by all of our people. He was a son of 4-u,. i-4-~ u_ J u_. n?v. VIIV IMW A1A.A UUU AUlOl IUUIIUV?a ley and was born and reared in Camden. Mr. Baxley is survived bv his widow and three small children, also one sister, Miss Anna Baxley, and two brothers, Neal Baxley and Marion Baxley, all of Camden. The funeral was conducted from ' his late residence Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, services being in charge of Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of -the Baptist church. The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: W. E. Johnson, Jr., T. C. Gladden, Olin Waters, W. R.^DeLoache, Henry Horton and R. M. Kennedy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Muller and little daughter, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hallett and children, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hallett, of St. Louis were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lindsay during the holidays. i Miss Margaret Chewning left on Monday for Charleston, where she will hold -a position with the Standard Oil Company of that city. ' - - * ' 1 Explains Changes Made In Bodies "The most notable changes In body designs of the M&del A Ford, now being shown here, have been made in the Tudo'r Sedan, the Coupes and the open cars," said W. T. Kedfearn, local Ford 'dealer, today. "The Tudor Sedan has been the most popular of the five passenger models," he continued." The new body design will bring to it additional beauty and the new choice of colors is certain to make it more popular than ever, particularly with women drivers. O "More room has been provided for occupants of the rear compartment. Access is easier around the folding1 seats in front. In exterior appearance the ear Is much improved. "It, still retains the crown roof effect with rounded corners on the rear quarter, the beauty of which is accentuated by an entirely new design body belt and moulding treatment. "The coupe, too, is entirely new in design. It has a lower roof line. French roof quarters emphasize the low effect and the long Mnes of the new moulding treatment. A panel effect carried out by the moulding on the rear deck adds much to the smart appearance of the car. "Lowering of the roof line does not bring any loss of head room inside, and driving is made more comfortable, by an adjustable seat, which may 'be moved forward or backward to suit the driver's convenience. "The Sport Coupe, which has a rumble seat as standard equipment, has all the lower body lines of the coupe. The sport treatment is carried out above the belt line, as heretofore. The roof line is lower, also, and in this car, too, driving comfort is improved by the installation of an adjustable seat. The same feature is extended to the Convertible Cabriolet. "The two open- cars, the phaeton and roadster, are entirely new in design, with long, lower lines, and more beautiful appearance." Mr. Redfearn emphasized the fact that no hew model has been brought out. Mechanically the car is essentially the same. While new features such as wheels and a, new composition steering wheel, black and polished to a high lustre, with finger knobs underneath the rim, have been added, all the. standard features which have made the Model A car of such remarkable dependability have been retainedi he said. These include sturdy steel construction, four Houdaitle hydraulic doubeacting shock absorbers, Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield, quick acceleration, ease of control, 55 to 05 miles an hour and smoothness, balance and security at all speeds: ? -- ; Party On Duck Hunt On South Edistb Messrs. W. H. Haile, Frederick Towle, T. K. Trotter, J. H. Burns, and Sheriff J. H. McLeod left Tuesday morning for a few days hunt on South Edisto rive*. Their destination will be Jacksonboro, in Colleton county, They will take a house-boat with a guide and smaller boats and hunt the marshes in that section. It is snitf the shooting in that section has been unusually good this season and a large number of ducks haye been bagged. ' Columbia Man is Held Up, Robbed ? / y Columbia, Dec. 20.?A light hair.ed man with a patch over his left eye iarly today forced H. L. Frnzier, manager of a lagers store, to open the safe in the rear of the store, knocked Lhe merchant unconscious with the butt of his pistol and locked him in the vault after helping himself to ?208. The . holdup man overlooked approximately $800 which \vas hidien in another compartment of the safe. <9 Frazier regained consciousness shortly after but had been locked in the vault for about an hour and * half before his cries brought aid. A passerby summoned help and the merchant was released after calling the combination, to the safe to those an the outside. -jSite tonight police authorities were still looking for a man answering the description given ay Frazier. Spigner Makes Record Convictions 'Only 19 verdicts of not guilty were returned by Richland and Kershaw county* juries in 1929 > although 316 people were tried irw the two counties comprising the Fifth judicial circuit, with Solicitor A. F. Spigner of Columbia the prosecuting officer. Violation of the prohibition law, mainly through the large number of cases handled in Kershaw county, led alt other divisions of crimes with 106 cases, of which 7(5 were in Kersha^T Housebreaking and larceny had4*"*?! v.cfondants in the circuit and larceny was third in numbers with 45 defendants. "Malicious wounding ofocows" and. "injuring and destroying part of jail," both arising in Kershaw county, cap. tured the prizes for the unusnl charges. Manslaughter and murder cases ran well to the numerical front with 18 defendents tried, ten of these facing the bar in Richland county, which, also, led Kershaw in number of cases, 165 against 139, although it fell below by one case, in the number of acquittals, nine against ten. The only mistrial in the nine terms of court involved came at a special Richie nd county term last July when ! a Richland county jury failed ' to! agree upon the innocence or guilt of i Policeman A. B. McGraw of New Brookland in his trial for killing young Henry Martin in the Columbia hospital emergency operating room last April. McGraw, Solicitor Spigner has announced, will go to trial again at the term opening in Columbia January 13. By counties and by charges, the number of defendants were: Kershaw: Prohibition, 73; assault and battery, 11; housebreaking and larceny, 24; larceny, ten; breach of trust, two; pointing firearms, two; injuring and destroying part of jail, tWo; manslaughter, three; carrying concealed weapons, one; obtaining goods under false pretence, one; ' turgary, one; and bastardy, one. Richland: Prohibition, 33; housebreaking and larceny, 50; assault and battery, 24; larceny, 35; bad cty?ck, two; disposing of property under lien, three; murder and manslaughter, ten; burglary, five; highway robbery and larceny, seven; accessory after the fact, three; non-support, three; bigamy, one; arson, one; striking with car, two; safe cracking, three; pointing gun, one; and obtaining signnture under false pretence, two. Nine of the 19 acquitted persons in. the two counties were Negroes.?Wednesday's Columbia State.? Moves To Miami Mr. H. P. Oglesby, who has been making his home in this county for a number of years, left this week for Miami, Florida, Where he and his son, Redding Oglesby, will make their home. Miss Martha Oglesby will remain in Camden. Camden people will regret to lose these good people who had made many friends during their stay here and at their former home near Lugoff. Camden's Seals Sold On Pacific Coast Mrs. R. E. Chewning, who has charge of the Christmas Seal Sales for Kershaw County requests those who have received a package of seals to please remit to her as enrly as possible, or in the event that they have not sold the seals'to please return those unsold so that she can make her \repor? to state headquarters. A self-addressed stamped envelope was furnished with each packet mailed out so there will be no trouble or expense to remit or return. It might be of interest to kpow that Mrs. Chewning mailed one of the packets of seals to a lady addressed at Camden, S. C. This lady had in the meantime gone to San Diego, California. Uncle Sam's postal emplayees forwarded this letter 1 to California and thanks to the efficiency of the postal service and the , good lady, Kershaw County seals were sold on the Pacific coast, because Mrs: Chewning was pleasantly surprised by receiving a remittance from the far west. Mies <Mary Eleanor Goodale re- ; turned ^Wednesday from a delightful , Miss Francenia AW1. PaFty ****" ^ Many Tots Killed In Theatre Panic Paisley, Scotland, December 31 -? Seventy-^wo small girls and boys died in the blind panic thiit followed outbreak of a small fire in the Glen moving picture theater late this afternoon. The flare-up in the projection room changed the New Year celebration of this Scottish mill town to mourning, in which the nation joined. Eighty .others of the audience were injured, but more than half of them had recovered sufficiently to go to their homes tonight, The operator and manager prevented a holocaust by carrying the, single ^blazing roll of film out of the building at the cost of serious burns to themselves. This kept down the afire damage1 to a negligible amount, but the fumes from the burning film dropped the struggling children in great numbers, J while others piled up in jams in doorways and at the foot of stairways. It was the most serious disaster of its kind in Great Britian since 1883. The children, mostly from workingclass families, had crowded into the TAP -seat theater, singing and dancing in excitement over the prospect of thus speeding their "Hog ma-ny," the traditional Scottish New Year's treat, which outshines Christmas north of the Tweed. But in a few minutes their gay aughter had given way to shrieks of terror and agony. A wusp of smoke and flame had come out of the projection box of the theater. Some one cried, "Fire," and in an instant the hundreds of youngsters were scratching and scramblig over one another in an effort to get out of what proved to be a death-trap. The catastrophe quickly became a combined reproduction of the 1903 Iriquois theater fire in Chicago and the panic in -Calumet, Mich., ten years later. Like the Chicago affair, many of today's victims perished through inhalation of noxious fumes, and, like the Calumet panic, many others met death when the rush piled children six and eight deep on a stairway. And as the New Year's bells of Chicago were stilled a'fter its visitation and the night winds silently fluttered the streamers of crepe on 600 homes, so Paisley tonight gave over its customary rejoicings at the passing of its covering of factory srmoke, the place was wrapped in a black shroud of grief and shock. Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Methodist church, near Hampton Park, George Pierce Watson, pastor. Sunday, January 5: Bible school with classes for all who will attend, 10:00 a. m., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent; E p w o r t h League, especially fbrthe young people, 6:45 p. m.; public worship, conducted by the pastor, 11:15 a. mvand 7430 p. m- Morning theme: "Christ's Call for the New Year." Evening theme: "Personal Consecration to the Service of God." Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to all the service$ of this church. Visitors are especially welcome. Come and bring your friends. The Welsh Motor Co. Moves To Rutledge The Welsh Motor Company, sales agency for Chevrolet motor cars on Tuesday moved from their former location on north Broad street, to 631 West Rutledge sirget, in the building formerly, used .as a buggy, wagon and livery stable and later partly converted into an \6e house and cold storage plant. Senator Grover C. Welsh, the manager, has recently purchased this property, and has a force of carpenters busily putting it ii* >shape for his showrooms and repair shop. The front will be| changed as well as some radical changes on the Interior, and when completed will present a most attractive appearance. . He will have ample storage facilities for new as well as used cars. The announcement of the 1930 model Chevrolet will appear in this paper next week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bent, Jr., of Philadelphia, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Lang, on Mill street. Mrs. Bent before hoc. recent marriage was Mies Snyder, der*b^r ?fnlwi W11?i>m H?n,!^Sn$r Smith of Camden 1 To Be Candidate 4 '-r.jm , That Judge Mendel L. Smith of Camden, a strong friend of the |65,? 000,000 road bond issue will be in the race for Governor of South Carolina next summer seems almost definitely assured, in the opinion of political ob^ servers, as a result of the expressed determination of opponents of the road bond issue to inject il as an issue in the campaign. It is known thHt Judge Smith has-been urged by many people all over the. State to make the race and it is known! that in response to these requests he has had the matter under careful advisement He represents the Stute as special counsel in the bond issue litigation, and the friends of the bond issue, recognizing his outstanding ability and powerful appeal as a publie speaker who combines eloquence and logic to a degree unsurpassed in the entire country, are becoming in* . sistunt that he make the race. Judge Smith is a former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives and a former Circuit Judge. He resigned the office of Judge to enter the World War. He was given the rank of major in the Judge Advo-? cate General's Department and saw much service overseas. He is frequently called upon to preside as special judge. The announcement of Olin D. Johnj stoh, member of the House of RepresentativeB from Spartanburg County, ^ f as a candidate for governor in op- J position to the bond issue, while it did not come as a surprise, has precipitated the issue. Mr. Johnston in his formal announcement says that thousands of voters have petitioned him to run for governor and that in ( almost every request he is asked to oppose the bond issue, and he goes on [ to say that "the opponehts of the bond issue may rest assured that I will be against it. I mean to pledge I the voters that no statewide bond bill < .will get my approval as governor * - ! unless there is a clause giving voters | a chance to- say whether or not they ' want it." I Mr. Johnston hes represented both 1 Anderson and Spartanburg Counties , in the South Carolina House of Rep| resentatives, and during the last i session he fought the bond issue to I the bitter end. He also is a World v .'War veteran, with a service of two years, eighteen montha of which was in France and Germany, and twelve , .-J| months of which was on the front. He was with the Army of Occupation several months. ? . - 'A The definite announcement of So- : licitor Ira Blackwood of Spartanburg, ' who ran second to Governor Richards -'Tin the first primary and Lieuten-- ^ ant-governor Thomas Bothwell But- * ler of Gaffney that they would be hi" . ^ the race for governor were published ^ some time ago?South Carolina Gazette, ? ~ " ~ ~~ - ?-?-3 Fire Damages Stock In Buddin's Store : . . . Fire of undetermined origin early Sunday night badly damaged the book store of E. B. Buddin on the east side of Broad Street. Smoke was discovered issuing from the building and a quick response and a hard figh^ by the firemen succeeded in keepjng the fire within the walls, but not until fire, smoke and water had almost completely ruined * the entire stock. The interior of the? building was badly scorched by the flames. jjSfc ;j By close application to business Mr. and Mrs. Buddin had built up a neat and attractive place and had accumulated quite a large stock of books, stationery and office -supplies. They - carried only partial insurance and the loss and inconvenience falls quite v heavily upon them. Situated in the he'art of a business block, if the fire had ever gotten out of the building, it would have, undoubtedly caused a large fira and the fire department did excellent work in keeping it confined to the one building. The building was the property of~ Baruch-iNettles company and was also partially insured. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown, of Barnwell, and Miss Elisabeth Kennedy, who has finished at University of North Carolina, are spending the Yuletide wttti Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Kennedy at Bettyneck plantation. v rSI Mr. William ?. Bissell, whohaa .El! been .pending the hrfid.ys with hi. mother. Mr* W. L. Wooten, Ut on Monday for Charleston, where he Is ? attending school.