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CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MAurw 7 1 am mamamam
1 ? ' ivmiten i% iy,w NUMBER 50
I CAMDEN AND AIKEN COMBINE
ON MARCH SPORTING EVENTS
Culminating an unusually busy
I sporting season next week will bring
H big events in polo and during the
I following week comes the leading e>
I vents of the entire winter in the
I Horse Show March 10th and 20th and
I and the Carolina Cup Race on the
I 22nd.'
Plans for the Horse Show are proI
grossing most satisfactorily, and the.
I outlook is for the very finest show
B ever held in Camden.
The Committee managing the
B Horse Show is composed of Messrs.
I Ernest L. Woodward, H, D. Kirkover,
V Walton Ferguson, John R. Todd, C.
M. Taintor, Robert W. Pomeroy, HenI
ry Savage, Jr., Karl P. Abbott, SamI
i^l Russell, Jr., II. G. Marvin, Dwight
I TOrtridge, Lamont Dominick, George
T. Little, McKee Graham, H. G.
Lloyd, Carroll K. Bassett, H. G. CarB
rison, Jr., Burwell Boykin, Jr., J. B.
I Crocker, M. R. Miller, S. Dacre Bush,
I K. G. Whistler, Mrs. Dwight Part
ridge and Mrs. R. B. Deans.
Aiken and Camden are combin/ng
I to make March events unusually inI
teresting. Mr. Harry Worcester
Smith, of Aiken, and Mr. H. D. KirkI
over, of Camden, veteran sportsmen,
are working together for the success
K of the events which it is needless to
I say is assured.
B The Carolina Cup Race is unique?
B the only one of the kind south of
Virginia and will rank with the Mary
land and Virginia Hunt Races.
B The Carolina Cup dedicated to
I Thomas Hitchcock "as a tribute of
B appreciation for his many years of
F untiring interest in the development
I end progress of steeplechasing in
I America" is to be competed for anI
r-ually, the owner of the winner of
| the cup to hold it until the next run[
ning of the race.
It is probalble that a very large
I number of visitors from Aiken will
I attend both the Horse hnvY?nd
I Races. A special train is. being t'&eis
ed of to tiring them here for thw
events, and many house parties an?
entertainments will be tendered them
during their stay.
From .Southern Pines Messrs.
James and Jackson Boyd are also expected,
and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lang
and Noel Lang, -who will enter the (
race for the Cup.j
The Polo Tournament starting on
March 10th will bring here for play j
teams from Pinchurst, Aiken, Mor- ,
ristown, Smithtown and Camden, j
Match games on Field No. 1 will be i
staged daily, and will doubtless attract
many visitors from other towns
besides Camden. Playei's participat'n?
include Manton Metcalf, Norman
L. Snow, Charles Nichols, Carroll
K. Bassett, Jr., Nelson Asiel, C. V. B.
Cushman, Charlie Little, R. S. Allison,
Samuel Russel, Jr., Watson Pomeroy,
Walton Ferguson, Jr., Winthrop '
Taylor and many others.
At the Kirkwood the Qualifying !
Round of the Women's Seventh An- j
nual Mid-South Championship Golf
Tournament begins on March 10th,
and on the 17th the Men's Seventh
Annual Mid-South Amateur Champipnship
Tournament will start. Entries
will be numerous na the course
is being largely used.
Tournaments for handsome silver
cups presented by Colonel Frank
B I'resbrey and Mr. John Caswell, of
B ww York, are also in progress on
the Sarsfield links.
I 1 he card party given for St. |
K Mary's church in the Parish Hall on j
I Tuesday afternoon was quite success- !
fourteen tables of players com- J
peting for the attractive prizes.
This h riday afternoon a Tea by the I
ladies of the Presbyterian church will j
interest many. It is to be held from |
:our to six at "Hillside," the charm- 1
ng home of Miss Marie Krikland. '
Again by the workers of the Pres- ,
b.xterian ohurch a lecture at the home j
of Mrs. Leroy Davidson is an inter- I
esting event of the coming week. !
Mr. E. T. Shaffer, of Walterboro, S. !
G-, will talk on "The Negro in Amor- |
'can Literature," and will range from !
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" to "Black April"
including readings from DuBose Heyward
and Ambrose Gonzales. Mr.
Shaffer is thoroughly conversant with i
his subject, and will offer n full and 1
interesting afternoon. The hour is <
four o'clock on Friday afternoon, i
March 14ih. Admission is fifty cents (
and proceeds of the lecture will be
used for the upkeep of the grounds i
surrounding Camden's historic Pres- \
church in j
Farmers To Get
Seed Loans Again
Arrangements are being made by
County Agent II. I). Green for getting
seed loans for Kershaw eounty
Iarmers. It is not known how much
money will be allotted to Kershaw
county but Mr. Green is trying hard
tj get $52,000 as a minimum. Last
year the county borrowed a little
over $17,000. Farmers who desire to
apply for loans should apply to the
nearest committeeman.
Committees are as follows:
County Committee?L?. <). Fundei burk,
Chairman, Camden; Dr. A. \V.
Humphries, Camden; T. K. Trotter,
Camden.
West Wateree?N. I*. Gettys,
Chairman, Lugoff; J. I). Watson,
Blaney; Gordon Bell, Lugoff.
Boykin-Antioch ? E. T. Pearee,
chairman, Boykin; W. F. Nettles,
Camden; L. A. Shivar, (Antioch),
Camden.
Bethune-Cassatt-Mt. Pisgah?A. B.
McLaurin, chairman, Bethune; J. R.
West, C'assatt; W. T. Holley, Kershaw,
Kt. 6.
Liberty Hill-Kershaw-Westville ?
Wm. H. Stokes, chairman, Westville;
R. C. Jones, Liberty Hill; Tom Bell,
Kershaw. ?
Fire Destroys
Rural Residence
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed
the five-room dwelling and
contents of Mr. B. F. Caughman, near
Sjiring Hill, in Lee county Monday.
Mr. Caughman carried insurance in
the C. P. DuBose & Co., agency, of
Camden to the amount of $1,500 on
his dwelling and $500 on his furniture,
which only partially covered'
tyylosa.
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Opens Office Here.
Dr. H. M. Padgett, of Walterfcoro,
is having rooms equipped on the second
floor of the Fashion Shop building
which he will occupy as a chiropractor.
the town and full of interesting memories.
Arriving recently at the Kirkwood
were, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall, of
Montclair; Mrs. J. H. Andrews and
Mrs. B. F. Butler, of Pinehurat; Misa
Ann C. Phelps, of New York; Mrs.
W. I. Keep, Miss Barbara Keep, of
Lockport, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. George
DeBevoise, of New York; Mrs.
Charles I. Avery, Miss Anna Conklin,
of Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith, Trenton; Messrs^ W. C. Kohlnitz
and Franz Haverstick, Rochester;
Mrs. Eugene Morrell, Mrs. Robert
Rose, Southern Pines; Mr. and Mrs.
George Holmes, New York; Mr. and
Mrs. J. Clifton Buck, Haverford; Dr.
and Mrs. G. W. W. Brewster and Dr.
and Mrs. Daniel F. Jones, Boston;
Mr. Martin M. Broome, Mr. Milton
P. Kupfer, New York; Walworth
Pierce, Boston; and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dumont, Rochester.
At the Court Inn recently were Mr.
Alden Hatch, Mrs. W. T. Cornell, Mr.
Mile H. Vernon, Mrs. E. T. Child,
Mr. C. Berman Periera, New York;
Mrs. C. T. Wells, Rineback; Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Fritz, Edgewater Park;
Mrs. Emlyn Baylor, Montclair; Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Sandt, Easton, Pa.
Mrs. A. C. Crombie after a month
at Hobkirk Inn has returned to
Bronxville, N. Y., and coming recently
to Hobkirk are Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Judson, New York; Miss Rachel Lewis,
Walpole; Mr. and Mrs. Willard P.
Fuller, Dedham; Norman Armstrong,
White Plains; W. F. Rockwell, Pittsburgh;
C. W. Campbell, Hampstead;
Miss Mary Bixby, New York; Dr.
L. C. Bickler, Pittsburgh.
On Sunday afternoon, March 16th,
over the Kirkwood course an Exhibition
Match will be played between
two famous women golfers?Mrs.
Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Miss
Helen Hicks. A tag charge of $1.00
will be made and the money collected
will be given to the Camden Hospital
and the Junior Welfare Workers for
their free Tonsil Clinic. Both players
are of great note and the match
will doubtless be a most interesting
:>ne and followed by a large gallery.
Miss Julianne Doane, of Chicago.
&nd Mrs. Walter Van Home Farley
ind am all eon, of White Plains, are
passing March at Dear* Place.
Smash Doors of
Six Chain Stores
" T- 1
Believed by police to be a lawless
outcropping of sentiment against the
chain grocery stores stimulated recently
by a vigorous campaign of independent
merchants, the glass doors
of six chain stores were smashed by
two young men in a Chevrolet automobile
shortly before 2 o'clock Sunday
morning.
The door of the Red Lantern, locally
owned red-front grocery store
on St. John street, was also broken.
Chain atorea visited by the marauders
were live Rogers stores on Kennedy,
East Main at Oakland, St. John,
Hampton and Spring streets and the
A. & P. store on Harffpton avenue,
No attempt at robbery was made
save in one case, according to reports
of store managers to police. From
the CHah register of the Rogers store
on Hampton avenue $4.75 was reported
to have been stolen.
Clerks in the A. & 1*. store on
Hampton avenue were said to have
been in the rear of the store when
the door there was broken. They
saw two young white men drive off
in a Chevrot automobile. The men
said they shied a bottle at the lleeing
pair, but missed.
Patrolmen Splawn and Rash dis-.
covered most of the broken doors on
i their round of the residental district
at 2:30 o'clock. ?-Monday's Spartanburg
Herald.
Former Camden Boy
Is Magazine Writer
Friends in Camden, his boyhood
home, will be interested to know that
Joel Hough, now residing at Columbus,
Ga., is winning quite a reputation
for himself as a magazine
writer.
In the January issue of the American
Landscape Architect there appear
a well written illustrated article
on a rustic bungalow built in
the mountains of North Georgia. The
i **tic home is known as "Ilalawaka,"
and is owned by Tom Huston, in the
last few years made immensely
wealthy by the sale erf "Tom's Toasted
Peanuts." The home is built or>
ar island in the Chattahoochee river,
amid the wild life and makes a pretty
picture.
Mr. Hough has also been very successful
in his special articles on quite
p number of magazines of national
repute.
Tax Books Close March 15.
The books for the collection of
Kershaw county taxes close on Saturday,
March 15. The books will remain
open up to and including that
day. All parties should pay their
taxes before that date.
Famous Reader to be Here.
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The ladies of the Presbyterian
Auxiliary are very fortunate to have
the promise of Mr. E. T, H. Shaffer,
of Walterboro, S. C., to give one of
his famous readings in Camden on
Friday afternoon, March 14, at the
home of Mrs. Annie S. Davidson on
Fair street at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Shaffer is well known as a
writer in different magazines?Atlantic
Monthly, The Forum, National
Geogrnphic, American Motorist and
Yale Review. His talk here will be
| "The Negro in American Literature,"
i and will ranp^e from "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" to "Black April," also readings
from DuBose Heyward and Ambrose
Gonzales. This will be a benefit
entertainment for the Auxiliary.
A treat is in store for all who come.
Play at Pine Grove School
The Blaney high school will present
a play entitled, "Two Days to
Marry" at the Pine Grove auditorium
on Thursday night, March 6, at 7:30
o'clock. The public is cordially invited
to come and spend an evening
of laughter together. A small admission
of 10 and 15 cents will be
charged.
Camden I>ady l/osea Father.
Mrs. Isaac C. Hough, of this city,
received a message Monday telling of
the death of her father, Mr. E. G.
Woellner, aged 78, which occurred at
his home \t\ St. Joseph, Mo., Sunday
morning. His death followed that of
his wife, which occurred about two
months ago. Mr. Woellner is survived
by the following children: Mrs. C. R.
Hamman, Los Angeles, Cal.; A. G.
Woellner, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. I.C.
Hough, Camden, S. C.; Louis Woellner
and Mrs. Hugh Fitspaftrick, of
St, Joseph, Mo. J
Cotton Specialist
At Camden Today
Mr. R. W. Hamilton, Cotton Specialist,
will address far mora of Kershaw
county, Maivh 7th, at Kershaw
at 11 a. in., and in the court house in
Camden at 8 p. m.
Mr. Hamilton has the best information
available on cotton production in
South Carolina. Our farmers need to
know more about proper fertilizers,
spacing, cultivation, staple, varieties,
hill weevil poisoning. Since Mr. Hamilton
is the chief authority we huv\?
on cotton, and since it is our aim to
make us much profit as possible on
cur cotton, let's tako advantage of
this opportunity. Landlords, tenants,
bankers, should attend. Colored people
will occupy the balcony ill the court
reuse,
Mr. KicfVards Again Named
Prof. J, G. Richards, Jr., of Cantden,
has* again been named as civilian
aid for Kershaw County for the Citizens
Military Training Corps held
each year at the various army camps.
The training period begins June Id
and ends-,July 12.
Any young man of acceptable character
and between the ages of seventeen
and twenty-four may apply. If
he can pass the required physical examination
and is of good moral character,
as certified .by a reputable citizen
who knows him, he may attend
these camps.
All necessary expense covering
transportation, camp facilities, food,
clothing, laundry, medical examination
and attendance and services of
instructors is furnished free by the
government.
Kershaw County applicants will go
to Fort Bragg, N C.
Any regular army officer, state
civilian aid, or county representative
can furnish blanks and information.
Anderson ]Negro
Kills Huge Hog
Anderson, March 1.?Ben Keown,
thrifty Anderson county negro farmer
living in the Holland's store section
comes through with the prize
hog story of the season. Ben is not
engaged in the packing business, nor
does he claim to do business of any
kind on a big scale, but all the same
it took scales that were out of the
common run of such things to correctly
weigh a hog Ben slaughtered
tnis^week, a porker of his own raising
that tipped the weighing machinery!
at 719 pounds dressed. j
Ben started in on this particular
enterprise with a three months old
pig, bought by him during the 1028
edition of the Anderson county fair.
The pig, he says, was kept around
the premises as something of a pet,
rapidly passing into the shoat age
via a fine patch of bur clover near
his house. Of, course, he stated,
there ?was plenty of scraps and slop
from the kitchen all along, and other
things that hogs thrive on, which
kept him going until he broke into
the big hog class, but never thought
until after the hog was killed that
he was building up a store of pork
that weighed far more than an average
bale of cotton.
Hangar and Planes Burn
Atlanta, Ga.f Mar. 4.?Damage estimated
at slightly more than $140,000
was caused tonight by a fire of
undetermined origin which destroyed
a huge hangar at Candler field, Atlanta's
municipal airport, burning between
15 and 20 airplanes.
First Baptist Church ,
The following services are announced
for the week at the First
Baptist church. V
Sunday school a t 10 o'clock, Mr. <
W. G. Wilson. Superintendent. Preaching
by the pastor at 11:15 on the subject:
"The Power of Grace." Evening
service at K o'clock, preaching by
the pastor on the subject: "Seek Ye
First the Kingdom of God." Midweek
prayer service on Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. B. Y. P. U.
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, Mr. Fred
Moseley, president.
Our Teacher Training Schoof is
now in progress and will' continue
through next week. Classes are held
each evening at 7:30. The courses
offered are The Sunday School Manual,
Pupil Life, and Winning to
Christ. Those who could not enter,
in the beginning are ur&ed to join us
later in the week.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us.
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Fire Destroys Mill
Street Residence
Fire almost totally destroyed the
Mill street residence belonging to
Mr. W. T. Srjiith and occupied by
Mr. Harry Elliott and family at an
eurly hour Friday morning.
Mr. Klliott and family were off on
a visit Thursday night and did not j
return until about one o'clock in the I
morning- The fire was not discov- <
ered until flames were covering, the
residence, notwithstanding the fact \
that neighbors resided in close proximity
on both sides. .
Mr. Smith had some new furniture
stored in this building and it and |
the household furniture of Mr. Klliott
wus completely destroyed. Mr. j
Smith carried $.'1,000 insurance on the ,
house and $700 on tl^ furniture. Mr.
Elliott carried a small amount of in- i
suranee on his furniture.
The residence of Mr. J. N. Flow- j
ors, on the noyth was damaged to j
the extent of around $50(1 while the j
F. C. Hinson residence on the south
owned by Mr. W. L. Jackson wu*?
slightly damaged.
Store Manager Fined
For Short Weights
It. L. Scaffe, Jr., manager of the
Rogers DeKulb street store, was before
Magistrate Rennie M. Smith on
Monday on a charge of violating the
weights and measures law. The warrant
was issued by Special Agent
Gibert, from the office of the Commissioner
of Agriculture. Mr. Scaffe
is. said to have been checked short
in weight on a number of packages
being offered for sale. At the request
of the officer making the arrest
the magistrate imposed the minimum
fine of $25.
Fire Damages
Parrish Residence
The large two-story residence of
j Mrs. D. I). Parrish, located on the
j corner of Mill and Haile streets, was
badly damaged by fire at midday
Tuesday.
The roof and second floor suffered
heavily from the flames and the furniture
was badly damaged by smoke
and water. The house was occupied
by, Mrs. Parrish and Mr. and Mrs.
Hunter Lang, who have moved into
the Thomas Ancrum cottage on Fair
street.
This was one of the old landmarks
of Camden and the damage to it was
only partially covered by insurance.
Schedule For
Health Clinics
Until further notice the' Health
Unit will ibe at the following points
on the days mentioned in'each month,
from 2 o'clock until 4 o'clock p. m.,
according to Dr. A. W. Humphries,
County Health Director:
Cassatt, on the first and third Wed- j
nesdays; Shamrock School House, on
the second and fourth Wednesdays;
Rabon's Cross Roads, on the first and
third Mondays; Blaney, on the second
and fourth Mondays;Kershaw, on
the first and third Fridays; Piedmont!
School House, on the second and
fourth Fridays.
The purpose of the above appoint;
ments is for the examination of children,
especially infants and those of
pre-school age, and pre-natal cases
not under the care of a physician;
also the administration of prophylactic
measures against contagious diseases
such as Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria
and smallpox.
Additional Police Protection
The city council has appointed two
additional police officers to patrol the
residential section of Carnden known
as Kirkwood duripg the winter season.
The area will include that portion
of Camden north of Chesnut
street to the Seaboard railway tracks
on the northern boundary of the city.
To Appear at Browning Home
Beulah Elwood McNcmar, monodramatic
entertainer, will appear in
a delightful high class entertainment
at Browning Home chapel, Saturday,
March 8, at 8:16 o'clock. There will
be a program of monologues, short
stories, character sketches, poems,
weeerpts from plays, humorous and
dramatic impersonations, pianologues.
A small admission fee of 26 cents
and 16 c*nte will be charged.
Snook Dies For
Murder of Woman
Columbia, Ohio,4 Feb 28.^-Displaying
the same iron nerve that carried
him through six months of residenco
?n the death house at Ohio state j>enitentiary,
Dr., James Howard Snook,
university professor, went to his
death in the electric chair tonight for
tiie murder of his co-ed companion,
Theora Mix.
The current was turned on at 7.01
and he was pronounced dead at 7:00:
30 p. m. Ho leceivod three contacts
ol 2,000 volts each.
I)r. Snook appeared to be the calmest
man in the execution chamber.
His eyes were red?as if he had
: cried after his last meeting with his
! wife. He walked with firm step and
head cioct. As two chain guards
took him by the arm, the doctor
| stepped forward briskly and sat down
; in the death chair.
He was accompanied into the room
by two ministers, Rev. Isuac Miller,
of King Avenue M. K. church, his
pastor, and the Rev. K. E. Wall, prison^
chaplain. The death house was
crowded.
1 wo guards took the doctor by the
arms and strapped him in the death
chair. Another adjusted the mask.
A second before the current was
turned on, Rev. Mr. Miller intoned
in solemn voice, "The Lord be with
you."
A second later the chief deputy
passed the signal to three unnamed
guards and the doctor surged under
the first electric contact. After
three contacts, the first at 7:05 1-2
p. m., and the last at 7:09 1-2 p. m.
The current was shut off. For three
minutes five physicians waited.
Headed by Dr. George K. Well, the
physicians examined Dr. Snook.
Snook said nothing as he entered
the death house. His lips wct-?>
(lasped tight, and he did not open
them once. Hu gazed fixedly at the
witnesses until the death mask was
set in place. Shortly before the
execution, Mrs. Helen Snook, wife
of the condemned man, who broke
i bread with her husband at his last
meal on earth, was led from the
| prison by two friends. She seemed
I in a state of collapse and was able
! t0 waIk only with the aid of one of
her escorts.
Rev. Mr. Miller, after the execution,
said that Dr. Snook was calm
and quiet just before he started his
walk to the death chair. The min- i
ister said he bore up well when he '
parted with Mrs. Snook, the wife
who has stood by his side ever since
the law took the professor in its
toil? and adjudged him guilty of the
killing of his co-ed mistress.
Associated Charities
Issues Statement
Mr. W. H. Harris, treasurer of the
Associated Charities organization of
Camden and Kershaw County, has
issued a financial statement of that
organization for the month of February.
In the March statement they hope
to be able to publish just how many
cases have applied for help, and how
many have been aided or refused,
pie expenditures, it is thought, will
be much less from now on owing to
the milder weather.
Any details of the following statement
can be seen at the office of the
treasurer:
Balance brought over from
last month $747.64
Receipts for February (1930) 2,065.76
Total $2,813.40
Paid Out
VVolfe-Eichel Co., clothing .... $1.90
Hirsch Bros. & Co., clothing .. 3.90
W. Sheorn & Son, clothing .... 36.29
J. L. Mimnaugh & Co., clothing 20.96
1 nomas & Howard, groceries . . 2.00
H. L. Schlosburg, clothing 41.79
The Iveader, clothing 43 10
I. Wolfe, clothing r-r-rr, 9.15
Wolfe-Eichel Co. clothing 8.10
Camden Chronicle 10.00
Lamoy's Grocery, groceries .. 32.72
R. S. Williams, groceries .... 54.73
Blancy Mercantile Co., groceries 2.00
R* S. Williams, groceries 42.39
Pills Payable . .. 100.00
DeKalb Pharmacy 4.35
X L. Mickle, deputy 18.50
A. S. Llewellyn, stenographic
* work 3.00
Maekey Mercantile Co 55
__ * 485.40
In Bank of Camden $1,052.82
In Loan A Savings Bank .... 500.00
In First National Bank 825.63
To balance $2,877.97