The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 08, 1930, Image 1
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Winter Resident
Dead in Cleveland
i i>h? following press dispatch from
Lveland, Ohio, brings the sad tidof
the de^th of Mr. C. C, 'Bolton,
ftr many years one of Camden's
distinguished and beloved winter
residents. His many friends will
^ad with sorrow of his passing and
extend their sympathy to his bereaved
ones:
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 1.?Chaples
C. Bolton. 75, financier, philanthropist,
civic leader and member of a
pioneer family of Cleveland, died at
home here after a long illness
I Ust night.
Mr. Bolton was born here oh March
23,185"). the son of Thomas Bolton,
jurist. He attended Phillips Exeter
Academy and in 1877 was graduated
from Harvard University.
Three years later Mr. Bolton married
Miss Julia A. "Castle, daughter of
the first Mayor of the consolidated
communities of Cleveland and Ohio
City. At that time he was connected
with Rhodes & Co., which later became
the M. A. Hanna Company.
For twenty-six years he remained
with the company, retiring in 1903.'
Mr. Bolton was a charter 'member
of Troop A, becoming Captain of
that organization in 1892. His son,
Newell, is now ColoneJ of the 107th
Cavalry, of which Troop A is a part.
He was president of the Associated
thrities for some time and later
w president of the Cleveland Proliant
Orphan Asylum. He was an
active worker in the Community
fund from its inception.
For many years Mr. Bolton was a
director of the Guardian Trust Company.
He was a trustee of the Society
for Savings and a director of theNational
Refining Compai^ and the
Bourne-Fuller Company, v
He was a former president of the
Country Club, a member of the
Union, University, Mayfield and
Kirtland Clubs and of the Harvard
Club of Boston. He was a thirty-Mcond
degree iMason and a member
of the Society of Colonial Wars and
the Sons of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Bolton died last year. He left
four sons. Representative Chester C.
Bolton. Irving C. Bolton, president of
the Warner & 'Swassey Company;
Colonel Newell C. Bolton, Julian C.
Bolton of the M. A. Hanna Company,
and six grandchildren.
Return From Trip to Inlet.
Messrs. J. G. Richards, Jr., John
Whitnker, Jr., E. B. Buddin, J. B.
Baldwin. J. B. Cureton, W. O. Hay,
and R. E. Stevenson returned this
week from a several days' stay at
Murrell's Inlet.
To Clean Off Cemetery
C. T. Trqpp, treaatTrer of Antibch
Baptist church requests all interested
persons to meet at the church on
Wednesday, August 13 ftfr the purpose
of cleaning off ?h? grave yard,
he requests all bring their workr
tools with tn^ny \
Presbyterian,vChurch Notice
Until the first 'Sunday in September
there will be no church services
neid m this church, due to the fact
|hat the pastor, Rev.' A. D. McArn,
? aysr on .his vacation. "Sunday
Jut ewi11, howe.v^r,, xneet as usual
4C& sunday morning at 10 o'clock,
? . ? Methodist
Church Services
> George Pierce .Watson, pastor
i?? on 'Stredt Methodist cnurch,
Spaces, that during, the month of
Ik* !v wh51e h* oil his vacation
?.e on'y services held in the
atu81 church will ibe Bible school
L r oi.m" eac^ Sunday, with w Mr.
woru i ftS superintendent., Epa,
V* tesgue ?ach (Sunday evening
o clock.
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Death of an Infant
4rt yr a short illness little R. HuHono,-OU?K'
a&ed one year and seven
^ ns. died on Tuesdny and was buW,?-n
Hickory Head -church near
thf'c on Wednesday. He was
Y0n-?n Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L.
,0^- Jr.. of Westville.
. Mrs- Ratcliffe Dead
Urris,. ^as reived in Camden yesA.
Ra,?i death of Mrs. Martha
home in age<! 6,6 years, at her
the u,;< e jptf,rn Kershaw. She was
foneral ,Mr' W- H- Ratcliffe. The
Ha!' on burial occurred at the
cemetery Thursday. - r
Boykin Named Clerk,
tlfrj ^oykin was elected city
troa?urer of.,. Camden at a
*of city council held Monday
*Hr? u r" Boyldn' 'or, a - number of
Sun *8 ^nected with Springs ft
ftt cu.,, ftlDng.;the vacancy in^
wJL ***** ?wral months.
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Auto Hits Wagon
Woman Killed
Mrs. Nover Stevens was fatally injured
Monday night and several
others bruised when a wagon in
which they were riding was struck
broadside by an automobile driven by
ifro& ?on of JVJr. V. M. Pate of
the Mt. Zi<m section.
The accident happened on the Tillers
Ferry road when all parties \vere
returning from church. Both wagon
and auto were traveling east and
young Pate, was attempting to pass
the wagon on the left side. The driver
of the wagon, Mr. Joe Moseley,
attempted to turn into a side road on
his left when the crash came. All
other occupants of the wagon were
bruised, but none seriously hurt. The
fotir occupants of the auto were
unhurt. Riding in the wagon were
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moseley and two
children and Mrs. Stevens. Those occupying
the automobile were Levy
Pate, John H. Pate and Misses Louise
Gaskins and Janie Brannpn.
Witnesses at the coroner's inquest
held Tuesday morning testified that
the wagon was traveling without a
light. The coroner's jury, composed
of W. H. Rast, G. E. Burk, B. E. Jennings,
J. R. Waters, O. M. Fort and
J. E. Lewis, held that the accident
was unavoidable.
Mrs. Stevens was the widow of J.
H. Stevens, a carpenter, who died
several months ago.
Nathan N. Prentiss
Killed in Crash.
t
A message was received in Camden
announcing the death of Mr.
Nathan N. 'Prentiss. which occurred
in an airplane crash at . Woodstock,
New York, on Friday. Mr. Prentiss
was manager of ^lie woodward airport
here last season and was away
on a vacation, expecting to return to
Camden in October. Mr. Prentiss was
fopular in this city and the news of
is tragic passing was received with
profound sorrow. The following is
taken from the Kingston, N. Y.,
Freeman of Monday, August 4th:
"Saturday evening funeral services
were held and the body of Nathan N.
Prentiss, aviator from Brookfield,
Mass., who was killed last Friday
when hi^ 'plAne-..crashed into the side
of OverloWo Mountain, was interred
on the .Whjt^ffii^a property, near the
scene of trie crash. It has been his
wish that in the event he was killed
while flying that his final resting
place be at the scene of the crash.
"Friday afternoon Prentiss flew
from LeRoy, N. Y., to visit Miss Euphemia
Whittredge, who resides on
the Rock City road. near Woodstock.
He flew- to Woodstock and after circling
her house to inform her of his
arrival, started for the Kingston airport,
where she had agreed to meet
him with her car. In some unknown
manner the plane crashed into the
side of the mountain some distance
up the rugged slope from the \Vhittridge
home. The ^viator's parents
gave their consent to his being buried
near the scene of the crash in accordance
with his expressed wish. Mr.
and Mrs, Prentiss came to Woodstock
for the.funeral services, which were
held Saturday evening on their arrival.
Following the location of the
body in the wreckage Undertaker
Victor N. Lasher of -Woodstock took
charge and the interment on" the
Whittridge property was under his
direction.
"Failure of the plane to arrive at
the Kingston airport caused a search
to be made on the mountainside,
where the wreck was located by a
plane from the local airport which
went out to the scene in charge of
Harper Mollineaux as soon as notice
was received of the accident."
Baptist Church Services.
The following servioes are announced
for the week at the First
Baptist church: Sunday school at 10
o'clock, Mr. W. G. Wilson, superintendent;
preaching by the pastor at
11:15 on the subject: "Christian Citizenship."
This subject was suggested
by the approaching primary election.
There will be no preaching on Sunday
evening. The B. Y. P. U. will
meet as usual.
Pay Your Dues
The Library Association requests
that all the members with past
due membership pay their dues at
once. It is stated that the Library
has about exhausted its funds and
there is a likelihood that it will be
closed at an early date unless dues
are paid and contributions secured
from some source.
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To Ask For Bus Terminal
Aldermen. W. 1?. Jackson, S. W.
VanLandinham and Henry Savage,
Jr., of the street committee have
been named with J. M. Villepigue, A
Sam Karesh and H. G. Carrison, Jr.
to confer with officials of the Camel
City Bus lines and the Safety Transit
oMMya&srhr an effort to secure a bus
terminal for Oentden. At
Um buses use a parking space onrDeKaJj?>
street, wftkb is dangerous to
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Hilton Resigns
His Service Job
Announcement of th?? resignation
of R. H. Hilton, for the pfcst two and
one-half years assistant to hi. Henry
Ciippelmaun, state service officer,
was made yesterday by Mr. Cappel-!
mann. Mr. Hilton's resignation is ef- j
fective "September 1, at whiclV tiipe
he will become associated with Johri
W, Crews, local attorney, with offices
in the Clark law building, for the'
general practice of law.
His successor has not been selec-,
ted.
Mr. Hilton is u World war veteran,
grndufttp of the University of South,
Carolina law school, which he attended
after making an enviable war record
with the Thirtieth division, is
a past commander of James Leroy
Belk post ,the American Legion, at
Camden, and for four years practiced
law in Camden and served the people
of Kershaw county as master in
equity, to which office he was elected
in 11)24. In 11)26 and 1927 he served
as chairman of the county Democratic
executive committee.
During the time that he has been
connected with the state service office,
Mr. Hilton -has successfully
prosecuted claims for thousands of
veterans against the United States
Veterans, bureau and other governmental
agencies and their dependents
in South Carolina have steured,
through the efforts of Mr. "Qappel-1
mann and Mr. Hilton, approximately
$2,000,000.
"Kirk" Hilton as he is known to a
wide circle of personal friends, is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J . . Hilton of
Westville, Kershaw county. He was
born October 10, 1828, and received
his academic education in the graded
schools of Kershaw county. At ?he
age of 18 he enlisted in Company 'M,
First South Carolina infantry regiment
and served six months on the
Mexican border. He was called back
into service April 12, 1917, seven
days after war was declared against
Germany.
As a member of Company M, 118th
infantry regiment; Mr. Hilton served
with signal distinction in France
from May until December, 1918. For
gallantry and intrepidity beyond the
call of duty while in action against
the enemy, he was decorated with the
Congressional medal of honor and
the distinguished service cross by the
United States government; the Medaille
Militaire and Cruix de Guerre
with palm and other medals by the
French, the Military medal by the
British, as well as ranking medals
and citations of all other allied countries*
Mr. Hilton lost an arm from
wounds received in action.
After discharge he attended Oak
Ridge institute, <Oak Ridge, N. C., for
a year, was a student in the academic
department of the University of
South Carolina for a year and graduated
in law in June, 1924. Less than
two months later he was elected master
of Kershaw county , a position
which he filled acceptably until be resigned
to become assistant service
officer .
In his work in the state office, Mr.
Hilton has been much in demand as
a public speaker. He has a wide acquaintance
among th^ Legionnaires
throughout the state, and has made
a study of veterans legislation which
has stood him in good stead in officially
representing the ex-service men
'in various capacities. Experience
gained in this way will be of ipaterial
benefit to him, Mr. Hilton "believes,
in presenting claims for veterans in
state and federal courts.
Regarding Mr. Hilton's resignation,
Mr. Cappelmann said:
"The service work in South Carolina
will suffer n distinct loss in the
resignation of Hobson Hilton as assistant
service officer. As an attorney
familiar with the law of evidence and
the proper presentation of facts, he
has been very valuable. Aside from
this, havnig himself gone through the
worst experiences in the World war
he ha8 been able sympathetically tc
hear the veteran's side of the question
and represent -him before the
veterans bureau. Our association haj
been one which I will always remember,
and I consider it a definite honoi
to have had the opportunity to wor*
with one of the outstanding heroes o1
the World war. Our office wishes foi
Mi*. Hilton unbounded suocess in hit
practice of law."
Mr. Crews, with whom Mr. HiltoT
will be associated in the practice oi
law, is a graduate of the UaiversR]
of South Carolina law aohoo4 and hai
( f* . .
f been n member of the local bar for a
number of years. He was -one of the
i Democrats mentioned prominently
for United States district attorney to
1 succeed J. D. E. Myer, whose term oi
C office expired recently. The style of
7 the sew Asm will be Crews and Hil<
i ton.?Tuesday's State. . v
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Preference Given
To Home Labor
Columbia, S. C.,> August 2.?The
South Carolina Highway Commission
will not "permit its funds to be paid I
for outside labor, out-of-state mate- <
rials and foreign-owned services
when willing South Carolinians can i
be hired, South Carolina products
and materials can be bought, and
South ( arolina owned services can be
secured at prices just as reasonable
sod just as equitable as those paid
without the State," said C. .E. Jones, i
of Hatesburg, Chairman of the Commission,
addressing road contractors,
material and machinery men, gathered
here Tuesday of last week incident
to the slotting of $5,000,000 of highway
contracts.
The Commission chairman described
the present economic depression
and the unemployment situation, ex- j
plaining in plain language the position
of the group which he heads;
that as long as South Carolinians are
unemployed the practice of bringing
labor into this State and buying materials
and products in other states
must and -will be stopped. He called
attention to clauses in all construction
contracts requiring that preference
be given to labor, materials and
aervrces of this State, showing, in the
piatter of hauling, thousands of farmers'
trucks are idle amjl ready for
hire.
In explaining how the highway establishment
since 1928 had utilized
every persuasion to have the General
Assembly safeguard all highway activities,
which checks the Commission
voluntarily had applied by resolution,
Mr. Jones went into the question of
writing surety bonds and claimed
that no person directly or indirectly
connected with the highway establishment
had ever been guilty of an
infraction of the law or of nny other
unethical conduct.
He paid his respects to the opponents
of the bond issue for permanent
highways with the following
language: ;
"During the past few months of
! controversy many implied charges
and insinuations jiave been made
I against those connected directly and
i indirectly with the Highway estabr
lishment. Many of these charges
were absurd; none of them was based
on fact. The presence of you gentlemen
here' today to my mind is an
ample refutation of tho^e notoriety
seekers and deluded apostles of hnte
who would tear down a great constructive
ipovement for personal
power or because of petty, envious
spite. Those of us against whom the
attacks have been directed have
borne with equanimity the ludicrous
charges made because we know that
we are right; we have looked with
| contemptious pity upon our truducers
because we know that they are
> [ wrong, some of them " repeatedly
| wrong for the bolstering of their own
' selfish purposes.
Paving Cgntr&cts Awarded.
Contracts were awarded Tuesday
by the State highway department at a
bid letting in Columbia for several
projects that are of much interest in
this vicinity. Among them are the following:
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Lancaster-Kershaw counties: For
paving J7, miles of Route 26, from
Lancaster to end of paving in Kershaw
county, Pittman Construction
company t for $402,922.
Kershaw county: For paving 5.9
miles of Route 28, from end of pavement
via Boykin's mill to "Sumter
| county line, $159,674.
"Walk" on the Water
Bingen, Germany, Aug. 3.?Two
Austrians, Professor Hitter and Ju"
lius Hirsch, as a prelude to a strqjl
across the waters of the English
channel, today "walked" across the
r River Rhine from Bingen to Ruedes'
heim on home-made "water skiis."
' On arriving at Ruedesheim, they
1 stowed the collapsible skiis in their
bucksacks and continued hike on the
land. ?
' At the foot of the national. monu"
ment they deposited a wreath with
? the words; "On the firatherossing of
i the Rhine on water skiis, from the
Austrian aquatic rivers to the liber '
ated Rhine."
Five Year Old Boy
Killed by Auto
James Neal, the five-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Neal was
killed on Sunday night about two and
one-half miles north of Kershaw
when an automobile struck the child
and dragged the boy several yards.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal and son were returning
from church at Center Grove
when the accident hapj><?nod.
An inquest was begun on Monday
morning at 10 a. m. but was not concluded
as more information concerning
the killing was desired.
Officers said on Monday morninu
that the driver of the death car was
not known hut he was suspected. The
driver of the car that killed the hoy
did not stop, although it is said that
the boy was dragged for about 30
yards. > The child's neck was broken,
leg broken and the body badly
nruised.
Funeral services for the unfortunate
child were held Monday afternoon
from the home near Kershaw.
?Lancaster News.
Roll Books Show
Considerable Gains
A check-up on the list of those enroled
for the Democratic .primary in
this county shows that there are considerably
more names on the enrollment
book than in 1926. Unofficial
figures show that there- were 5,292
names enrolled in 1926 and 5,542 in
1930, with a possibility that it will
go even higher.
All of the precincts have turned in
their enrollment books and the fig-]
urefi for these boxes as compared
with 1926 are as follows:
1926 1930
Abney 32 76
Antioch ]4\ 174
Bethune 403 301
Blaney , 338 296
Buffalo 226 259
Camden 1,142 1,337
Cassatt ^ 139 107
Charlotte Thompson.. 103 104
DeKalb 74 31
Doby's Mill 84 31
Enterprise 48 53
Gates Ford 78 56
Harmony 43 45
Hermitage 204 263
Kershaw 337 410
Liberty Hill 94 83
Lugoff 127 101
Lockhart . 132 ' - 86
Ned's Creek 126 126
Oakland 34 37
Pinetree 76 81
Rabon's Cross Roads.. 103 121
Raley's Mill 101 148
Roland 33 40
Salt Pond 123 79
Sandy Grove 57 59
Shamrock 81 59
Shepard 42 26
Shaylor's Hill 51 60
Swift Creek 45 54
Three C's 182 237
Twenty Creek 60 71
Wateree Mill 209 272
Westville 104 159
Total 12>92 5,542
Farmers Demand
Drought Relief
Wilmington, Ohio., Aug 4.?Xhriven
to desperation by failure of' their
Crops because of the drought, more
than 200 Clinton county farmers appealed
to the county commissioners
for work today to enable them to buy
food for their families.
After listening to their pleas, the
commissioners ordered that $100,000
worth of road work contemplated for
later in the season, be started immediately
and the men put to work.
For 10 days the farmers had been
appealing to the commissioners individually
for work and received promise
of work when road improvements
were started later. Today,
they came enmasse in rattle-trap automobiles
and on foot. They chose
Erakin R. Hayes, secretary of the
Wilmington Automobile club, as their
spokesman. He led them to the
court house.
Most of the delegation were tenant
farmers and farm laborers. They
, depend to a great extent upon truck
- .gardens which have been completely
, burned up by the drought.
! There has been only a scant rain.
1 fall in that section since early spring
and conditions there were said to b
- the worst in the state. ;
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Father and Son
Saved From Sea
Myrtle .Beach, July 3J .-.Heroism,
coolness and endurance were displayed
when Miss Helen Hagood ttmj L.
It. Hugood, of Aynor, today saved
from drowning son and father, Norman
Huckabee and M. CJ. Huckabee,
of Oamden, ut Yaupou beach about
two miles south of Myrtle Beach.
Young Huckabee had been swimming
beyond his depth. Becoming exhausted
on account of the strong seu
he was unable to return to shore. His i
father some distance uway observing
his son's distress hollered "come on
in" and with voice barely audible tho
son replied, " 1 cannot make it."
Mi. Huckabee then struck out
through the waves and reached his
son, but himself nearly exhausted,
was unable to bring him in.
Young Huckabee, realizing that
his father could not save him and
might bo drowned, jerked uway from
him. Mr. Huckiibee's paternal love,
however, prompted him to continue
his efforts to assist his son until
looking jiack und seeing Miss Hagood,
un excellent swimmer, coming
in the direction of his son he started
back towards shore.
Before Mr. Huckabee could get to
safety he became exhausted. Mr. Hagood,
father of the young woman, ?
who came up about that time, plunged
into the water and quickly reaching
Mr. Huckabee brought him on in
to safety.
In the meantime Miss Hagood who
had swum within about five yards of
young Huckabee who could not have
held out much longer, said "do not
grab me and I will eave you." Too
exhausted to answer he merely nodded.
As Miss Hagood got to him he
turned over on his back. Putting her
arm under his chin she kept his head
above the water und started swimming
in with the hundred and seventy-five
pound young man.
A strong wind made it necessary
for her to swim gradually to shore.
Becoming tired Miss Hagood
changed position and treading water
still kept Mr. Huckabee up and finally
reaching a place where the water
was not above her head she was able
to stand and assist young Huckabee
in standing.
Mr. Hagood, it is said, hollered to
a man near a life boat to hand him a
rope which was quickly cut from the
boat. Mr. Hagood thfew it out to his
daughter and the rescued man and
they were pulled in to safety.
Members of a boy scout troop
from Kingstree who were camping
on the beach witnessed the occurence
and they joined in with members of
the Huckabee family and others in
singing the praises of Miss Hagood
and her wonderful feat and also of
Mr. Hagood in saving the father of
the young man.
When interviewed by a newspaper
correspondent today the Hucknbees
stated that they desire that Miss
Hagood be "given full credit for her
heroic act" and that she be given a
medal.
Miss Hagood was graduated from
Winfthrop College last year with honors.
There she studied a course in life
saving. She is a most attractive and
charming young ^oman, a niece of
Col. Monroe Johnson, of Marion.
Camden To Be On
The Air Tonight
Through the efforts of Senator
Grover C. Welsh, station WIS from
i Columbia has agreed to let Camden
, put on a program tonight from 7 to
7:45.
The program will be started by an
. address by Mayor R. M. Kennedy,
i Jr. This wjll be followed by two renditions
by Hollis F. Cobb, entitled,
"The Old Refrain" and "I'm in
Ixjve". Miss Caroline Richardson will
render a piano solo, "Chaminade
Arabesque." The colored community
glee club will render "Melody From
The South," and a spiritual entitled,
"Hand Me Down." An address by Attorney
L. T. Mills and the program
will close with two renditions by Ben
P. DeLoache, Jr., entitled, "Uncle
Rome" and "Drink To Me Only With
Thine Eyes".
Returns With Prisoner.
Sheriff J. H. McLeod returned
Wednesday night from Smithville,
Georgia, where he went to secure F.
A. Blaekwell, a white man charged
with bigaihy. He Was residing on a
' farm near that town and had a young
' white girl with him from one of the
mill Vilages where they were living
; na man and wife. The sum and girl
C both were brought haek. Mrs. Me?
Leod accompanied the sheriff <m the
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