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I The Camden Chronicle
PLUME 42 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MABCH 27. 1931 ! ~ '
1 1 1 .? ' NUMBER 52 ,
y
I fa Soldier" Wins
The Carolina Cup
(By Harry ft^K. Hampton
in Columbia State)
nden, 'Mar. 21.?iSea Soldier, u
r?ut gelding1/ aon of Man O- -War,
^ by the Mill 'Creek Stables and
n by Robert Davis in'a thrilling
, today won the Carolina cup,
re event of the three-race caivj
ic Springdale* course, before a
and representative crowd which
fathered from many -parts of the
id iStates and Canada,, for the
iplant, in the silks of Mrs, Fran1
; Gat-van, Mr. Duffy up, was two
hs behind the winner for the
in the spectacular event in
i three mounts lost their riders,
yell up at the last bhrrier.
lerald Isle III, owned by Ernest
cod ward of Camden and ridden
K. Bassett, was third,
rry Worcester Smith's Bridgei
after leading the first lap, was
up at the last (barrier but tiphe
rail and the rider went off,
lorse continuing to finish fourth
der, but, of course, disqualified,
e opening event on the (program
the Springdale steeplechase,
i was won by Leonard B., chestlorse
by Runantell out of Oloire
erdyn, owned and ridden by Jol
A. Hale. (Mrs. Geraldyn Redr.?
Kakhnona, with Raymond
in the saddle, was second, while
ill, owned by Wayside stables
ridden by R. W. Pomeroy, Jr.,
third.
c last event, the Camden -plate,
Bf mile race on the flat, was won
Bod fashion by Oakland, a chest gelding,
owned by Mrs. Francis
Barvan and ridden by G. H. BostB
Dodo, owned (by North Fletcher
I Tom Waller and ridden by Mr.
B'> was second, while Thomas B.
Bs Elk Crest, with iMr. Duffy up,
shed third.
he Carolina cup, albout three miles
lr timlber, was started across the
Irse from the long line of carp of
spectators,* (but in plain view
the broad open, grassy field
I was run one lap over the mile
Bpe and one around the outside
Bmile course. At the second parBlled
Indian of unknown parentBpnd
owned by Fox Chapel Stud,
Bed. and -as he turned sideways
B?nd Wolf, on Mrs. (Francis P.
Bn's Sun Up was forced off,
- Bating two contestants early in
jBinning.
B white and violet silks of Harry
Bester Smith's iBridgemere were
: B lead at the end of the first lap
B-LeDigard, ridden by CTompton
B in the Blue and White of the
Bood Stable a nose behind. Close
?tcio toinr, in oraer named,
B?oldier, Seaplant, Drummer Boy,
Bald Igle II and Bizarre.
the last turn a spectacular race
Bred between the first four or
I horses, and Bridgemere, Sea
Ber and Emerald Isle III were
Bically peck and nedk coming into
stretch. ,Sea iSoldier took the
I just at the last barrier, RridgeB
struck heavily. The rider
Bght his mount was down and slid
| Sea Plant went into second
B Le Digard, Bizarre and DruniB
Boy completed the remainder of
Be race was a brilliant and dash^kffair.
All the horses were perB'
trained and took the jumps, in
Bically every instance, without
I or loss of stride. The brilliantly
B'd silks of the riders and the
graceful strides of the mounts
B y moved smoothly along across
B";ul turf of the course, all parts
B1"-n are at all times visible to
< : a Lars, made a thrilling pjcB
-loingdale steeplechase was alB
: lly colorful. ' Poster imB'
y in Jront of the onlookers,
1 was in plain view of all and
"Boc two laps ground the mile
B( the horses were always in
I v.cw to the naked eye. t
B nard B., with Joseph A.'Hale
I" CAvn I a vendor and white silks
B?(>k ITieTTead #rom the start and
B't. At the first lap's, end Lipt
owned <by Harry Worcester
B and ridden by Cronvpton Sn^th,
|n awond place; Oranto of Josepn
Ble was third; Kaklmona, fourth;
jBU* 8l*tb and Annapolis, Mfa.
' :B* >SoB^ryiH?fg fhftitiiint horsp.
'^^ - viivvviI If v nv* wv i
B by Noel Laing, was behind.
B the back stretch Annapcriis and
B and the" finish
staged a neck and neck race for third
place, the brown mare taking the
show position by a nose.
Oakland took -the lead at the start'
_iii the?half mile?flat?raee?"for?theCamden
plate and'; finished power-;
fully, running away from the simall
field of five starters. Dodo, Elk
Crest, Bandoline and Bonsky trailed
irj the order named.
The Carolina cup is dedicated "to'
Thomas Hi^hcock as a tribute of;
appreciation of his many years of untiring
interest in the development and ;
J^i-cao vi .Kteepiecnasing in America."
i
The race is open to four year olds '
and upward, the owner of the winner
to hold the Carolina cup until the,
next running of the race and to re- j
ceive as hi9 absolute property a re-,
plica of the same. The riders are re- j
quired to hold certificates from the
>{ational Steeplechase and Hunt association,
under whose sanction and
rules the race is run.
The Springdale steeplechase is a
private sweepstakes affair With <10
entrance fee by each entrant, all going
to the winner. The amateur riders
must hold certificates from the
national association. It is about two
miles over a brush course. The rider |
of the winner receives, in addition
to the purse, a piece of plate, presented
by the Eastern Jlorse club. .
The Camden Plate for three year
olds and upward, also open only to j
certified amateur riders or eligible*,;
brings a piece of plate to the winner.
-The UTunl glamor of Tcminine fin-*
ery was somewhat lacking today, due i
to the cold, cloudy afternoon with a '
stiff east wind and occasional bursts
of rainfall chilling the throhg to the
marrow, but not dampening its ardo?-.
"Everybody" in. Columbia was ?mong
those present^?that is, the hah-j
itues of races?Aiken was heavily;
represented.. North Carolina, Vir-j
ftinia, ffiorida, New York .and vari-j
ous other states as well as Toronto j
and Hamilton, Ontario, and doubtless
others, were-represented by spectators
come solely' for these races,,
^Newspapermen from six metropojK
tan dailies in New York and Chicago
were said be present, including C.
J. Fitzgerald, racing editor of the
New York Telegraph, epeciat racing
paper, and one of the outstanding
horse experts in America. The Pathe
New* service was also represented
wim ctBitrtuivii* -
Mrs. W. F. Stevenson
Dead After Illness
Che raw, Mar. 24.?<Mrs. Clara Ma><
loy Stevenson, wife of Congressman j
W. F. Stevenson of the Fifth district.,
died at her home here tonight after j
an il}ness of ^ne and a half years, j
For the last ^six months her condition
Had been critical and her phy
sicians had abandoned all hope for
her recovery.
Mrs. Stevenson was the daughter
of Capt. C. A. Malloy and Mrs. .Jane
McQueen 'Malloy. She was born at
Choraw at the home of Mrs. J amen j
Campbell, wjdow of Congressman j
Campbell, a grandaunt who had J
reared her mother.
She attended the .. Cheraw school '
and the Charlotte Female institute,!
Charlotte, N. C. .She was first married j
to M. H. Finney, of Vermont, who'
was living -in Cheraw at that time.
a
He died in 11)13, less than a year after
his marriage.
ApriJ 7, lD2b, she married Congressman
Stevenson, who with four sisters,
Mrs. A. G. White, Alcolu; Mrs.
J. B. Reid, Bateslburg; Mrs. William
Lamont, Raeford, N. C., and Mrs.
Judd Z. Matthews, Blackville,. survives.
Mrs. Stevenson was a member of
the Congressional Women's club of
Washington and when able to attend
was one of the most gracious host-1
esses of the organisation's various
functions. She made many warm
friends among the congressional set
in Washington. A member of the
Presbyterian church of Oheraw, she
took an active part iff all church work {
being one of the two women mem- j
bers of the committee in charge of
remodeling the church here. She was
strikingly, handsome and endowed
with the faculty for making many;
friends. - - |
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To Render Program*
The Young People's Christian Union!
of Camden is going up to the coun-j
ty chaingang^camp jaro-1
gram Sunday afternoon, March 29,
at 3:00 o'clock. The program will
consist of songs, prayers and readings
by the younlg people. The public
Is cordially invited to attend.
Churches^ Discuss
Birth Control
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New York, March 21.?Birth control
through "careful and restrained
use of contraceptives by married people1'
is 'considered by the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ.
Representing approximaiely 32,000,000
members of 27 protectant. denominutions
in America, a majority
of the commit* e on mitlTlage and .thy
home 'published today u report say-1
ing such prajcti^fi is "valid and miM-j
al."
The report, approved for publics-:
tion by the administrative committee,|
was'signed by 22 of the 28 members
of the sUb-convmittee. Three dissented
in some respects and three
voiced no opinion.
Thpse approving included Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a member
of the national board of the Young
Women's Christian Association;
George W. Wickersham, chairman of
the Cpmfmission on I^aw Enforcement,
and Mrs. John Ferguson, president
of the National Council of Fed|
erated Church Women.
Those taking some exceptions were
; the Rev. Dr. Howard Chandler Rob:
bins, chairman of the committee; Mrs.
j Robert E. ;Speer, president of the
1 National Board of the Y. W. C. A.,
and (Mrs. On$h R. Judd, president of
the Council of Women for Home Missions.
Those remaining neutral were the
| Right Rev. (Charles K. Gilbert, suffragan
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Now York; the Rev.!
Dr. Ben R. Lacy, president of Union |
Theological Seminary, at Richmond, i
Va.; and 'Mrs. W. A. Newell, of j
Gree.nsfcoro, N. C.
The committee unanimously agreed |
"as to the necessity," therefore, for!
some form of effective control of the"]
size of the family and spacing of ehil- |
dren, and consequently of control of I
conception. It is recognized by all'
|churche8 and all physicians." j
The causes of such necessity were1
listed as "too frequent dnd too numerous
pregnancies," , "economic con- j
1 sideration" in poor families, and "the
problems of over-population."
The committee rwas also in unanimous
agreement that "sex union be-1
tween husbands and wives as an ex- j
pression of mutual affectiori/without. I
relation to procreation, is right* This ;
is leiogiiized by the scriptures, by!
all branches of the church, by social
and medical science ^nd by the good
sense and idealism of mankind."
On the method of attaining these
aims, however, the minority group
dissent?d_ in_ the fallowing words:
"In view of the widespread doubt
aim>n? Christian people of the moral-1
it3L Qf- the USe of contra*:a. *id
the scruples experienced by many in
making use of them, it appears to ^
these members of the committee to
be the plain duty of the Christian
church, when control Of conception
is necessary, to uphold the standard
of abstinence as the ideal, recognizing
it as the counsel of perfection,
and that Christian morals are imuoh
more exalted than is generally supposed."
The report was criticized in statements
by the Right Rev. John J.
r>iinn, JEtoman--4CUUhohes viear
eral and Bishop auxiliary of Ne.w
York, and by Dr. Frederick H. Knubel,
president of the United Lutheran
church in America.
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Auto Takep Huge Toll
New York, March 23.?There were
more than 835,000 automobile accidents
in the United istates last year,
and thtfy, killed 32,500 persons and
injured 902,000, the Travelers' Insurance
Company reported today.
Deaths increased 4.5 per cent over
11*29. New York state 'went C\STt-!
trary to the general tendency, rc- I
porting 3,074 fatalities, a decrease of
3.1 per cent.
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Cotton Crop Report
According to II. L. Richey, cot^cn j
census enumerator for Kershaw
county, th^tifVtkd been 21.9112 bales
of cotton ginned prior to March 20,
1931," as coir.pared to 14.155 for a
like period flyvfoSQ. For the state
there were;. jwi&,015 :ie compared to
833,054.
Library Association To Meet
The South Carolina Library Aascrciation
will, meet In (Columbia, Thursday
afternoon and all day Friday,
April 9th and 10th. All State Hbrarians,
as well as Board members,
and the public in general are cordially
invited to attend these sessions of
the Association. Program*' will be
tailed to all Librarian*.
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Thousands of Lilies I.
Now Blooming Here
Symbolic of the Faster .season some
100,000 lilies will (burst forth in bloom <
h few days prior to Easier Sunday, 1
April 5th, in tho fifteen steam-heated
greenhouses of the CanuJen Floral <
Company on l^urens street.. They 1
will form the largest flora) display
of its kind ever seen in the South."
Bulbs from which the thousands
upon thousands of plants sprung,
?ave been given careful attention and
care since December and are now just
ready to bloom forth, jn time to cheer
many Upines at Faster, not only in I
South Carolina hut ?*l?0 throughout1
neighboring stottv.
The packing of the Hfeas at Faster)
>? a very interesting sight. A nurn-!
ber of girls and, women trained in!
this work are employed to wrap the i
blooms in tissue paper, then wrap-j
Ping the whoL plant. These plants!
are then placed in a (rate and packed |
tightly to keep them from being <
bruised in* shipping. The lilies are'
sent to various points between New
York and the Southern part of Flo-ida.
One would naturally think that It
would not be necessary to ship Haste.- !
lilies to Florida, but all lilies in Flor-'
ida are grown out of doors and there-'
fore they have r.o control over the i
time they can bring the flowers in.o
bloom. In order to have lilies at exactly
the right time at Faster they
must buy them from points where
they are grown under glass and the
time of blooming is under control.
The Camden Floral company, devoting
60,000 square feet of glass not
only to the production of Faster
lilies but also of carnations, roses,
cm 11a lilies, snapdragons, sweet peas,
hyacinth^ and tulips, state they ship
tTTeir flowers to many distant points.
Not only can flowers be bought
here at Easter time and all holidays
but also every day in the year the
fPoral company has a beautiful selection
of cut and potted flowers,made
possible through the artificial
: heat su/pplied to the houses.
^ Beginning with one small plant o:r
East Laurens street several years ago
the Camden Floral company has
grown to. such proportions that it
was neeetfshry^to purchase additional
land on West Eaurcns street where
fourteen additional greenhouses have
been built.J The company has its"
own boxing and packing equipment!
as well as refrigerating system and'
the volume of 'business done by this I
firm is a revelation to those who >
visit the plant. Anyone is cordially I
invited t<r-visit- their plant to- view |
the beautiftil -j^ht of sp many thoyui-!
and blooms in al! their beauty justj
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Will Talk Over Radio
Senator E. D. Smith write* * The'
C hronicle that he has accepted an'
invitation to make an address over
the Columbia Broadcasting System :
from station WBT, Charlotte, N. C.,'
this evening from 8:1-6 to 8:30 o'clock.
His Subject will be "The Ec-'
onomic Crisis in the 'South. He in-'
vites his friends to "listen in" at that
time. |
-Sunday, March 29, A. Douglas Mc-'
Arn, pastor. (Morning worship 11:15.!
Sermon subject, 'The Return Gift."!
Sunday school 10 a. m. Christian'
Endeavor, 7 p. m. The fnen of the"
church meet with Mr. John S. Lindsay
Wednesday evening, April 1, at'
8 o'clock. The public is cordially in-'
vited to an services in this church.
'* ? "U- " -J-"-"1- ? LH'I! g"
Mrs. Knight Buys I
"Cool Spring" Placej
Another of Camden's interesting i
uld-time houses haa beep purchased
by (The. of ?hc winter visitors, and
will be occupied as a winter re*L
lience. 'Coo! Spring, for several years
owned by William II. Kirkbride, ofj
Boston, has been bought b.\ Mrs. '
( hark s Knight, of Avon, New York,1
who is an all-season guest at Hob-!
kirk Inn. I
The estate lies about three mrieV
north of Camden und consists ofj
eighteen acres t?f land surrounding I
tne handsome old house, a type .t/f
the Southern honju of the early nine- I
teenth century, with wide veranda
vUpported by coitions, aild within !
high ceilings ami a very unu^u li
stairway.
A splendid spring of water is als ?
on the property.
Mrs. Knight: is an expert horse
woman, and will take an active pai.
in the winter sporting life. .She is
a member of the Cenness.ee Val-y
Hunt Club.
Bloomsbury, the onetime Chesnnt
nome, recent 1> puivha.-cd by John I..
V\eeks and ccrup.ed by him for the!
first time this season has been greatly
improved, and is one of the litanj I
ante-bellum homes"bought and beau-titled.
Others arc the Cantey place
owned by John H. Todd; the lloykin '
home on Fa.i f-treet, now in the pos-1
session of IT. P. Kendall, of Boston:
Goodie Castle, formerly the Perkins
mansion, now owned by Carroll Phillips
Bassett, of .Summit*; the old
Salmond house, now the heme of
Miss Olive Whittredge, of Summitt;
the DeSaussure house, bought by ,
George Hodge, of New Haven; the
WHheis home, now the handsome residenne
of I.
land; the house of the late Vr8.VMaVry
Wlthers Kii<kland, now owned by Mrs
Bassett and Mrs. Pomeroy and the
beautiful M'ilbank estate on the
shores of the old factory pond, made
info a modern home by Samuel Russell,
of Middletown, Conn.
Another attraetivelv remodelled
house,' yet with all the old charm remaining,
js the former Whitalcr
mansion, now owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Coclt Boykin and t'he Elle: be
house, purchased and occupied by
Charles M. Taintor, of South port,
Conn.
There is a lull in Camden after the
Horse .Show and Races of last week,
Jut many are filling the hotels, thtide
of travel from Florida having
begun.
Entertainments for the many visiting
students now here for their
Faster vacations are numerous. One
of the most attractive parties was
that given at the Old Mill on Tuesday
evening for a large number of
the younger set, with Miss Louise
Pallcn, cif New York, who Is passing
the winter with Mrs. Woods Rcbinson,
as chaperone, by Mrs. F. M.
Rhodes for her grand-daughter, Mise
I'ranees Chapman,- u student at the
Doobs Ferry School.
Robin Peuke, of Hotchkiss Srhocl
is spending the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. -Williaui.-M.. p4iake, whe
is occupying the Painter cottage.
Miss Jean Harris has come from
Washington, D. C., where, she. is_ a
?.?< -4fr?? rcifiuu o'cinrna; v
to pass the vacation period with het .
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren ti
Harris, and Miss Barbara Keep, of
the Emma Willard School, Troy, N..
Y., will arrive on Saturday to remain
until after Easter 'with her par-'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace I. Keep,
at the Kirkwood. i
Mr. and Mrs. McKee Graham on-'
pertained with a farewell dinner on
luesday evening for Mrs. Howard
Dews, of New York, w<ho, expects to'
leave Camden on April first for a
visit in Sewickley prior to sailing
from New York on Apidl 16th. on the
Levnathan^ for ^ Paris.
entertained with a dinner at their
home oh Wednesday evening, and Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Sweeney were host;
at Greenlcaf Villa. '
Gne of the season's largest and
most attractive teas was given onV\ednesday
afternoon by Mrs. Ward
C. Belcher, of New York, and Mrs.
Gcor?e J Willock, of Pittsburgh, at
Green leaf Villa. 'Mrs. Belcher and-;rs
Willock are popular rrerr.bvn
of the. winter colony p-ar.. !ny tr' < v;-~
ton at Hobkirk Inn.
After two months in Camden Mr
and Mrs. Francis Guerin Cart returned
this week to their home in Princeton
and Colonel and Mrs. Mi Burke
have left the Kirkwood for Marlborough,
Mass.
Mr. E. C. Hammond an all-season
guest at the Kirk-wood will return
Saturday to New London, Connecticut.
Drag Hunts continue to attract
large fields and starting from various
places are run off twice weekly to
continue through April. Following in
the hunts are roted Mrs;4 Dwigltt
Partridge,- Maste1; Carroll K. Bas^
sett, Laniont Dominiek, Dr. and Mrs.
Oscar S'eeley, Miss Allison Sharpe,
North Fletcher, Tom Waller, Mrs.
Chafles Knight, Miss Edith Wills,
Miss Betsy Ross, H. D. Kirkover, E.
L. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. .Samuel
Russell, Jr., Mr. and "Mrs. David R.
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Madden.
R. W. Pomerov. Jr, RiirLl
and many others
Mrs. James Boyd came down from
Southern Pines for the Camden Races
apd stopped at the Court ,.Inn. Mr.
Boyd who was one of the judges in
last sear en's Hoiie Show here is now
abroad. 16
Mrs. George B. Martin and Joseph
Merthvr of-Glen-Ridge; Mt. nnd'Mrr.
Robert Ware, of Ridgewood; Mrs.
Belcher, of Garden City aro, among
.Northerners^ nassinar^ -a*?- son
witn Mrs. Thomas J. KjVkland.
Mrs. Lewis M. Borden and Mrs.
John H. Wright, of New York,-arc
at Hobkirk Inn.
Among the numerous arrivals at
the Kirk'svood are: Mr. and Mrs. U.
C. Good, of Morrisbown; Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Valh of Newark; Mr. and
Mrs. S. Bartram Richards and Mr.
and Mrs. John B. Townsend, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Foster Kennedy, of
New York; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ludlow,
of Saratoga and Mrs- H. M.
Billesbey and Miss Baldwin, of Roselle,
N. J.
B. M. Smith, of Oaniden, wasi for
the third successive season a winner
in-the "Kth Annual MidiSouth Men's
amateur championship played last
week on the Kirkwood course.
In the weekly ladies putting contest
on the Kirkwood green for
prizes given by Mrs. Sidney Harwood,
of Boston, winners were Mrs.
O. F. Mcnabah, Lakeville, Mrs.
Burke, of Marlborough, - Mass and
Mrs. W. EL Carey, of Boston.
Mr. ;mtl Mrs. W. Bvefette Burne..
o" Orange, are. visiting Mr. Frank-Coursen
and 'Miss* Keller at their
cottage.
Parisian Dandies Use
Three Flowers Daily
"A flower u day keeps the blues
awayl"
So says the American floruit; and
e eiy year more men are hemic converted
to the creed, which now numbers
most rtf the womenfolks of the
country. But the Purisian floilst ?h
n.>t to be .satisfied with one flower.
Three flowers daily decorate the carefully
tailored lapel buttonholes of the
Well-dressed Parisian boulovardier's
three daily suits.
Either a daffodil or a boutohnieiv
of four Pai ma violets is correct for
morning wear with a smart gray
suit. The b.own or black jacket for
afteipoon Wear requires a purple car
path n, it a similar richly colored
blossom to match the hue of the cravat.
And in the evening, the white
of a gardenia or camellia fits the
chaste ensemble of the dinner or formal
dress.
On this, side of the water, while
there are few men who even make
tntee changes of dress during the
day, and even fewer who change
loutonnieres so frequently there are
actually more men who are daily
patrons of the florist. The Society
of American Florists and Ornamental"
Horticulturists, an association with
7,000 members of the industry whieh
has "been built on the American's love
of flowers, is authority for the state
1 ment that more flowers are sold in
the United States than in any other
nation on the globe.
Urel, Scent In On. of th. Up 0 mhM. ot the Onnnten FVml C ompw,