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I - ; The Camden Chronicle Tin i ' 1yfltUME 43 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1031 NUMBER 35 Holidays Find Many Visitors in Camden ?..nkstrivin?r finds Camden's win^ colonv assembling in their homos SSeReason, many guests being enUtiined ?ml c<>1,eKe students return* f0r the holiday. * fLvoral houses owned by Northernwhive boon painted and improved fi on the beautiful Hobkirk Inn HmhkU a charmingly planned cottage 1?u"f brick with white and green S- adds not only to the capacity $ the hotel but to the Teitfolness 3 the surroundings. At present the is being occupied by Mr. H. !r Marvin owner of the Inn and L Marvin, but later will be rented ?sts as Hobkirk can never care of the mapy desirthe winter in its hospitf>here' . .u Uv,'i ests now at the Hobkirk , William Clark Miller, of [iss Holden, of England; nund Krumbholz and Miss mbholz, of Albany, who go to the Klrkwood for tor Bolton, of Cleveland, both without and within se inherited recently by ipc it , one of imposing i its outstanding location. Norton, of Cleveland, autified his home as has m N. Kerr, while at Cool ently purchased by Mrs. i Zant Knight, many imhave been made. / uel Russell* of Mllbank, n bridle patlV from his , Peck Woods and beyond, r to Camden's extensive r the pleasure of equesottage residents in their thanksgiving are Mr. and i-d Graham, Mr. and Mrs. minick, Mrs.-Geqrge R. <'rank Courseh, Mrs. Wilrr, Mrs. Hunter Munaon, Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. icker, Miss . D. Eleanor ; Virginia Wallis, Mr. and L. -weeks, Mr. and Mrs. , r. and Mrs. William L. (. Stephen Farrelley, Miss 'arrelley, Mrs. Frederick lr. and Mrs. R. E. Danind Mrs. Theodore Ross, Ross, Mrs. M. F. CharlFanny Fletcher, Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. H. ; r. and Mrs. E. H. Brady, , s. Dwight Partridge, Mr. [\ MoKee Graham, Mrs. ,lrs. E. E. Mandeville. : ne Bower, of New Tot* < ind Mrs. C. E. L; Clark, City, and their son, tley- . a student at the Univer th Carolina, are passing J with -Mr, and Mrs. W. L. Mrs. Harry Clhu^sen and ssen, Jr., of New York, illiam P. Swett and Miss , ,, of Southern Pines, are 1 Irs. Thomas J. Kirkland. Mrs. Ralph Coit, of 1 N. C., ' are passing the < h Mr. and Mrs. H. G. j lobkirk Jfnn. . s t , vin entertained with four idge on Friday afternoon 1 it, Mrs* Coit. . , i ;rt Gill, of Japan, is visRuth Richards, who has active Green Leaf Villa i ton. An add *d attraction ( pti Leaf Tea Room and . i the (Circulating Library , latest in fiction and biog i can be rented at a very iriff. vers' ^League rganized* Here lumber of town and counmet at the court house 1 hi-ar J. K. Breedin, gen- < >r of the South Carolina , League. Mr. Breedin ex- { i object of the organiza- . imr of the other speakers J ! M. L. Smith, W.A. Boy- i ormer governor John G. , Bef ,re the meeting ad- , largo number had signed ' iber?. J TFur.Tt was organized with < ird? as president; W. An- j ;in. vice president; L. P. secretary and treasurer, DcPass, Jr., state executtecman. ;ue is growing in strength ( ? thousands have joined the state and by the time neral assembly meets they ' lave many thousand more Jt before the state's lawdy many suggestions for \ the state government. j mge Opens Tuesday < nan's Exchange will open ^ *r first under the managers Ethel C. Yates. The ] will be in charge of Mrs. < iker! Jr., %~: hristmas greens, carde and ( 11 kinds will be on sal?. J I be promptly filled before ,( hang? Is run tinder the f Grace Episcopal church i^ar th? proceeds are put railding fund for a Pariah ?rk began op the Pariah October of thia year and first la th* data act for the building. - , . - Heavier Taxes On Heavy Vehicles Columbia, Nov. 84V-?Two high state officials asserted at the final hearing of the motor transport investigating commission today the taxes on heavier motor vehicles should be increased. * W, <!. Query, chairman of the styte tax commission, :said "the automobile registration tax and the gfisoline tax paid by trucks and buses do not reimburse the state sufficiently to c?^rry the( cost of the- necossgry additional investment in highway construction on account of the use of highways by such vehicles." j "How much additional tax must be imposed upon heavy trucks and buses to reimburse the state for the additional cost and maintenance of the highways necessitated by heavy traffic is a^nuestion which should be decided at an early date," (he added. Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner, declared "the present license rate on buses could be doubled with equity and fairness." "All major motqr vehicle license taxes should he used exclusively for the construction of the state highway system until the highway system as now established by law is completed," he said. ? ^ "The motor vehicles will ultimately yield a large net revenue to the state whicth will become available for general purposes or as the general assembly may direct, %\it' rthe (state should not expect net revenue from this source until the highway system is completed, the highway debt funded and the items of depreciation, maintenance and administration are deducted.'* Mr. Sawyer outlined license increases as proposed by Charles H. Moorefield, state highway engineer, which would increase the total tax received from heavy motor vehicles from $600,000 to $1,260,000. This would not be "prohibitive," he said. The commission is to make a report of its findings to the 1032 general assembly. Mrs. Floyd's Funeral, Held at Liberty Hill 'Mrs. J. W. Floyd, widow of the late Adjutant General J. Walker Floyd,\ of Liberty Hill, died at hpr J home ih Mount Tabor,^'N. C., Saturiay morning, and ?.1fer funeral and burial occurred at^ liberty Hill,- her former home, on Sunday morning from the Presbyterian church at that ' place. Surviving Mrs. Floyd are two daughters, Misses "Mary Floyd and ' Anna Belle Floyd; three sons, Walker ; Floyd, Williatfi Floyd and Hammond Floyd; one grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. R. J. Wardlaw and Mrs. Roland Baldwin; four brothers, T. J. Cun- ] ningnam, Walter ~CT. Cunningham, R. ^ B. Cunningham and W. E. Cunning- | ham. ^ At Metropolitan Opera Ho?^ Benjamin P. DeLoache, Jr., of this city, was a member of the opera company presenting "The Wozzock," . a German opera, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on November 24th. Mr. "DeLoache was ilso in the cast at the time the opera was presented in Philadelphia on ( November 19th. This Camden boy , has met with much success in hisi j career as a singer and no doubt crea- < itably rendered his part in the opera. "Molly's Idea**~ As stated in The Chronicle last week "Mollv's Idea," a play, will bo staged at the school auditorium December 17th. Local talent vrili be used and it is hoped any one willing 1 to assist will get in touch with Mrs. 3 A Creed, who will be the general chairman. We will need fifteen ladies, eleven men, sixteen high school girls who can sing and dance^and six high school boys who can sing and rlance. In addition to these we will need 100 children between ages of 5 and 7 for a chorus. The play is being staged for tne benefit of the local Eastern Star chapter and as wc are very anxious to make it a success we-trust each one will give us their support. The coach will arrive in Camden December. 9th and conduct rehearsals eacn evening. ^ ^ ROSS, Worthy Patron. ' -? i Charlie Hilton, escaped convict and confessed pal of Dave Pressly, who waa fatally shot as the pair robbed a filling station near Hickory 9atur- , day night, was on Tuesday sentenced at Nfrwton, N. C., to serve 30 to 4? years in state's prfaon. Hilton W4f esptttt*d at Mmrion on MottfUy. ' . Charles W. Coker Taken By Death llartsville, Nov, 21.?-Death early today ended the constructive career of Charles W, Coker, of. this city, who for many year* .had been prominent in public, civic and industrial affairs of Up state, Mr. Coker,/who was 53 years old, died shortly after midnight of a heart attack. He had been slightly ill for two days. A member of one of the state's best known families, Mr. Coker had served as mayor of llartsville, senator from Darlington county, a member of the State Board of Public Well fare and a member of trie State Tax commission. ^ Mr. Coker is survived by two other brothers, his widow, two sons, a sister. v His other brothers are James L. CoRbr,'of Harflrville, and Dr. W. C.' Coker, of Chapel Hill, N? C.; his sons are C. W* Coker, Jr., and James Lide Coker, ?! His surviving sister is Mrs, Richard F. Watson, of Greenville. Mrs. Coker before her marriage was Miss Carrie Llde, of Darlington county. First Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist^ dburoh: Sunday school at 10 o'clock* Mr. <V Or Stogner, superin-( tendent; public worship conducted by; the pastor at 11:15 a, nu.and 7:30 j p. m. Morning subject, "Financing; The Kingdom." Evening subject, "The Sacredness of Human Life." Text, "Thou ShfiTT) Not Kill," Ex. 20:13. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 6:30. Beginning on next Sunday we shall makp. an every member canvass of the membership of the church in an effort to ..enlist the .cooperation ot each one in an adequate financial movement for the support of the Kingdom of God. In this forward movement your church needs your earnest 'sympathetic support. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Pig Sale Next Saturday A truckload of well-developed, thrifty grade pigs is to be sold in Camden Saturday, November 28, a. m. They are to be sold on the lot in the rear of the Post Office. These pig? are being sold by- yictor Ward, oLJjngoff. They are crosses between Hampslhires and Durocs and will be sold at $2.00 each. 4-H club boys or boys desiring to join the 4-H club may purchase these pigs, for cash or on time. Arrange- 1 ments for financing a time purchase will be made through the / county agent's office. Boy's who desire to purchase these pigs are requested to come early Sautrday mornihg and get necessary papers fixed up in order that there may be no delay. All pigs left unsold to 4-H club boys at 11 o'clock will be offered to j the public in general for sale. Post and Gatty Fail To Arrive " f The much-heralded Post and Gatty,: who succeeded in circling the globe, | couldn't or didn't negotiate the dis-: tance from a North Carolina airport to Woodward Field on last Wednes-j Jay. ? A good many people had been expecting Ihem for the day. Their flight to this city had been played up in the daily press and much advertising done announcing their pro-J posed visit. So far no member of' the--Woodward Airport Commission* or member of Chamber of Commerce! has received any explanation as to j why they failed to come here. It is ; learned here that they continued on j to an air show at Asheville, N. C. j They were being routed by the j "Famous, Fliers, Inc.," with Leo J.i Sauerborn^ mapping out their itinei^ ary. Mr. SfttidVborn has been at t]ifl Woodward Airport once before as ^ member of.'the now defunct Weeks Aircraft Corporation. Dr.' as < <S. Roath has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the j court at Little Rock, Ark., following his conviction on a charge of killing s " policeman. The policeman was killed by the doctor as he sat in a parked automobile on the outskirts of Little Rock. The woman is also charged with murde*. > Miss Mary Emma Hough, a teacher In the schools of Dillon, is spending the week end here .with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Hough. v ' ' , l/wtt, J.'- .. 50 Per Cent. Cut In Cotton Acreage ----- V'. * ' ' Jackson, Miss., Nov. 25.?Southern states have definitely aligned^ thelVL selves behind a movement to bring about a fifty pev cent cut ill cotton acreage for the next two ycafti to stimulate prices. Delegations from ten of eleven state* represented at a south^'ide con" ference here yesterday voted favorably on a resolution culling for a general adoption of uniform laws to slash cotton plantings in half in 1932 and 1983. One delegation was not empowered to vote. States that have not yet taken legislative stops to Vestrict cotton acreage were called upon by the conferonce to do so before January 20 and the governors were urged to convcno the legislatures at ortce to take action. $Phree. of the states represented at the conference, called by Governors Theodore G. Bilbo, of Mississippi, and Harvey Parnell of Arkansas, already have adopted acreage reduction laws while two others, Ixruisiana and South Carolina, have gone bn record for complete abandonment of cotton planting in 1932. The conferees__jwers.. told by Governor Ibra C. Blackwood, of South Carolina, that Bernard Baruch, New York financier an^ wartime head of the government's finance corporation, informed him$he federal government \voi$d remove another 4,000,000 bales ofA'merican cotton from the market if "^restrictive legislation is enacted by southern states. Mr. Baruch recently was in Washington to confer Vvibh President Hoover. Governor Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia also spoke at the conference. State delegations voting for the resolution were: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. North Carolina's delegation did not vote as it had come powerless to hallol. The votes of' Georgia and Alabama were conditioned upon the ultimate outcome of the movement. The following committee was designated to have charge of the movement to urge immediate legislative steps by the other southern states. Dr. Tait Butler, of Memphis; E. F% Creekmore, New Orleans, vice-president and general manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association; Henry D. Wilson, Louisiana commissioner of agriculture; W. H. Hodges, Elm Grove, La., and J. E. McDonald, commissioner, of agriculture of Texas. Th^ committee head-, quarters will be Atlanta. . -1 Taxes for 1927-1928 Must Be Collected Sheriff J. H. McLeod has received (he following letter from Comptroller i General A. J. Beattie in regard to the ( collection of 1927 and 1928 taxes past , due to the county and state. The , sheriff -has a notice in another place , in this paper calling attention to these unpaid taxes: , "In reply to your letter of the 18th , instant, you are requested to procec.. with the collection of 1927 and 1928hack taxes in accordance with requests heretofore made. Unless , these steps are taken these back taxes will remain unpaid indefinitely. MANY PAYING UP Chronicle's Special Offer Brings Beady Response From Subscribers The Chronicle's offer to send the paper one year for one dollar and to allow old subscribers to renew their back subscription accounts at that rate dtrring November has brought many responses. Checks, money orders and cash have come from dis'ant points ns ifcel] as from town and ? ounty people. ^ large number of new subscribers have been added and our list con- , pities to grow. "Believe it or not"?as Ripley says * ?one .man refused to take advanta^^ of the offer, saying that ever sinJH he had been a resident of Camden ho had been paying two dollars a year, that it was worth that price to him and he would wait until his subserip- * tion expires and renew at the old rate. However, he di(f take advantage of our offer in that he had it sent to a friend as a Christmas gift. The offer closes on the last day of thetjn0nth and after that date the price goes back to $2.00 per year. If you have not renewed you had better send It in before the first of December. - ir^8 'P&kriSfimtvt r * 'TV Lovely Service Held by Camden Schools The Camdeh city school* celebrated a lovely Thanksgiving; program in the school auditorium, Wednesday morning. Bountiful contributions of fruits, vegetables, canned goods and groceries were brought in by the children. These were most artistically arranged on the stage by Miss Ada Phelps, Miss Margaret Burnet, Mrs. S. C. Taylor and Mrs. J. M. Dempster to fortn a Thanksgiving setting suitable to the program. The Thanksgiving exercises were opened by a Bible reading by Kev. J.| B. Cast on and a prayer song by thej entire school after which the follow-: ing program was most delightfully given: Recitation, "The First Thanksgiv-: ing," Betby Boineau; - recitation. "Thanksgiving Prayer," Naomi Walker; recitation, "When the Frost is; on the Pumpkins," Billy DeLoache; song by school, "Come Ye Thankful; People"; recitation, "The Better j Prayer," Carolyn Cantey; recitation,) "A Good Time," Jolly Pitts; song by j school, ' "America, the Beautiful"; j essay, "Thanksgiving," Minnie Sue! Bruce;^feong by school, "Swing in the i Shining Sickle." A most entertaining and instructive address was delivered by Rev. J.j B. Caston and the exercises were | closed with a prayer and the Doxology. The contributions of the children were gathered into baskets and distributed .among the needy, General News Notes Dr. R. T. Jennings, a prominent physician of Columbia, and formerly city health officer there, was killed when his automobile hit a mule near Cheraw, while he was On his way to visit a daughter at Greensboro, N. C* Smoke from fires made poor visibility and his car was almost on the mule when he saw it. He was taken to Cfolumbia in an ambulance and died there within a few hours. The funBTral was held Saturday. Dr. Jennings was born in Cold Springs and his brother is mayOr of Augusta, Ga. The death rate in the South 'Carolina state hospital has decreased from over 20 per cent to less than 8 , per cent since 1910. Recoveries of , mental health are now over 30 per cent as compared with 12 per cent twenty years ago. This betterment is due to the ability of the superin- , tendent, Dr. Williams, and his treat- i ing the inmates as patients rather than as prisoners. The institution is overcrowded with 3,2&5 patients there t now. It costs 74 cents a day each to ] house, feed, clothe, doctor and care j for.them. Monday morning Spartanburg j people to U8e their new $360,- j 000 post office, three times as large | as the former one, in a btff]ding which also houses federal offices on two other floors. The federal building is of brick, four stories hlfch, and was.jj built this year. The new post office, j has 1,000 boxes, instead of 460 in the i: old one, and is modern InTequipment 1 and arrangement. The rest of the , building is not quite ready for oc- j cupancy, but the post office moved < Sunday to be ready for the Christmas t rush. > The funeral Monday afternoon of former senator Davis DeLeon Moise, of Sumter, was a great testimonial . to the high regard in which he was held. His death came after an illness of a year. Tie was a prominent attorney and was bom at Sumter >>1 years ago, the son of the late Marion and Isabel I>cI,eon Mo:sc and the grandson of Gen. E. W. Mwise, adjutant general of South Carolina in 1876, when it was redeemed by Hampton. He attended The Citadel and graduated in law at Washington and I yea. He was a member of the house for two years and Chairman of the ^^^nAry and then served two term* ftp senator. He was prominent PJtive in business -at Sumter. Hsident and director in many corpo ations, from banks to furniture. He was once president of the congregation Sinai, and he was buried in the\ Hdbrew cemetery after the funeral services at the residence. He leave* a widow, one daughter, two sons, and three brother*, fU *t Sumter. . It The largest single arfh bridge in the world, coating $16,000,000, was opened Saturday between Bayonne, N. J.? and Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y. / * ' - A ' ~ . U3V - * p?-.. - - t TmEB-f V-v' -*'.A?. ATciv Camden Champion of Lower State Before a ltit'K*4 holidiiy crowd Cam? den defeated a hard lighting and fast ? foot belt team from 'Ajfidr^wi Thurg*. da> afternoon hy a srnrr of 2ft to 0 to win the lower state championship. * v ^ Andrews Surely gave their team their mora! support for It seemed as if there \\<ie as many people from Andrews as there were front Camden along the side linos, Many were here from surrounding towns. The An-, drews hoys fought hard and deserve much credit for their line spirit ami hard play. The game was practically free of penalties on both sides. An* drews got nearly all so-called, tough breaks. The visiting hoys fumbled quite frequently and Camden would recover?showing that the local boys were playing heads-up' football. The two teams seemed to oo pretty evenly matched the first half. The scoro at the end of t'ho first half being 7 to 0. For Camden MoC-askill a n d Haynes were the best ground gainers, while Flowers, Baldwin and McLeod played well in the line as did Kenneddy, who was sent into the game to replace Creed. The heavy center, "Fatty" Mol/eod, proved the usual bulwark in this game, as he has done in all other games played. For Andrews, Higher and Mercer- worn "the best ground gainers. The whole Andrews line played well. The most spectacular play of the __ : game was an attempted" pass by Andrews which was intercepted by McCaskill for Camden who ran through interference for a distance of about 75 yards for a touchdown. ---.7*1 Railroad Men Speak THere On Safety | C. M. Brand, trainmaster for tho ' 4|? Atlantic Coast Line at Sumter, and also chairman for Sumter and adjacent counties of the National Safety Council, accompanied by J. A. Raffield, mayor of Sumter and superin- * tendent of the Northwestern Railway of South Carolina, were in Cam- den Tuesday where they spoke to the school children of fche city on the observance of safety rules, urging caution in order to save; lives and ^ limbs from both auto and' train acci- ?" . dents. .: t - s ? t-? Both white and colored schools were ~n vi&tod and the Coast Line is the only railroad operating in the south that is.sending out public speakers in this campaign. Mr. RaXfield addressed quite a large gathering of ,? colored folks at Mt. Moriah Baptist church Sunday at a safety meeting. Cotton Ginnings ' -%f| Cotton ginnings in Kershaw county up te November 14, 1931, were .$|g <51,254 bales as compared to 19,496 bales for 1930. . ? . y33j Officer Buffers Stroke Mr. C. C. Brown, for many years 1 popular member of the Camden police force, suffered a partfal stroke of paralysis while- on duty Monday.; The officer was taken to his home where his coadition was somewhat improved at last reports. Mr. Brown is 72 years of age and it is feared he. will not be able to return to his duties. Two Days Holiday . The Camden city schools will he closed Thursday and Friday. Thursday will ho observed as Thanksgiving holiday.- -Friday there will be no school, bpt this day Will be made op at the end of the school term. The an-ter mission is given for the purpose of accommodating patrons and teachers who wish to make week ..... '..i; end Thanksgiving trips and also because it is not economical to try to teach the lust day of the week following a holiday. To Play Charity Came On nest Krwlay, December 4th. the Camden Bulldogs will play the team ^ from' Batcsburg-I^eesville high school in an exhibition game of foot ball. The proceeds from this match will be divided between the Camden hoBpital and the Associated Charities of the city. The contest^will he played on /,emj> Kieid at 3 p. m., admission- -?- prices to be 75 cents for men, 60 cents for ladies and 25 cents for _ school children. Plan to be ono of the spectators for this promises to be an interesting contest. ? 4 v?jj Two negroes were executed at the state penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, Friday night for the murder of a sheriff in Crawford county about a year ago. . . Hundreds of pat.ives are reported to have been killed?hv1 Portugese Africa, in fighting between two tribes of natives that started over the theft of a pig. Forest fire? last week spread over great areas in the mountains of North Carolina in the counties of Jackson? Haywood, Avery, McDowell, Bgrke and Madison. Carl Williams, cotton member of the Federal farm rehef board, says that the agricultural South has little to fear from depressions now or in the future. ' r