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ElUME 43 CAMDEN, ^pUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931 NUMBER 36
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|?f Three
to New York
[>f Mr. and Mrs, Hugh
and their chauffeur,
ckers, who were killed
at Thursday afternoon
school, were sent to
ieir home city, Friday
burial. The remains
nied by Mrs. Post, a
/Viken, who went by
bodies. / ;
Nurmberg, the maid
Mrs. Murray, remains
n hospital where she
allowing the* accident,
n a broken leg and
ises.
that the wreck was
do! pupils being in the
i in a statement made
man by Superintendent
!80tt*w of the Midwny
t of which building the
on says, "I was called
a teachers' conference,
out an hour before the
was raining aria the
j - very slick. There |
witnesses to the acciL.
McGuirt and Bennie
olored janitor, ? Mrs.
the car was traveling
here wars ft truck some
ahead and the Murray
ng for the truck, >ut
e it caught up with
. Archie Anderson was
ach the scene and with
of others nnd the high
cceeded in turning the
e and getting the vie-.
the injured lady was.
b hptepital.
Leod was notified and
called from Camden.
>d with the wreck until
s removed to see that
molested. As to the
vreck my idea is that
is slippery, the car gofie
driver turned to the
and a truck?the front
but thb back wheels
C&UfiJug the car to run
bank and hit the opIn
this way the car
n fta radiator, killing
the occupants. The
alp wasj torn off, Mr.
' broken leg and body
Mrs.; Murray's neck
broken. All wer.e
17.
n- were out of school
art any'liad to do with
\ the rescue work. No
were on the road at
er. Mr. C. L. McGuirt
1 the lady's life who is
iospital by? giving, her
nent."
tally Known People
ig relative to the Muri
iti the New York
ember 4:
fatality in Cassatt,
ed last pight by Fredrjt,
J?., member of the
law firm of Coudert
unsuccessful Reppbli;
for District Attorney
, and his bride, at their
-Fifth Avenue Mr.
that arrangements had
mpleted to bring the
/ York.
! was president of the
1, the owner of many
1 estate in this city, inapartment
building at
venue, and a former
[he brokerage firm of
ly, the former Pauline |
the daughter of Joseph
brewer. Her^ mother is
del -Drago, now living
her husband, who is the
Dowager Queen Maria
Spain.
ned at the Fifth Avenue
e Mr, and Mrs. Murray
partment on the twelfth
i floors, that the couple
re , from Aiken tomor lurray
drove to Aiken
ago and was joined by
just before the Thianksure
from New York was
s wedding of her daughter
23 to Mr. Coudert.
took place in the Murustice
Edward R. Finch
late Division of the Sul
performed thy cerewas
attended only by
a few close friends.
Irs. Coudert went on a
rip to the West Indies
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Radio Talks To Be
Given On Taxation
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The American Taxpayers league
wilt sponsor a series of radio talks
dealing with your tax problems, to
be broadcast every Monday evening
over the network of the National
broadcasting Company at (J: 16 p. m.,
eastern standard time. The series
starts Monday, December 7, 1931.
The first series of broadcasts will
feature, "Reduction in the Expenses
of Government," "Broadening the
Tax Spread," "'the Relations of Federal
and State Governments," "Federal,
State and Local Taxation," "The
Relation of Government to the People,"
and oth^r important economic
problems.
The following speakers have accepted
the invitation of the American
Taxpayers Lea&ue to speak on the
subjects listed; "Centralization," Hon.
James W. Wadsworth, Jr., former
United States Senator, New . York;
"The Diminishing Rights of States,"
Hon James M. Beck, First District,
Pennsylvania; "Taxation. Without
Representation," Hon. Theodore W.
Noyes, Editor, Washington Evening
Star; "Economy in Expenditures of
Government," Hon. Will R. Wood,
Chairman, House Appropriations
Committee; '^Federal and State Relations,"
Hon. William H. King, United
States Senator, Utah.
All members of the League and all
organizations concerned in taxation
are requested to invite their friends
and associates and to urge all authorities
who levy, collect, or disburse
taxes t.o listeh-in on the programs.
OA special invitation is extended to
all members of State Legislatures,
Congressmen, Governors, Mayors,
City, and County Commissioners and
all Other public officials concerned in
taxation to listen-in on the programs
and to make any recommendations
and suggestions that may occur to
them as helpful in the solution of our
tax problems, Federal, State and
fhree Badly Hurt
When Car Crashed
Misses Watha and Oleta Funderburk
and Tom Rollins of Pageland
are in the Camden hospital here suffering
from severe injuries received
when their car crashed into a Seaboard
passenger -train while it was
standing at the station at McBee
Monday night about 9:30 o'clock^
Miss Watha Funderburk had both
legs broken and a scalp wound. Miss
Oleta Funderburk had a dislocated
hip and Rollins had a scalp wound.
The injured trio were placed aboard
the train and brought to Camden for
treatment. The Misses Funderburk
are school teachers and were en route
to their home, at Pageland from
Hartsville when the wreck occurred.
Fiddlers Needed
In addition to the characters named
in th?>play "Molly's Idea" as carried
in the Chronicle last week there is
need of afleast tpn fiddlers and if any
one will assist please communicate
with Mrs. G. A. Creed.
and returned to this city two weeks
age, occupying an apartment on .the
second floor of 988 Fifth Aeenue, at
the corner of Eightieth Street.
Mrs. Murray figured prominently
in the news in 1917 when she sued
her mother for $3,000,600 damages on
the ground that the Princess del
Drago had wrecked tinancially Ihe
Lion Brewery/ The brewery was
founded by the Princess's first husband,
Joseph Schmid a>ld Emanuel
Bernheimcr about seventy-five ye
ago. .
? Mr Schmub who died on June %
1880, named his widow the executrix
of his estate. The widow became
.president of the brewery and Mrs.
Murray was made a director. When
Mrs. Murray sued her brother .
alleged that whereas the plant
ujji $4,000,000 in 1910 .n waa then
sZrth only $1,000,000.
Mrs. Murray was lirstmMrlad
John Rhoades on November 14,
but *. divorced from h.m two year,
later. She married Mr. Murr, y
^ermM? -a graduated-''from
Columbia Univc.ty in
Army* amd h/avy. Turf am*
iSf/Sd^wari-k. Corinthian
Yaeht Cube. . cf
?: Coudert fa. a
T. Tracy, Secretary of tne
Navy under President Harrleen.
Calls League to Meet
On December 21st
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John <1. Richards, of Liberty Hill,
president of the Kershaw County Tax
Payers League, has called a meeting
of the league to be held in Cantden
at the court hou^e on Mqhduy, De(
t imber Ul, His letter to the Chroniclef/Je
as follows;
"There will be u mooting ' of the
KWAbu \v County Tax Payors League
at /ywV court house in Camden on
Jh-muber ,21, at eleven o'clock,
a. m.
"This ni^eiing is one of great importance
and all those who are interested
in county and state taxes
are urgently requested to be present.
"Township chairmen havq been ap-'
pointed and reports from these gentlemen
will be submitted on this occasion."
Join Goodfellows
And Help Needy
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The Chronicle is again starting in
its columns its annual Gdbdfellows'
Cl^b, and contributions are reque^d
to hev left at-this office. It costs
yodr bne dollar?more if you like?to
Join.. The need this year for charity
fuptU, will be greater than ever and
the charity organizations are expecting
thoao who are able., to roll up a |
j long "list of members. *
Those who have joined up to now ,
iare: Hughey T^dal, B. G. ganders,
John Whitaker, Jr., Dr. R. E. Steven-,
j son, W. T. Redfearn, H. Savage, Jr.,?
!j. H. McLeod, H. D. Niles, J. H. Cly-!
[burn, Sam Karesh, W. H. Harris,'"K..
| M. Kennedy, Jr., W. L. Goodale. '
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Chester-Easley To
Finals By 18th
Chester, Deo. 0.?The football committee
of the state high schools has
decided that Chester or Kasley will
have ^jntil Friday, December 18, in
which to play Camden, the winner
of the lower state 13 Class football
championship. ,
Chester and Kasley have played
two scoreless tie games at Spartanburg
in an effort to pick the up- J
state winner.. It could not be learned
where the next game, will be played, j
but ft will be played next Monday or I
Tuesday. The place of the contest
will be decided in the next days.
The committee wants this next name
to be .final and 4?sires the teams to
arrange some method, like the one
making the most first downs or gaining
the most yards, to be decided the
winner, in case it is another tie.
Named as President of Glee Club
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 8, 1881.?
Cadet Elmer Watts, a senior at The
Citadel, has recently been elected
president of The Citadel Glee Club.
In the past it has been the custom of
the club to put on a Pass-in-Review
each year, hut-jit is hoped that the
organization will puit on several entertainments
this year, both in Charleston
and in other towns throughout
the state.
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Church Reorganized
The Malvel'n Hill Baptist church
re-organized about a month ago announces
that j^here will be services
held the second Sunday in each month j
at 3 o'clock and 7:30 p. m., with Rev.!
W. E. Fureron, of Rock Hill, in,
charge of the services. The pufdic is
cordially invited to attend.
Murdoch Johnson To
Return To Camden
Aberdeen, N. C., December 11.?
Murdoch Jfl. Johnson.. State Senator
from this district and a member of!
the law firm of Johnson & Johnson,
Aberdeen, tendered his resignation
from the legislative body and an-1
nounccd his withdrawal from the
practice of lirw in Moore county this
| week. Senator Johnson in returning j
to his former home in Camden. S. C., |
on January first to resume legal practice
there, from which he retired to)
come to Aberdeen in July, 1925.
Mr. Johnson has been a leader in
al!^t|?fr affairs in Aberdeen for the
paafci M* years. He has played a
prothinent part in the counsels of the
Democratic party in county and state,
iefvad with distinction in the
last Attsion of the State Legislature.
At (Raleigh he was a member of the
Senate Committee oh Appropriations
and the Committee?on Banking.
In the local field, Mr. Johnson was
president of the Riwanic Club during
the year 1920. He organised and waa
first president of the Aberdeen Good
Fellows Clob, an organisation dewoted
to charity and relief mwor#s. He
hat been president of the Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce for a number
of- years, and for the past few years'
has served as chairman of the school j
board here. He has also been an
active member of the directorate of
the Aberdeen Building and Loan As-.
sociation.7 In addition to sending in
his Senate resignation this w^?ek,.Mr.
j Johnson has tendered his resignation
from the school board and as president
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Senator Johnson came to Aberdeen
in 1925 to aid his late distinguished
uncle, J. McN. Johnson/and his cousin,
J. Talbot Johnson, in their growing
law practice, Before that time he
practiced law in Camden, and returns
to his former field the first of the
year, opening an office in the Crocker
Building.
Mr. Johnson has the unique distinction
of having served in the legislative
bodies of both North and South
Carolina, having been a member of
the South Carolina Assembly from
1918 to 1922.
Ia Mr. Johnson's removal from the
community, AJtordeen, the Sandhills,
Moore county Jind the state lose a
valuable citiaen, one who has contrib'
uted much to the growth and welfare
of the section. He has been untiring
tn his efforts for-community good of
all kinds, and his loss in the local
field will be distinctly felt.
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1 News of Tourists and
S Kirkwood Society
i The advent of the hunting season
which opened on Thanksgiving has
brought many .sportsmen to this vlci
inity. Small game is said to be plen,tifill
and several fine bags of wild
geeso and some turkeys have been
aken in the lowlands of the Wateree.
Shooting frequently are John L.
! Weeks, <\ A. Painter, K. M. Rhodes.
W. p. Nisbet, T. K. Trotter. W. 11.
I Harris, C, H. Yates and Clifford M,
i Leonard in addition to many others.
!Mr, Leonard has recently purchased
| a large tract of land in the West
j Wateree section and will erect a
shooting lodge for the use of his
friends and himself on their visits
from his homo in New York.
| On Wednesday aba\it twenty-five
I sportsmen gathered at the Whit Hoykin
place below Camdpnjfor a picnic
and get-together Umovr^^he luncheon
was served by tno vqry competent
staff of Hobkirtylnn, at Vie invitation
of Mr. Iveonai 4 who is spending a
week at HobkiiV InnA
hopeful sign of-real estate activity
is manifested in the prospects
of sales of some fine woodland property
in thev immediate vicinity of
i Camden. With the prevailing low
price .of land in all sections this
seems the opportune time to buy.
Social events during the week have
been numerous. Several delightful j
parties have been given for Miss
Anne Wilshire who is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. J. Leonard
(iraham.
Rpr Miss Wilshire Mrs. W. N. Kerr
gave a dinner on Saturday evening
I at her home. Other guests were Mr.
and^Mrs. Newton Cook Boykin. Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Graham, Mrs. Woods
; Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. A. l>alton
Kennedy and Mrs. K. J. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Russell also
delightfully entertained for Miss Wilshire
with a luncheon at Milbank.
Mrs. E. J. Thomas had at her home
as dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Painter, who after several weeks in
their cottage on Littleton avenue,
have returned to Sewicklcy.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Harris
entertained at dinner Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Russell and Mr. and Mrs.
William I/ovett Goodale a few days
a??- . r,
Hoth the Court Inn and Hobkirk
Inn have received numerous aW?ssions
during the past week.
At the ' Court Inn are noted Sir.
Mark Collet and Miss Edlmann, of
London; Mrs. A. S. Hunter, of Utica;
Mr. C, W. Jones, of New York; and
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nisbet and W. B.
Nisbet, Jr., of New York.
Hobkirk Inn arrivals include Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel W. Morris, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. E?J. Hawkins -and
Mrs: G. W. Wood, of Skaneateles;
Mr. Spencer Turnbull, Mr. Clifford
M. Leonard and Mr. and Mrs. Bayard
J. Litchfield, of Katonah, N ,Y.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Marvin motored
to Summerville over the week end,
and on their return were visited by
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Creamer and Mr.
and Mrs. Eckert, of Southern Pines.
Mr. H. P. "Kendall, of Boston, passed
a few days at his estate, .The
Sycamores," and on Sunday evening
had as dinner guests at Hobkirk Inn
Mr. and. Mrs. Stanley Llewellyn, of
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Miss Ruth Richards has inaugurated
a series of buffet suppers to be
given on Sunday and Thursday evenings
at Green Leaf Villa. Several
entertained at Green Leaf Villa_ on
the first supper last Sunday evening,
among them Miss Jane Swords, 01
Morristown, who had as gueBts Mrs.
Eugene C. Clark and her daughter,
Mrs. C. V. Benton. *. wm*
For thirty-four years Mrs. Williarp
N. Kerr has received her friends each
Sunday afternoon in her charming
home. Last" Sunday afternoon more
than twenty gathered to enjoy Mrs.
Kerr's hospitality. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Williams, of
Greenwich, who are at their plantation,
"The Cedars and The Pines,
have had as their guest Colonel hnckson,
of the Army War College, of
Washington. " ,
Mrs. Delavan M. Baldwin and
children, of Yorktown Heights, have
joined the colony wintering at the
home of Miss Olive Whittredge.
Postof f ice To Open
i Saturdays Holidays
j In order to accommodate holiday
j patrons the Camden postoffice will j
| discontinue its practice of closing at
1 noon/0n Saturdays for fhe remainder
lof December. The postmaster and
'postbfTice employe* request the-p**"
1 lie to mai' their packages early m
(order to avoid last minute congestion.
A Singular Co-incidence
I Friends of the late H. A." Murray,
who was killed near Cassatt last week
in an auto accident were relating
here last week that Mr. Murray and
Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, former Camden
citizen, were staunch friends. Mr.
Murray and Mr. Baruch boarded the
same train at WashingtonLto come
south, Mr. Murray ? while
Mr. Baruch stopped over for a conference
in Columbia with Governor
Blackwood. A few day* * later the
Murrays mot death in ft WT66)t_*no
their bodies twere cared for ii^ Mr.
Baruch^ boyhood home on north
Broad street, now used u the Blip!
Funeral Home. rtr
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Negro Methodists
Gather At Camden
(Written for The Chronicle)
The 127th session of the South
Carolina conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church was Opened in Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church (Negro)
Tuesday night.
Tuesday night was educational
night and after listening to several
educational addresses an offering of
more than $ 1 ,<500 was raised for (.laflin
expausion. Dr. L. M. Dunton
presided. '
Wodnesduy morning, ihe conference
session wus called to order by Bishop
F. T. Keeny after the communion
service. A devotional address by the
bishop was followed by the conference
roll call and the completion of ,
organization. 'Che Rev. IT C urry
was elected secretary; the Rev. R, h.
Harrington, treasurer; the Rev. J. C.
Summers, statistician.
The conference paused to listen to
the reading of the names of the deceased
and l)r. L. M. Dunton led in
prayer. Doctor Dunton also read a ,
paper in memory of the faithful service
rendered to the South Carolina
conference by his wife.Addresses
of welcome were delivered
by the Rev. B. F. Bradford, I. B.
English, the Rev. J. W. Boykin, the
Rev. Warren G. Ariuil of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South. Responses
were by the Rev. h rank
Quick and Bishop Koeny.
The inspirational address was delivered
by Dr. W. A. C. Hughes of
the board of home mission and church
extension. Doctor Hughes paid tribute
to the heroic effort of the men
of the South Carolina conference in?
the support of the educational institution,
and insisted upon the full support
of the church's world wide program.
Wednesday afternoyn was given to
the statistical session and to a sympjosium
on "World Service," conducted
by Dr. N. E. Davis of the- board of
hospitals a-nd homes.
Body Sent to England
C. W. Evans, of the* Evans Funeral
Home, has received -from New York
a request for a transcript of death
for the body of Charles W. Vickers,
who wa8 killed in the accident with
the Murrays here last week. Mr.
Vickers was a native of England and
the body will be placed aboard a
steamer nnd sent to his former home
for burial.
Cotton Blooms in December
Rural Carrier J. W. Thompson, on
route two, brought to 4rur office the
first of the week feeVeral cotton;
blooms found in a field belonging to
Mr. James H. Burns, and tells us that
any number of blooms could be gathered
from various fields along his
' The weather took a downward
slump Tuesday night, however, when
a slight freeze came for the night
and it is doubtful if Mr. Thompson
will be able to find any more. On
the Air Every Tuesday
Rudolf Friml and "Land of Flowers"
on the air over station WSB,
Atlanta, Tuesday, 6:15 P- *" ?
week, also over station WLW, Cincinnati,
Thursday's at 8:00 p. m.
Tune in and hear this wonderful music
opened with the theme song,
"Flowers to Remember You By."
Schools To Close For Holidays
The City schools will close for the
holidays after the day's work
Friday, Dece mbe r T8, a nd remain
closed for the rl8tma" hho1^*
until Monday, January 4th, when
work will be resumed, announced
Superintendent J. G. Kichard8, Jr.,
in a statement given out today when
interviewed.
In Char re of Christmas Seals
The gale of Christmas Seals this
year in Kershaw county is in charge
of Mrs. Caleb C. Whitaker, Jr., and
Mrs. B. W. Gettys. The county goals
run from $160 to $6,500. The seal
sale which supports the work of the
national, state and county tuberculosis
associations will run through the
month of December Buy seals now
for decoratmgyeur Christmas paokages.
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