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^g**'"*"'''"*,M',^MagggaBga^wg|lcg^ M?^^^?=?g==g=g=BggggggSBa?ca?tBBea5a?MiwgBii ssmmamBmammmm^amamm^*sBssBimaaBBaaamaa=amaamemmeaBBtKBmmi^^SB^m^mBa^^mm VOLUME 43 CAMDEN, JOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1932 NUMBER 43 ' ' fridge Tournament I Played for Charity ' , |i i | II ! I1 i ' I Tea in the attractive lobby of the Krkwood is a daily afternoon event, rs. Willis Wilder, the charming and Kperienced hostess, presides at the KT table. Among those assembling tea within^ (he fiast ft* days ere Mr. and Mrs; John ttevtne, Mr. Ei Mrs. AV.^tott, Mr .and Mm, r T. French, Mrs. Brooks Nichols, iss Jane Swords, Miss (Mary golden, rs> a. J. ?anhemiller and Mr, M. like. / Mr. H. G. Marviivof Hobkirk Xnn, ve a dinner for twelve men a few enlngs ago. | Mr. and Mrs, Iftank G. Hoyne, of icago, for many years popular embers of .Camden's winter Colony, ve returned for their annual visit Hobkirk Inn. (Mrs. Robert 'A. MbCord,. of New rk; Mr. ?nd Mr*. H. E, Hurst, of eatbury, L. I.: Mr. arid Mrs. George willock and Miss Florence Willocic, Pittsburg: Mrs. Edgar Wade Ab tt, of Washington, Conn., and Mrs. Hcman Sellers, Jr., of Philadelphia, at Hobkirk Inn. Guests of the Court iflfh are daily joying dove drives and turkey Kots on (Camden preserves. Mr. R. M. Smith. of Rye, and Dr. I Dodge Peters, of New York, were ong those entertaining their Court n friends, with shoots and nics recently, jp -1 Mrs. Douglas ma bee entertained th a luticneon on Sunday at her I ^ tUiK*-1* Mrs. A. D. Partridge, of Bedford, Y., who is passing the winter;at Court Inn, entertained, with bridge f the Sarsfield "Club on Wednesday ernoon fnr.Mrg. A. S. Hunter, of. ica; Mrs. Aubrey T. Barnes, of uth Egremont. Massg mrs. Den n Dana and Mts." William' lker, of Englewood; and Mrs. Kight Partridge,. of the Court Inn. everal interesting polo matches e played this week, among them ng the match Tuesday between the Ke and White.tea ma on Held Nov2, charitable and social activities e have been marked during the ek by several large affair*. ong them was the Bridge Tourha nt on Tuesday afternoon under the pices of the Junior Welfare Work of Camden. Playing in a half en homes, icores were kept, the he st being sent in to Mrs^ W. I* ight, of Hempstead, 1#.; L, and nden, who donated a hahdsome Ke for the Wgh score of the after n. A large *um was thus colKd for the splendid work being e by the organisation which is posed of prominent, young mem-, of- the winter cblonjr and th? n. Officers drei Mrs. C?leb Whiter, Jr., president; Mrs. George T. le, vice-president;* Mrs. Roscoe sal, secretary; Mrs. William Lov Goodale, treasurer. y K. silver tea on Monday afternoon I the benefit of the Woman's Ex nge was another largely attended tu, and at JJeare Plate the at tive colonial home of Mrs. Julia Kg Knappr a tea -was given fe ly for , the benefit of the John D. nu'dy Chapter, U, D. C. ocial affairs among the yOung set e been numerous during the week* dinner was given by Mr. Jenn art Martin, of New York, editqr Time Magazine, at the Old MiU owed by a dance at The PmeS't: Green Leaf Villa Miss Ruth Rfph s entertained twenty-four of th? set in honor of the* Misses Bar and Tonia Litchfield,, daughters ir. and Mrs. B. S. Litchfield, of onah, New York, and the Cam-1 cottage colony. . m:. Carroll K. Bassett was another Kg set aTGoodie Castle. iking part in the Ladies Putting test Tuesday morning on the wood Green were: Mrs./ K. B. cox, Mrs. Wallace, I. Keep, Mrs. is Wilder, MUg Marie Blanchard, T. J. .fifcrrnon, Miss Mara mhholz. Mrs. E. C. Clark and Mrs. v. Robeson. Miss Klara Krumb won the prize. rs. Eugene KX Clark gave a dinner er home Tuesday evening. rs. CharlesJSoytij2f_GArdenJ2ilaL. is visiting Mrs. W? J*. ^Wright the prize in the ringer tournm t given by Mrs. A. S. Hunter J he Sarsfield course. 7 ; *' Gerard Smith, of Brooklyn. horses are already here will the polo deVoteek tnl* week. golfing circles the ringer tourKnt for women was the leading , thtS Se5k oii the Sarsfield ' Mrs, Charles Hoyt, of Ger City and lQamdan,.won the prize. ying the Kirkwood course this are: Mr, and Mrs. G. J. Wil C. W. ?Gampbell, J. A. Baugbv Pearce, H. A. Cullen, Herbert Mrs. E. Stauffen, Mrs. Robert rd, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Eugene 'ark, Sterling S. Beardsley, Clin Mayo, J. Flanders, Mr. and Mrs. er, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. jResd, Quinlan. and Mrs. Barley B. Lindsay arrived from New .York for a I of ten daya in their attractive go on upper Broad street. They , entertaining Mr. Theodore Br Kt, of Irvingtcn, oh Hudson, who return North with them on Sun" * ' '"'i ; and Mrs. H. B. Uhdsaj_*n ?ed with a tea for forty guests ihey Vhid dssndteoer^roU'Sr. William B. llisbetfSr.' mad Mrs. j Eugene C. Clark. ' Tni t itfihffrri i \ ..-+JL. ? u.*?-* Carolina Cup 'Chase To Be Run March 26 The third annual steeplechase for the Carolina cup will be hold on the historic Springdale three-mile bourse at (Camden, /March 26. This will ha the first of tha big qup racaa at the Kershaw county resort for the 1032 Sptfttg eaason. Eighteen jumps are on the coUrs*?: post and rails, 100 feet in Width and four feet in height-^-and the entire length is in full view of the gallery. Tha Sprihgdale course is located on the sit* of the famous 'Hawthorne track, where races were held annually over ?5 years ago- It is an unusual layout and many consider it I the. best tiihber course in. Americai The Carolina cup was dedicated to Thomas Hitchcock as a tribute of appreciation of his many years of untiring interest inthedevelopment and progress of steeplechasing in America. This is a Queen Anne cup, an interesting and unusual example of I the silversmith's art, made by Alexander Sinclair in tDublin in the ffear i704. The owner of the winner is to hold -th^ (Carolina cup until the next running of the race and'to receive as his absolute property a replica of it. |v ;The first running for the Carolina teup took ^place Saturday, M^rch 22, IPSO, and resulted -in a thrilling contest. Of the 16 horses entered ten went to the post. The race was truly run and^iHe "horses were well bunched 46/the stretch. Ballast II, owned and ridden by Koef Laing, won. Eloquence, owned by Mrs. Robert MciKim and ridden by (Lyman Wright, finished second. Kir^ Cork, owned by Wayside stables and ridden $y Watson Pomeroy, finished third. Brose Hover (Maryland cup winner), by Bt LdMie (Beta and ridden by Crawford Burton, was fourth. The best .timber horses in training started in this. race. ' The second running, March 21, 1981, attracted a field of.class timber horses and furnished a great contj^t. ^ine went to the post. 6** Soldier Wbn after a gTefft exhibition of beautIMl ^fencing; Sea ? ?*. ???* Emerald Isle, third; LeDtgard, fourth. w ' In addition to the Carolina cup, there will be-an open brush race, dktance two miles; a condition brush race, distance two miles, half mile fist race will be scheduled. Two schooling courses,, seveneighths of s enile In length have hem. constructed for the usmof horses to bo raced on the fipriugdale ee""^ One 1? a brush courae; the other timber, ? Footing and jumps are the. same as on the big courM. No schooling will be (permitted on the. big course. Members of the committee m ohargc 'sret Jamea Bojfd, BurjmUH. Boykin, Jr. Bol?rt Majmes Thcm. Hitchcock, Harry D. Kirkover, 1. S&ddy von Stade and Ernest L. Woodward. ' :tz: Prom the Camden CatetU, Hovemb4r~120," "The iCamden races will commence on Wednesday, the 10th of next, aid continue for two for all horses, mares or geldingsj on the continent." . Colonial Food Shop Name of New Store dLdItM fbltJSVS K. S. Wlliams grocerjr ?tore,and announciw that he tve re(jfront "ftore former^y^occupicd by the H<Mr ^Wnnah'was tha former. derthT^ame of the 'Sklop.al Food Shop." | Bean of Aviators Killed Chicago, Jan. 26.?America', dean of avjatora?Eddie flttnaon *'7,1^ *the-i n2' Central hospital from Injuries ?ufforod when a huge atlneon-I^troiter plane fell to earth .in a public llijkf golf course in ^The^rident occurred last evemng io T *n*toT^nto Annual Drive Begins Soon for Charities . * s Tho Associated Charities* through Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld, the president, and Warren H. Harris, the treasurer* have issued the following information rotative to the annual drive for funds for the Associated Charities and the Children's Home: *The time ef the year is ifoproachr ing when the annuel drive is put on for funds foj? the Associated Chari*. ties and Children's $fome. 'The drive will be started this year on March 1st, on Tuesday, and continue until (Saturday of that week. "The artlount we ( Strive for this year- is the same as lsst year which was StejwD and which amount we exceeded last year by several hundred dollars. "We, of course, like every other Charitable institution, n&ed more money this year than de did last year but-owing to tho lower -prices of food and clothing the* same sum this year will cover much more ground than it Aid last. "The drive this year will be in very capable hands and a very great effort will be ? made to equal last year's income. "As statement of the expenditures will'bo seen in another part of this issue 6f The Chronicled "We, are sure that everybody will rnaCe af#ry sacrifice to give this yeaj^ in equhl amount with Jast. , ''There will be further notices of this drive as we come nearer the time for it to be put on." Would Reduce Motor Tax To One-Third Under the terms of a bill introduced in the hou?e by Representative J. R. Belk, of Kershaw c<(Untjri,motor vehicle license-plate-taxes would be reduced one-third except ao to trucks of over two tons add motor vehicles used in the. transporting, of school children. This would not affect the larger trucks' used for transporting cotton and other commodities seen d&ily on our highways. Their cost will remain the earned "The bill as introduced reads as follow?: ! it endcted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: ' , ' "That the motor vehicle license 'plate tax. POST authorised and collected, by the State (Highway Department be, and the same is hereby, reduced one-third, except as to trucks weighing over 'two tons and motor vehicles used exclusively for the tfpniportaiton of school children. "All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed." Senaie Favors P County Agents The first attempt in the senate to destroys the _ statewide and state financed~county farm agents and -home demonstration agents program met with defeat.! last night. The finance committee returned' an unfavorable report on a bill to repeal an act requiring that each Of th6 46 eountiek employ one home demonstration agent and one farm agent. The senate adopted the report* thus killing the bill. 1 'M(i * The bill was iuliodnced by iDena tor tBryson of Greenville.* At the time ?f -introducing it, he shid that it would not necessarily eliminate all count/ home and farm agent work* but would put the expense of it on the individual counties. Under the present Inv rnsrantccB'to each c<mnty ra minimum salary for one home agent and one farm ag^nt. Many counties supplement the state appropriation. The appropriation for the program was, eliminated by tha ways and means committee in writhig the state supply bill* but it hps not yet been^ debated in the house.?Wednesday's 9t*^8' _ -||r A4^;tej*t?riOO? Benefactor Georgetown, Jan. 25.?Six hundred and forty-eight men, womenagd children have received articled elothmg in Georgetown county fromSTTg ati**ah*n bw ttl* M||W* *?? r .fidarl.s ?f tb? philanthropy, Irondr?d? rM?iTinc ntk dotiUnc* u nmtm. aboM uvd other .rttcU^to Tragedy On Wateree River, 1882, Recalled A friend of The Chronicle furnishn ut from the file* of the Cherieston Newt and Courier of April W, 1868, the following narrative of a tragedy which cost numerous lives on the Wateree Tlver. Many of the older citiiena remember the tragedy or | hearing of it from parties living at that time. The late Col. J. C. Hemphill, a prominent newspaper man in hia day was assigned to get the facts. Colonel Hemphill "ifto reported for the News and Courier such notable evants in this state as the Oas Shanhon duel and the Darlington riot of the old Tillman /days. The hero of the Wateree tragedy is now a citizen of Camden and is probably the lone survivor: vg Columbia, S. April 29.?The terrible loss of life which followed the explosion of the steamer Marion yesterday has cast a pall of sadness and gloom over this entire community, but the circumstances are about as follows: ,At 11 o'clock yesterday morningV a picnic party, numbering about thirty^ persons, embarkedl&Oj. the steamer Marion at Red B)Ki"? 6. C., a landing on the Wateree ^Ivot on the plantation of Mr,. Jbseph Bates, near the junction of the Wateree and Congaree rivers^ for a day s sportf on the witer. > V Afterj*t$3 boat had started down Ilia i.i? ei R backed into a small crc*kv to take aboard a uumfber of persons (Ike Lenoir, Eugene Lenoir and G. H. Lenoir) who had not arrived when the first start was made. iSeelutf tbat the steamer was about to strike a anag Capt. Rhodes pulled the |?ng for "the boat to shove ahead and with the firifc revolution of the Wheel the boiler exploded with fearful effect. The picnic party wwpe scattered over the steamer, some of them in the cabin and some on the deck. On the upper deck, just over the boiler quite a number of young ladies and their escorts were gathered, a gay and unsuspecting group. I When the explosion ... occurred! the boiler and the upper deck WOre l>lown completely out and those who were standing on) the upper deck were nearly all killed or fatally injured. The roof of the cabin which formed the deck of the stedmer Was tilted in by the explosion and fell among the parties gathered below. The captain and Mr. Joseph Bates, who were' standing near the wheel-house talking, miraculously escaped without injury, Of the party on the- upper deck Miss Minnie Hdnry was instantly killed and fearfully mutilated. Miseee Mettle and Nannie Henry were blown up and their bodies today had,not been found; Miss Lizzie Henry suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and wae badly scalded. She was not expected to Jive last night, and it is reported that she died t&day. J. C*. Eason received a fracture of both bones of the right leg and WAs terribly scalded in the back, and suffered internal injuries, from which he-can hardly recovery William Trumible was J?dly scalded, but had sufficiently rallied last night,to be -carried to Ma-home o.n, a mattress ia a spring wagon. Miss Minnie Bates sustained a :fraHuire the right arm near thb shoulder and both bones of her right fore-arm and the lower end of the tibia. Hear face, back and arms were also badly scalded.' Sho-^ffcred a severe shock, from whidh she had rallied aomewhat last night, but it is rumored tonight that ahe has since died. John, a negro boWt hand, was scaldr ed in the face, back and arms snd received a. fracture of the right wrist. A piece Of hi? "frkitt, inches square, was carried away from the under part of his left thigh, and the muscles'were laid bare and badly lacerated, and his flesh was filled with cinders from the engine. Ha ankle was also severely sprained. Mre. Garner, widow of the late Samuel Garner and daughter of Col.' H. T. Peake, former Superintendent w the South Carolina Bailroad, was "Mown into the river and came near being drowned. Hodge Lenoir, who gad been blown ashore, seeing her great dangfft and regardless of his own safety plunged into the rim and attempted to save the struggling lady, catching hold.Aher ft* wsa ^chS^^Bf W^rhOirthat both parties would have sunk but for the timely arrival of the eaptain in a boat, who pulled Mrs. Garner into the boat Just udn was io*| ' - ? been performed. * The BiltfM Henry .jure dautfitera of Gapt. Samuel J. Henry, a highly esteemed planter of this county, who was tax collector before the war. Mrs. Henry, tlje' mother of the young ladies,, is in delicate health, and was detained at home; Miar Minnie mght. Oept. Henry repaired at once to the scene of the accident, and no tongue can picture his grief at the awful fate of his children. . Miss Bates is the daughter of Mr. JosephBates, who was recently tried* in the United States Court at Charleston (for his activities in the "Ku Klux Klan" in Reconstruction days?in the day* known as "The Red Shirt Days). He was saved from the wreck and did all Ke'cdbid to relieve the agonies of the wounded and dying. No reason can be given for the explosion! The boilers were overhauled recently, and were considered in sale condition. The engineer stated last night that he was. allowed to carry one hundred pounds of steam, and at the time of the explosion only carried a pressure of eighty pounds. Drs. Keith and McKenzie, who lived near Red Bluff gave the necessary assistance to the injured, and Dr. B. W. Taylor, of this city, was summoned as soon' as possible to the aid of the suffering. He upturned to Columbia today and wiU A back to Wad Bltrff^sgslu >smu>^-?: tea today by the trial justice to the Business Outlook Is Encouraging Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 26.?Newspaper publishers believe the southern economic horison is clearing. Directors of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association expressed thfe opinion at a meeting here yesterday, when they selected Ashoville, N. C., as the 1282 convention city. The general meeting will be held there July 18, 19 and 2<k Newspapermen from West Virginia to Texas attended and exchanged ideas. The sessions were executive. Cranston Williams, of Chattanooga, secretary and manager, was appointed to represent the association at a hearing of the audit bureau of circulation in Chicago next month. Mr. Williams said the directors ceived satisfactory reports from .trustees of the status of the labor protection fund, a mutual labor insurance of the organisation. m Encouraging business reports were brought here by a number of the editors. , F. C. Withers, of the Columbia, S.tiC., State said the legislature is striving 'to elimintae a deficit "and this will have a stabilising influence." Things are "beginning to look up" in Virginia, M. Botts 'Lewis, of the Clifton Forge Review, reported. tSimilar optimistic reports came from newspapermen from Tennesseer Mississippi, Louisiana,. Arkcmsas, Kentucky and Alabama. The three Atlanta newspapers entertainefl 4?he publishers at a dinner left night. The publishers adopted .resolutions of sympathy for Jbsephus | Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, who is recovering from automobile injuries. i i .i pm Gunshot Causes ; Loss of Arm ! . fi \ .1 L Sumter, Jan. 23.?A. T* Heath, president of the Carolina Coca-Cola company, while hunting in Clarendon county this afternoon, ^tumbled and fell and his gun discharged, the load taking effect in the left arm,below the elbow, shattering the Joint. M. S. (Boykin, his companion, was about 209 yards distant when the accident occurred. He heard the report of the gun -and hastened to Mr. Heath. . The arm was bandaged and the bleeding controlled until (Mr; (Heath was brought to the hospital hare* The arm was amputated above the elbow. Mr. Heeth stood the operation well and his condition is as favorable as could be expected. The Greenville county officers, except the sheriff, have offered the delegation makin^Vthe supply bill to take a 16 per cent cut in salaries this year. Farm Meeting For February 3 The Kershaw oounty farm outlook conference it to ho hold at the iOour? :j House Wednesday morning, 10:90, February 8. Mr. O. It OsTk, atate extension economist, and other notables will be present, it is expected that a large, attendance will be had A as the people of the county hare learned to regard this economic study as one of the most important phases of our farm work. (Everyone who possibly can do so should attend this meeting as it is the source of information which will give farm, people and business people an insight of the farm conditions in 1992. Definite forecasts will be made with, reapect to the various craps produced in this county. That is, our people will be ~told whether cotton has a favorable outlook OT not, whether the price of hogs, poultry and other commodities are expected to be high or low. Farmers who Operate without this Information work in the dark to0a very large extent. This information is the front sight of our agriculture. Every person in the county should ; attend this meeting, whether small operator or large. Xiand owners, ten-, ants, business men and bankers are expected to attend in large numbers. Please notify your neighbors and do not forget the date, Wednesday, ,] 10:80 a.' m.> February 8, requests "Hehry D. Green, tne county agent. First Baptist Church Services \ ; The following services are, announced at the First (Baptist church: Sudnay school at 10 o'clock, Mr, C. O. Stogner, superintendent; public worship conducted by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. ahd ft80 p. m. 'Morning sub* ' jeet, "The Unfailing Love of God." livening subject, "Hie* (Sin of Covetousnese." Prayer *Wnd praise service Wednesday evening at 7 :SO. (SeniorB. Y^p. U. Thursday evening at 7:80. Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at A.Jin O.oU. The public is cordially taHted to attend all the services Of this church. ; ? ?f , To Hold Candle Rally Kate jC. Powell, secretary of The Willing Workers Club of' Trinity M E. church, announces a -Candle Rally for .Sunday evening, January 81, at 7 o'clock at the church. The rally will be .for the benefit of the, church. The .sermon will be preached by Rev. B. F. Bradford, the di&rict superintendent. White friendeof the church are cordially invited to attend this service. Bethune Loses Leading Citize^ Bethune, Jam 25th.--La?t rite* for Alexander Bethune iMcLaurin, prominent citizen, aged 04, who died very Suddenly at his home here jast-y ri~ day evening, January 22, were held , ; at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with Dr. C.'E. Sullivan in charge. The church-could not seat the large assemblage of peopie from this and. other towns and numbers stood outside during the services. A number of negroes were among those present* Interment was in the Scotch cemetery beneath a mound of lovely flowers, a Serving as honorary <pallbwe?w-~r~werwr-^ G. -Joner, Isreertv Hill; J. Team Gettys and J. G. Richards, Jr., Camden; Dr. J. B. HJnes, Hartsville; J. D. Lafitte, Cope; M. G. King, J. C. Foster, Loflng Davis, G. B. Parirott und W. A. McDowelL-Bethnae. ,-Aiil-A 1" T ive, Tom Bethune, J: N. McLAurin, Jr., John Bethune, Ralph MoCa?kUl, ; Xj Ernest Z. Truesdale, Jr., of Bethune, Robert Bethune, of Che raw. Mr.. McLaurin was the'eldest son ~ of the late John Neil MdLeurin and Mary Ann -Bethune MoLaurin and had spent practically his entire life here. He attended demHOYli college*^ where he wee an enthuriaatfc rootr" f , ball player. Mr. McLaurin was in every sense a Christian gentlemen with nntaenished reputation. His character was beyond reproach. He was ruling elder in the Presbyterian church nnd ^eachffc ofj theL-XXmen'fl Bible class, ^e was one of the KigJ largest planters and land holders of thia entire section and a leading busi- r, ness man "whose counsel and advice (I was sought by many. He was president of the late Bn?ls~of-Bethune and a member of the county board of education. . He was greatly interest- >' >; edjin education and enabled a numbeg of young people In this cowman- / ; ity to obtam a college education. Af aBiT? HclBonn mamw ^ ^