The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 15, 1932, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle .
I VOLUME CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROL1NA. FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1932 NUMBER 2.^ C^
prominent Visitors
I Write of The Races
I Hurry D. Kirkover and Sanest L.
woodward, prime movers in' the esEblishment
of -what 'many seem to
Kink will grow into a steeplechase
Bourse of national importance, have
Beceived numerous telegrams and
Ktters of congratulations from varLs
parts of the country, on the
Kccess of the third annual running
E the Carolina Cup races at SpringBaie
course on March 26th. Extracts
Brom some ot these telegrams and
Ktters follow;
From Owner of The Winner
I Mrs. T. H. Somerville, owner of
E-oublemaker, winner of The CaroIna
CUp? writes from Montpelier,
B> "Your letter came today, and
Kany thanks for your congratulai
was awfully pleased TrouHo
maker won the Carolina Cup. <1
Kink it by far the nicest cup I have
Byer raced for."
. From RHtor of Polo
peter Vischer, president and editor
ft Polo Magazine, writes from New
Kork: "I regret that I did not have
chance before leaving Camden to
Hank you for the generous hosipital y
extended to me. I was deeply
K\pressed with what I saw. The
Heeting for beauty of setting, class
H racing and warmth of hospitality
Hukl not be surpassed."
H Stresses Hospitality
Ba. S. Craven, steward of the Nalonal
Steeplechase and Hunt AssoKition,
writes from "Whilton,"
Heenwood, Virginia: "Thank you
Hpiin for my delightful visit to CamKn.
I enjoyed every minute of it
Kd at the present moment I can
Eik and talk of nofSbig but the
Harm of Camden and its hospitalK
Will Increase in Importance
From Frank J. Bryan, secretary of
^ e hunts committee of the National
Heeplechase and Hunt Association,
Hted at New York, comes this flatKing
letter: "This is a busy day
Hre at the office hut 1 make tho_
Hportunity to send you these few
Hes of congratulations on the sucK;
of your meeting. All reports
Hat drift this way are most flatterK
and I am sure as the years go
the Carolina Cup and Camden,
will increase in eclat and im- j
rt-anee."
l ooks Forward Annually
B'nrm Carter P. Brown, of Tfyon,
('.. comes this one: "I wish to
^Hrcs* my appreciation for the many
^Ertesies extended to us before our
Hival and during bur stay in CamH.
I had a most delightful time
Hi think these events are the best
look forward to them annually.
Doing Much For Sport
E>tum White, of Syracuse, New
Hrk. writes: "Thanks for two fine
w at Camden. You and associates
entitled to great credit and praise
H what you have done for sport.
H Anxious to Return
Hlrs. Elizabeth GTinnell, of Boston,
sa>'s: "Delightful Camden?
Hutiful course?good racing. Cati
wait for time to return."
^Hlcstincd to National Importance
^Rugustus F. Goodwin, of Boston,
^Hbs., president of Eastern Horse
Hb, writes: "Everything went off
Hutifully. Great course and setDestined
to be a meet of Na nl
importance."
Better Every Year
H Skiddy Von Stade, steward of
National u7,u iimw
I Delation, writes from Westbury,
K Bland, New York: "Suqcess is
word. Unusual meeting. Getbetter
every year."
I'nusual Meeting
h?-ma? Hitchcock, of Aiken, S. C.,
Wv-thury, N. Y., writes: "Plant
equipment, location, footing extr
Racing very goocT Unusual
[l.rg for an off year."
knidcn*Trained Horsea Winners
l"oni the Deep Run Hunt Club
P (i at Richmond, Virginia, on
fr.ihy. April 9, Mr. Kirkover ref"
the following information:
pi'len trained and schooled horses
I three of the six races on the
I at Deep Run today. Fairy Lore,
I Isiing up, won first division of
I race. Peacock, Carroll K. BasI
up, won the second division of
Ifirst race. Kyber Pass, Carroll
passett up, won the fifth r**-\
Rfc't also rode another winner,
Somerville's * sand-hi 11-trained
Reteer II, won the Deep Run cuPr
Noel Laing up."
i?a national magazine for
carries excellent pictures
races held on Rpringdlls
course here on Walking*
I birthday. .Twice we quote ttom
B
this magazine: i
"Camden, famous among the Carolina
resorts, has been a busy center
of horse activity and had the honor
of holding: the first hunt race meeting:
of-the year on Washing-ton's birthday
before a throng of race enthusiasts.
Camden's record a3 a training
center is outstanding.*
Again we quote from "Pplo": "As
a center of horse activity, Carolina's
Camden has few Rials'. During the
winter months and the early spring,
there is all the horseman could ask
focr polo, -hunting, steepleehasing,
horse shows."
W? understand that in the May issue*
of "Polo" and "The Sporteman"
Hie re will be many pictures and artielea
on Tbe Carolina Cup races held
here.
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"Iodine Horses" <
Shipped North
Columbia, April 12.~"Iodine horses,
trained m South Carolina" was j
the legend borne by banners carried 1
by the six cars of fine horses trained i
in Columbia this season, which left 1
on Sunday morning for the northern
race tracks. "The quality of South '
( aiolina feeds has been so forcefully j
demonstrated that horses from here i
have come to be labeled by the sport- 1
itig writers as 'The Iodine Horses,'" ?
said Carl J. Nagle, manager of the
Buxton Stables, as the special train
left the Fair Grounds. "The horses
trained here have been so successful
in possessing that extra indefinable
something," said Mr. Buxton,
"that the enrollment has grown here
until South Carolina now recognizes
the winter training of horses as one
of its profitable sources of procuring
business, with outside capital left
within the state and distributed to
every line of business from the farmer
to the merchants and amusements.
"Aiken has become the center of
show horses and polo interests, Camden
goes in for steeplechasing and
Columbia, with the best track between
Florida and Maryland, is the
recognized winter home of the runners."
Mr, Nagle said that in cooperation
with Dr. William Weston, managing
director of the South Carolina Natural
Resources Commission, and his
assistants, Extensive feeding experiments
were conducted this winter, and
the results will "be watched with interest
by dietitians and horsemen
everywhere. "Next year," he said,
"further and more extensive experiments
will be' made based on the results
achieved this summer. Next
fall some very deficient horses will
be brought here and fed according
to the recommendations of the South
Carolina Natural Resources Commission."
Included in the horses trained here
are some famous animals. The first
contingent was shipped to Maryland
two weeks ago, and others followed
in specially-made vans. The final
cars will leave on April 14.
With the progress of the iodine
movement, the training of fine horses
in South Carolina is rapidly becoming
a big industry directly beneficial
to the growers of feeds, and those
engaged in many other lines of business.
First Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for the week at the First
Baptist church: Sunday school at 10
o'clock, Mr. C. O. Stogner, superintendent.
Public worship conducted
by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. and j8 p.
m. Morning subject, "Christ Crucified."
Evening subject, "A Distressing
Cry." Prayer and praise service
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, i
Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening
at 8 and Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday
evening at 7.
* It was gratifying to have one hundred
seventy-two present at prayer
meeting on Wednesday evening of
last week and it is to be hoped that
this is the beginning of a npw interest
in the midweek service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church.
A Cotton Bill of Long Ago
W. C. Aflame "'Vie searching
through some old papers at his home
near Kershaw, found a cotton bill of
his father, the late Mackey Adams,
for a bale of cotton sold by him to
Baum Brothers at Camden December
17, 1874, which is somewhat, older
than that of Mr. W. L. Gaskin, which
was noted in the Era recently. The
bale weighed 423 pounds and brought!
13 cents the pound, a total of $54.99.
?Kershaw Era.
Officers Capture 1
Five Safe Thieves
Florence, S. C., April 10.?Five
men were arrested as officers frustra- j
ted an attempt to steal a safe from a i
itore on the main street of Timmons- 1
ville early today. \
One of them, Ivey I^angston, 20, 1
was shot and wounded by Jim Hugfins,
Timmcttt ville magistrate's con- ]
stable, who said Langston had con- I
tinued to run toward him after being <
commanded to halt.
The authorities said they believed 4
the five were involved in a series of <
safe robberies recently in Florence !
and Darlington counties. Four Snfes
have been stolen since January 1.
All of the five arrested today are i
residents of Florence. All except <
Langston, who is under arrest at a *
Florence hospital, are being held in
jail here. Langston is wounded in
the abdomen and leg with buckshot.
Physicians said his condition was not '
serious.
The others arrested are: Roy Hut- "
chinson, 33; Luke Bryant, 33; M. P.
Barfield, 32; and E. L. Jeffords, 27.
Acting on a, tip, police officers of
T^mmonsville and Florence and members
of the county sheriff's forces
surrounded the store of B. M. Hill at
T*iinmonsville late Saturday night.
About 2 a. m. today, the officers said,
an automobile wrecker drew up before
the store and several men entered
the building.
The officers watched the men, Chey
said, until they had dragged the safe
frdm the store and started to load it
on the truck. They then closed in
nnd made the arrests. They said a
sixth member of the group had escaped:
** Before the attempted robbery, the
officers said, several men had slipped
up on the Timmonsville night flfcliceman,
overpowered, bound and gagged
him.
Among the safes reported stolen in
the vicinity was one from a negro
barber shop, which, the owner said,
had contained $14,000. Safes, also
were stolen from a grocery store at
Darlington, a bottling works office
here and a store at Claussen.
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Business Meeting of Farm Women
-.The Kershaw County Council of
Farm Women will hold its business
meeting in the American Legion Hall
on next Saturday, April 16, at 3 o'clock.
All ithe officers of the sixteen
home demonstration clubs are expected
to be present and give their reports.
The eleven county chairmen
as well as the officers of the council
will be present at this time. Plans
will be made for the spring rally on
Friday night, April 29. The following
short program will be carried out:
Music, Miss Mae Rush; devotional,
Mrs. B. M. Pearce; minutes of last
meeting, Mrs. J. A. Bell, secretary;
reports of presidents; business; music;
adjourn.
* Two Deaths Near Buffalo
Mrs. Martha Outen, 71, died Sunday,
April 3, after a brief illness at
the home of her son, Redfearn Outen,
in the Abney section, and was buried
in the demetery at Buffalo church,
following serviced/conducted from the
church by S. "F. Robinson. She
is survived by her son, Redfearn
Outen; two brothers, Joseph and
Redfearn Knight; and four sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Moseley, Mrs. Mary Outrr
sr,/i Vr;. E!:g? lJcc?, oj. uie ADney
section; and Mrs. Hattie Taylor,
of Lancaster.
About an hour previous to the foregoing
burial, the infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Threatt was buried
in thp same cemetery.?Kershaw Era.
Married In Columbia
Qf interest to their friends here
was the marriage of Miss Willie S.
Alexander and Mr. Norman M. Fohi,
both of this city, which was solemnized
in Columbia Thursday, April
14th, at noon, at the Arsenal Hill
Presbyterian church, the Rev. S. K.
Phillips officiating. They left immediately
after the ceremony for a
short wedding trip, after which they
will make their home here. '
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Home Burglarized
^- Thursday Morning
A thief entered the. home of Mr.
Cycles T. Trapp, on South Fair
gh^l,- at an ?#*ly hour Thursday
morning and stole Mr. Trapp's
trousers and a watch. The trousers
contained $60 in caah and this was
also atojan. No clue his tea obtained
by the polictf as to who the
thief was. ~/_
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Camden Merchant
Succumbs to Illness
'John Cortes Nicholson, after a lingering:
illness, died at 1:10 Tuesday
morning at his residence, 1801 Lyttle;on
street. To his many friends
throughout Kershaw county his death
brings sorrow.
He was the s*on of John Newton and
Nancy Sarratt Nicholson and was
born in Shelby, N. C,, on the 27th
jay of June, 1801.
Mr. Nicholson was affiliated with
the local chapters of fraternal orders
of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
and the Knights of Pythias.
He came to Camden in 1885 and
was on the 80th of October, 1886,
married to Nannie M. Wilson, of this
city. For 45 years he was actively
engaged in the mercantile business
in Camden until ill health forced his
retirement in September of 1930.
Surviving him are his widow, Nannie
W. Nicholson, and his sons, Samuel
N. Nicholson, of this city; William
C. Nicholson, Shelby, N. C.; and
George W. Nicholson, University of
the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; and one
daughter, Mrs. A. S. Heyward, Jr.,
Coronado, Cal.
Funeral services were held at the
house on Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock conducted by Rev. J. B. Cas-|
ton, of the First Baptist church, and
Rev. C. G. Richardson, of Grace Episcopal
church. Interment was in the
Quaked cemetery.
* The following gentlemen acted as
honorary pall bearers: J. B. Cureton,
J. H. ClybUrn,- W. E. Johnson, E.
L. Phelps, W. D. Whitaker, J. S.
Lindsay, J. B. Kelly, L?. T. Mills, L,
A. Wittkowsky, M. L. Smith, R. M.
Kennedy, Jr., C. P. DuBose and W.
F. Nettles, Sr.
Active pall bearers-* were: M. M.
Reasonover, J. B. Zemp, W, G. Wilson,
Jr., H. O. Wilson, H. H. Birchmore
and W. F. Nettles, Jr.
Woodward Named
By President Hoover
Ernest L. Woodward, well-known
manufacturer and sportsman, of Camden,
S. C., and LeRoy, New York,
this week received a communication
from President Hoover to serve as a
member of the George Washington
Bi-Centennial Celebration.
Mr. Woodward succeeds the late
George Eastman, millionaire Kodak
manufacturer, of Rochester, New
York. Mr. Woodward is one of the
eight men in the United States to
receive this signal honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward left Monday
for their home in LeRoy after
spending the winter at their home,
"Holly Hedge," in this city.
O Airport News
Arrangements are now being made
for a two-day air show at which a
new airplane will be given away.
Pilots and spectators from all parts
of the country will attend. Many
other interesting features for this
air show are being planned.
Next Sunday afternoon a large
crowd is expected at the port, some
to Hy and some to look. Free tickets
will be thrown from the air.
Today another plane arrived from
Charlotte, making three planes on
hand at the hangar now.
In the meantime daily flights are
rzadc I, Clyde w. White, a
pilot who has flown ships for twelve
years without a mishap. Many people
from Camden and other places
are taking rides daily with Mr.
White.
The leasing of the Woodward Airpert
by Mr. White and Dr. Boidridge,
of Charjotte, N. C., will bring many
interesting features to Camden in the
future, and of course will give a lot
of publicity to Camden.
Night School Closed
The night school of the Wateree
and Hermitage mills recently finished
their course and on last Sunday a
pilgrimage was made to Columbia,
where all the night schools of the
state sent- representatives, for a
meeting. The pupils of the school
wish in this manner to thank the
County Board of Commissioners,
through their chairman, Mr.m H. G.
Carrison," Jr., for the free passage
across the toll bridge at the Wateree
river end also to the owners of cars,
who so kindly lent their cars for the
trip to be made.
Ernest Riggs, 21, has been sentenced
to serve 20 to 26 years in the
North CafOvina state prison, foiiowing
his oonviction on a murder charge
at Dsnhsiy.
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Pays Ransom;
Fails To Get Baby
New York, Apr. 9.?Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh has paid a ranson of $50,000
for his kidnaped son, but the
baby has not been returned.
This whs disclosed tonight in a
statement issded through the New
Jersey state police.
The ransom was paid, the statement
said, "to the kidnapers, properly
identified as such, upon their
agreement to notify hi in as to the
exact whereabouts of the baby, but
the baby was not found at the point
designated.
"Several days were permitted to
elapse to give the kidnapers every
opportunity to keep theiv agreement.
It wag not intended to use the number
on the species (currency) in
which the ransom was paid, but inasmuch
as the kidnapers have failed
to keep their agreement and have not
communicated since the ransom was
paid it is felt that every remaining
possible means must be utilized to
accomplish the return of the baby and
to this end the cooperation of the
federal government was requested in
tracing the bills used."
It had becoipe known earlier in the
day that a circular giving details of
the currency had been distributed to
banks through the country by the
treasury with a request for telegraphic
notification if any of the bills were
seen:
The date of the circular, Wednesday,
April 6, coincides with reliable
information that the payment of the
ransom was effected Monday on an
airplane flight which Col. Lindbergh
and Col. Henry Breckinridge, his attorney,
made in the neighborhood of
the island of Martha's Vineyard,
Mass. The pair carried a suitcase^
suitable for holding currency, and a
blanket. As the statement pointed
out "several days" elapsed between
the payment and the action by the
government.
Tonight's statement lent itself to
two theories: One, that the ransom
had been paid to the real kidnapers
and they "double crossed" the colonel,
became fearful of completing negotiations
or for some unknown reason
decided not to complete the transaction.
The other was that clever criminals
had succeeded in forging a satisfactory
identification of themselves
as the kidnapers and seized upon the
opportunity to extort $50,000.
In consideration of these theories
it was recalled, however, that Colonel
and Mrs. Lindbergh have publicly
pledged themselves not to try to injure
those returning the baby. Also
from the start of the world-wide official
and private search certain intimate
characteristics of the baby have
been withheld for the purpose of
clinching identification of the child
at the proper time.
The dispatch of the money circular
by the office of Walter O. Wood,
treasurer of the United States, became
known this morning, but the
news was withheld by press associations
on the ground that if published
it might be injurious to the search
for the child.
The serial numbers given in the
Woods money circular were for bills
totaling $50,000; half in twenties;
$16,000 in tens and $10,000 in fives.
The be?ft available c-.nr/v*.-.
these were the same quantities and
bill sizes demanded in an original
ransom note left pinned to the windowsill
of the baby's nursery by the
kidnapers.
At Norfolk, Va., the very Rev. H.
Dobson-Peacock, one of three men
there who have been seeking the
child's return since eight days after
the jbifant was kidnaped -March 1,
said he did not believe there was any
connection between their efforts and
the failure of the ransom payment
announced tonight.
In some quarters Col. Lindbergh's
flight Monday to Martha's Vineyard
and the absence at the same time
of John Hughes Curtis one of the
Norfolk intermediaries, had been connected.,
Curtis said that he had seen
Col. Lindbergh at an undisclosed
place last week end, and asserted the
baby was safe.
A pilot believed to be the colonel
and three associates were seen in an
amphibian plane off the Massschusetts
coast on Sunday. The colonel
was absent from his home at that
time, his first trip since the kidnaping.
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The disclosure of the failure of the
ransom payment and the fixing of
the approximate time of Ka delivery
seemed to explain the air of optimises
m\\4\ insiigil ol lfci He#
i Jersey estate last Monday.
Tonight there was every indication
f that this feeling had been replaced- "
by one of decided pessimism.
Meantime, the police search *Pv
peaxed at a standstill with Major
> Charles Schoeffel porsufog his mysCKriens
vdszter. abroad sad the do[
listis authorities seeking to locate
Harry Fleischer, Detroit gangster,
5 for foastiowlng.
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County Clubs To
Meet April 23
All Democratic clubs in the county
will hold meetings on Saturday, April
23, to elect delegates to tfie county
convention which will be held the
first Monday in May. One delegate
for every twenty-five votes cast at
the first primary of the last election
are allowed.
This year it will not be necessary
for persons to enroll ugain except in
cases where persons have moved
from one district to another or in
case a person became of ago during
the interval between the enrollment
this year and the one two years
i ago as the state rules of the party
call for a general enrollment every
four years. A general enrollment
was held two years ago and those
who enrolled at that time and have
not moved their residence will not
be required to enroll again in or- ;
der to vote at the coming election . <
this summer.
Officers to be nominated in the _
primary this year will be a clerk of
court, superintendent of education,
two members of the house of representatives,
magistrates and members
of county board of directors.
It is quite possible that when the
state democratic club meeting is held
this year that some changes will be
made as to absentee voters. This subject
has come up for much discussion.
Some have contended that the
rule permitting absentee votes should
apply only in cases of sickness while
others contend that any qualified
voter should be permitted to cast a
ballot in case he is absent from home
on the day of election.
Hill-Drop Planting
Saves Cotton Labor
Clemson College, April 11.?"Four
plants per hill, in hills spaced 12
inches apart in the drill has given
highest yield of cotton during the.
past five yenrs, according to tests ?~
conducted by the South Carolina Experiment
Station," says J. T. McAlister,
extension agricultural engineer,
who notes that the practice of hilldropping
is becoming more common.
Results will vary, he thinks, with different
varieties.
"By setting the planter to drop four
or five seed per hill every 12 inches," ;
Mr. McAlister explains, "considerable ^
saving can be effected in labor, for ,
chopping, and if seed nre good a
much more uniform stand should result.
With the hill-dropping method
of planting, cultivation can be started ^
just as soon as the grass and weeds. appear.
"By covering these small
. weeds subsequent hoeing can be lessened,
whereas under the old method
of chopping to stand, the weeds generally
get a good start before all the
crop is chopped out and close cultivation
begun. ' *
"Many improvements have been
made during the past few years in
planters for hill-dropping. These
should be investigated and tried out
to determine just how they operate,
i Some devices tend to scatter the seed,
especially when hills are placed close
> together. A planter that deposits all
i seed in a distinct hill is much more
desirable."
i Vuduj wateree Mill
I
[ On Friday, April 8, the chemistry
. class at the Camden high school vls,
ited the Wateree mills. They were
escorted through the mill by Mr. Carl
Brown and Mr. Reeves also explainer!
his department. Mr. Brown first
, started in the warehouse, where the
raw material was stored and was being
graded. He then "took them from
department to department explaining
| the machines and their parts in the
process. The class eagerly hovering
around trying to get the names of
the machines. He patiently repeated
them over and over. At last, when
, they had followed the processes from
, raw cotton to cloth, Mr. Brown then
took them through the machine shop.
, The skill of the mechanic held the
| interest of all.
Frrnce's population now' is nearly
42,000,000. ...