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The Camden Chronicle aaa^ ; ^* i ' r ??????? VOLUME 44. y CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932 NUMBERS ?? 1111 ? ? ? , . ? mm ounty Convention Held Here Monday Jelegate* from varioms county icinets met hi convention here ndav morning and the meeting 8 called to ontler by Dr. &. IF.*.Bra8-ton, county chairman. Judge ndd L Smith was made president 1 H. D. Nik* secnetaiy 'of .the conition. ' A Jelcputes were enrolled from the ti b s except Cassatt, Charlotte Dmpson. DeKalb, Harmony, Oak(1( Koland, Shamrock, Shepard and lylor's Hill. Clubsr were representas follows: Lbncy-D. M. KtiJkhjy, W.. <C. idv. intioch? C. W. Shiver, W. L. JCook, K. McCaskiU, D. K. Stokes, H, W. ,nt.S) J I). Davis. Executive comjtaeuian, L. A. Shiver. IcthBuv C. C. Pate, l>. J. C^burn, E Catoe, L. Bxppnon, 1/. S. Horton, Gardner, iBoyd <Clyhurn, <C. C. H.inri , lewis (Hilton, D. 1>. C^ybum, jri. Baker. Executive committeeB Lor in g Davis. Blagey-?S. E. Ross, W. L. Miles, E Watson, J. JD. JBailey, Jesse T. Hg, J.. M. Porter, W. J). .Sanders, Hr. Bowen, M. Perry, H. T. Jeflfers, l). Grigsby. Huffulo?E. J. (Catoe, C. W. Holley, K Brown, Z. A. Catoe, W. P. Sow F. B. Catoe, ?. N. Holley, C. A. Bison, JI. T. tCatae. Executive Bnittuenum, W.. T. lHolley. unden?-E. X,. Moseley, \W. -E. Egh. K. E. Chewning, B. E. SparL. T. Mills, 3d. M. Reasonover, E Zoniji, J. D. :Sheorn, F. C. JVlose j s. Lindsay, .Frank Maynnrd, B McCaskfll, G. E. Taylor, J. .H.' urn, J. li. -Belt, J. C. Hough, .H. Biles, K. M. Smith, T. K. Tretter, I, IiuPans, Jr., M. L. Smith, G. C. Eh L. A. Wittkewsky, W. T. iied W. Arthur Clark, Wiley SheI JL E. Sitevensvn, G. IF. Coelgy, DuBosr., C. JR. Villepigue, Joe Birxk, W. M. Alexander, G. T. Be, Jr., rL. B. Campbell, W. 1L. Kim, Dr. A. W. Humphries, H. vG. Bison, Jr., Sam iKaredh, J. *C? > B. A M. McLeod?, S. W. Hogme. B .Milxiod, executive committeoBby's Mill?.1. M. Martin, Ernest Band. C. M. Porter. Bterprise?W.. L. Stokes. Btes Ford?T. F. Horton, J. M. K^- Executive committeeman, T.j Borton. ^ roiiagrr Mill?iS. J. WVest, "W. T. ^B', Iloyt Knight,' W. A. Ander- . Be. E. Davis, \T. T. Player, G. C. _ Kshaw?H. E. Kirkley, Perry B Joe Hongh, J. W. Trues('. Jones. Executive commit^B". Taylor. Berty Hill?J. G. Bichards, G. JR. ^Bnt. . L. P. Thompson. Boff J ?r. TV. A. Sandera, John .i Hugh McCnllum. ExecnBonirii'iii-emaja, L. L Guion. ^Bkhar;?L. J. Jordan, Will H. i | B < . W. Jordan. Executive ^Kjtteeman, B. J. Jordan. B's ( rook?T. W. Bowers, F. I. H M. Ogbnrn. Executive Btteeman, T. W. Bowers, j B Tree?W. W. Horten, A. A. ; I K.\e? utive committeeman, J. 1 I K*c B>n'- ' -oss Roads?W. Peake, Bd Pahon, J. E. Jackson, A. J. ; Bndiieham. Executive commit- ( m- J. A. Rabon. By- VJiil?W. P. Rodgers, D. A. hard Eubnnks, F. L. Munn. IfcuciH r?. Executive committee- i . L. Bete. " " Por.d _E. J. Mclntyre, T. W. j J I? am Gettys. Executive < :tcci an, N. P. Gettys. y flail. Execu- < i':rr ... man, W. S. Stokes. j ' (ik?J. W. C. Boykin. j l,i . ,.?.n,.tt<,CJTian) Boy- ] 1 1 : H. Sowell, J. H. Bar- 1 L ' Bobinson, A. D. Croxton, 1: : n, T. II. Young, E. W. ] 1 . ; Vfk-jJiflwit Branham, ] 1 J<BKlin8on. Execuni" :<iman, J. W. Branham. } |r|-?* h- M. Brown, E. L. ( i Gardner, C. J. Brown, t ^ < ''mmitteem^n, J. L. Wil- t Wie-j. c. Hilton, D. D. " Executive committeeman, t Pyburn, Sr. t [ F- Brasington wu re-elected 1 Fhairman over H. D. Nlles. j gtjon of l. T. Mills the to!-. < ^legates were named to the ] Pj>v?ntk>n by ' acclamation: i I Richards, Mendel ir f l,r ' ^ I- Guion, Lorinff Dat- t r* ? Turner. .0 i - TeT_ I 1 * 'Va ?, I . i. .? - ???t Feature Farmer Judging Contest The,annual Future Palmetto Farmer Judging Contest for vocational agriculture students in the fifth district wus held at Steath Springs Friday iVpnl 2t)th. Twenty schools with ciZ?t "d'took 'p,,rl in Oakley Ball won first place with i,KKl points, .'Ruby second with 1,84ft, sOlover third with 1,757 points and Camden won fourth place with 1,746 ; points out oof a possible 2,400 points, t Leonard Plasty, Lawrence McCal, lum and L. O. Funderburk were the Fiiture Farmers who* represented iCfemden m this contest. These boys judged one class of peach trees, seed corn, seed potatoes, seed oats, mules, daily cows, poiiltry and swine. Sixty -boys and twenty agricultural teachei s were .present at the contest, Mrs. Martha Ross Dead Mrs. Martha H. Ross, 65, died Saturday morhing at 6 o'clock at her "home in JBlaney after an illness of cfive months. She was a resident of Blaney all her life. She was a menber of the Union Baptist church there. She is eurvived by two daughters, i Mrs. J. <B. Webster, of Lake Murray; j Mrs. L. A. Gunter, of Blythewoofl; three sons, J. F. Wooten, J. M. Woot'en and C. Wooten, of Blaney; four sisters, Mrs. John B. McCravy, of Columbia, Mrs. Mary Sanders arid Mrs. Allen Sanders, of Blaney; and one brother, C. C. Proctor. The funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at the 'Union Baptist church at Blaney, and were conducted by the Rev. A. "V. Smith, of LugolY. The interment was' in the churchyard. I Pallbearers serving were-. Howdll IJrown, Dewey Braziell, Austmm Bra- I ziell, Wylie 'Braziell, Jasper Peaht -and Lexie Roberts. Services at Cassatt Services at the Cassatt Baptist church for Stmday, May 8th, will be: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with Mr. Carson Gordon, superintendent, in charge. Morning service at 11 o"'elock by the paster, Rev. H. C. Robinson. The public is cordially invited to attend all services held in this church. To Meet Near Spring Hill The Lee County Singing Convention Will meet with St. Andrews Church of God and St. John M. E. church, south, at Central school house near Spring Hill, on Sunday, May 8th at 2:30 p. m. ,A most cordial invitation tyo all choirs and singers to meet With us and take part .in the exercises. A cordial welcome to all.?L. A. Moore, President. W. R. Hough was named as state executive committeeman. The South Carolina Congressional delegation was criticized by the conv.entionTor their failure to take a definite stand in the mon^entous affairs now taking place in Congress. In the convention former Governor John >G. Xichards introduced a resolution endorsing tihe program of the Farmer's and Taxpayer's League which was unanimously adopted. Mr. L. A. Wittkowsky introduced a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, leaving the Kershaw county delegates uninstructed as to the presidential race and free to vote for f .VlA 1 < ? _ 1 ~ o * ' ** cw??ujai? w. vy ii mendment by John K. <teLoach leaving the delegation froe to vote for any candidate except A1 Smith was lefcated. A resolution by Mr. L. I. Guion ;alling upon representatives in Con-' ?ress to play "follow your leader" *nd vote according to the Democratic eaders was adopted. Bolting the; larty in South Carolina has always,1 >een political suicide. The following resolutions by the Raley's -Mill Club were tabled: That we urge our next Legislative Delegation to make all offices both *tate and county a two year term.' iVe also recommend that all officials irawing a salary from the people's ax money be required to go before ;he people in the primary to get the ob. A warm discussion of the prohibiten question was precipitated when he Liberty Hill club offered a res<fution favoring a continuance of the >rohibitten law as at present. The ronventten finally tabled the resoutibn upon motion of Mr. Wittkow>ky who objected as a matter of pol ejr to -the introduction of the prohibiten question into the Democratic i >e*tjr. j .. * . -7'?""Tic -fj J Coming Eclipse Of Sun Awaited Philadelphia, April 27.?The coming total eclipse of the sun in the eastern United States on August 31, next, the last for Americans until 1970, promises new information about long distance weather forecasting. This and other discoveries about eclipses were reported to the American Philosophical Society last week by Dr. Samuel A. Mitchell, director of the Leander McGormick observatory of the University of Virginia. The weather forecasting involves sunspots. These spots are known through thousands of years of geological records .to reach a high every 11 years, with increasing rainfall, higher temperatures and worse radio static. But how the spots and their effects vary from year to year is still mostly unknown to science. The eclipse ,uuy throw "light" on .this point, -iFor the sun's corona, the pearly white halo visible only during eclipse, has two shapes, both sunspot indicators. -One is round like a gigantic dahlia, which means many spots. The -other is shaped like a .bow tie and means few spots. These shapes appear somewhat ahead of the Spots and may forecast them. The last maximum sunspot period 'was between 1928 and 1929. The next minimum is expected in 1934. But Dr. .-Mitchell reported the "surprising" <discovery that at the last eclipse, .1930, the corona w?s mostly bow tie, "minimum" shape, when the maximum type was expectod. Consequently, he said, corona shape :at the coming eclipse will be observed with special interest. He said it is likely -rttill to forecast decreasing spots. There will be 90 seconds to observe the August eclipse. The path of totality will come down from Alaska across North America entering the 'lUnited States: at the Canadian line of J?ew Hampshire, and crossing Maine amd northeastern Massachusetts. Liquor 'Car Captured (County and .city officers one night this week captured a two-door .Ford sedan, of li??9 model, loaded with b4 gallons of whrskey. Two white men giving their names as Howard :and Long and claiming North Carolina as -their home were placed in jail. Midway 'Club Met The Home Demonstration club -of Midway met at the home of Mrs. John Young the last .time. The president called the. meeting to order and twenty-two members were present and two visitors. Gardening and exterior beautrfication of the home was the topic discussotL There was an exchange held of garden seeds and plants and ideas given on planting both flowers and vegetables Readings were given by club members on making the home more beautiful. A demonstration was given by the home agent, Miss Sadie B. Craig on making a dressing table, that the members enjoyed. After business and future plans were discussed as to the year 'round gardens and the canning of fruits the meeting adjourned. The hostess served delicious refreshments. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church for Sunday, May 8th: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O. Stogner, superintendent: Public worship by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "Jesus Remembering His Mother.' Evening subject, "His Last Word From The Cross." Prayer and prnise service Wednesday evening at SL? Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock and Senior B. V. P. U. Thurs- ' day evening at 8 o'clock. ^ The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Will Present Operetta The Baron DeKalb grammar school w^l present an operetta, "Cinderella in Flowerland," Friday evening, May 6th, at 8 o'clock. The cast consists of aheut sixty grammar grade pupils. The public is invited. Club Members Enjoyed Party Recently the club members of the Midway Home Demonstration Club formed sides to make quilts, the side making the greatest number to be entertained by the others. . TWt party was given at the home of Mrs. Henry McCoy and the losers dressed in tacky costumes and entertained the winners. Games were enjoyed and the Ray boys entertained with seme good music. AH enjoyed the bountifuluppsf served by the losing side. jj Agreement Made To Pay Old Bonds The bonds of Kershaw county issued on April 1st, 1 $87> to aid in the construction of the Charleston, ( incinnati and Chicago railroad through the county, came* due April 1st, 1912. At that time the indebtedness was refunded in the amount of $95,000,QUO and these refunding bonds came due on Muy 1st, 1032. On account of the depression in favniing conditions at this time it became apparent that it would be impossible'to collect out of the loans held by the county the amount needed to take up these bonds at maturity in full without serious loss to the owners of properties pledged to the county. The legislative delegation, realizing this condition, and feeling that it would be exceedingly embarrassing to allow the county bonds to go into default, authorized the issue of new 6 per cent bonds to take up the outstanding bonds coming due. ' The county board of directors, with the counsel and approval of the legislative delegation, got in personal touch with the holders of the maturing bonds and made to them a full statement of the county condition and resources, and we are pleased to learn I that so convincing was the showing ! made of the county's financial re! sponsibility, and so excellent, the credit standing tof the coupty, due in large part to ?he care exercised by the county authorities to see that all county obligations have been paid promptly, that rthese county officials have been able to effect an agreement with the Jioldors of these maturing bonds that they be paid in installment* in May, July and December, 1932, and March, 1933, at 5 per cent interest. This very satisfactory agreement avoids the cost and expense of the issue of new .bonds and provides for Ihu (payment of the maturing bonds in the near future, and in a way that will be convenient for the county to meet Chem. The county is to be congratulated upon the care and ability shown by the legislative delegation and by the j county board of vdirecbors in handling this matter so satisfactorily, and should' be very much gratified at the prospect of an early wiping out of .this long-standing indebtedness. [ I^ad Breaks His Arm. Friends of little Billie Van Landingham, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. VanLandingham, will regret to know that he suffered a broken right arm while nt play on the 'chute-the-'chute at the school playgrounds during the recess hour on Tuesday. Drowned in a Washtub. Spartanburg May 2.?G e o r g e Smith Crocker, 17-months-old child, drowned in a washtub while playing today in the backyard of his parents' home. He was found by his mother, Mrs. A. A. Crocker, ten minutes after she h;id missed him from her side. Fire Destroyed "Last Man's Cup" A good many years ago, the late James M. Riddle, of Lancaster, stopped in The Chronicle office and left a list of the members of a Camden company, who left Camden to serve in the War Between the States and at the same time told us that he had a silver cup to be given to the last survivor of that -company. Up to last year, when Mr. Riddle met._d.eath in a fire that partially destroyed his home, there were only two remaining members of that band* of e>ghty-ueven men - who left here oj, April 30. 1801 ? Mr. Riddle and Judge I. F. Holland of this county. Being the lac: survivor Judge Holland wrote to Mrs. W. H. Reed, of Lancaster, daughter of Mr. Riddle, who sent the following reply to Judge Holland: "Illness in the family has prevented up till now my acknowledgement of your recent letter concerning the cup my father had made for the last survivor of his company. "For safe keeping the cup was placed in the Bank of I>anoaster. A very short while before the passing of my father an old friend came by to see him. My father removed the cup from the bank to shoW to the old friend. Thereafter he kept the cup on his mantle. He enjoyed seeing lti_ there and speculating - a* to who would be the winner of the cup. But it passed out with the passing of my father and H w*s destroyed by the , Are that consumed the home.. * "I sincerely wish it could have ( Eid into ytwr ^osstssioa. With wiohea for many moro good daya t _ j , _ ^ Man Arrested Here Had Prison Record Fingerprints of Prank J. Payne, one of the men arrested here last week were taken by the Camden police department and sent to the United States department, bureau of investigation, at Washington, and the following js an abstract of tho subject's fingerprint record on file in the office: , "Subject as Fraijk J. Payne, No. 3128, roceived SP, Trenton, N. J., May 12, lt>14, from Camden county, crime of obtaining money under false pretenses; sentence 1 to 8 years. "As Frank J. Payne, arrested SO, Carlyle, ,111., December 0, 1926, charge confidence game; disposition not given. "As Frank J. Payne, No. 73GO, received -SP, Menard, 111., May 26, 1926, from Clinton county, crime confidence game; sentence one to ten years. "As Frank J. Payne, arrested PD, Camden, S. C., April 20, 1P32, charge forgery; disposition not given. "The following notation appears on our records:- 'Wanted as Frank J. Payne, No. 7360, violation of parole. Notify chief parole officer, SP, Menard, 111.' "The above information was communicated to Warden, SP, Menard, 111., by wire, April 26, 1932." Camden High School Wins Accuracy Cup The annual state steno-typing contest Tor high school students' was held April 29th, in Columbia. Eight schools took part in this contest which were: Columbia, .Florence, Sumter, Rock Hill, Great Falls, Laurens, St. Matthews and Camden. Camden's amateur team was composed of: Ruby Eddings, Lucile Ford and James Moore. This team won the accuracy cuip which was given by Dranghon's Business College. They made the least number of misI takes in 16 minutes and were awarded .the cugp. CajTiden's novice team was comi posed of: Luther Shaw, Elizabeth Moore and Mary Elizabeth Wooten. Mary Elizabeth Wooten was awnnied the gold medal for the best novice typist in the contest. Tbis is a very creditable showing for the stmkmts who represented Camxiea high school in this state contest. These contestants were trained by Miss Catherine Murchison, who has charge of this work. Important Meeting For Colored Leaders Arrangements are being made for a big meeting which i?< to be held at the Jackson high school in Camden at 11 a. m., Saturday, May 14. Colored leaders in every walk of life in Kerahaw county are requested to attend. The main object of the meeting is to devise definite plans for developing n program for better living for the colored people o-f Kerhaw county. Professor Mdodana and other negro leaders 'have been working in close cooperation with County Agent Green in an effort to assist colored people to help themselves and to become more successful citizens. Definite recommendations which are considered CntirC.y .vastviv anu V A ft I UlC iyJ 1 these people to attain will be made at this meeting. It is especially urged that all of the colored preachers attend and bring as many of their church leaders as possible. It is probable that one or more Government specialists will assist at the meeting. All . of Ihu -colored - school teachers of the county and other public spirited leaders are not only urged to attend but are also requested to invito others to attend, announces Henry D. Green, county agent. Death of Young Girl Funeral services were held Monday, 11 a. m., at Salem Methodist church near English, for Lillian Higgins, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Higgins. The little girl died at the Columbia hospital early Sunday morning after a long illness. Besides hpr parents she is survived by eight brothers and two sisters. The following served as pall bearer* ?D. M. Brazell, W. L. BrazeH, W. G. Gilmore, W. K. Lee. Interment was in the cemetery of the Salem church. Services were conducted by Bev. A. V. Smith, pester West Kershaw Methodist charge, Li* goffj S. C. Sports Magazine Praises Races _ , t \V?lf P. Pond, editor of the racing department of "The Spur," a noted magazine devoted to horsemen, IV its May issue carries the following relative to the Carolina Cup race held here in the early spring: "That The Carolina Cup has achieved Ruch distinction in three short years is not at all surprising to anyone knowing the recrudescent popularity of Carolinian racing from the time of the Chickasaw Indians to the present day. This popularity is aptly demonsrated by the fact thqt among the entries this year no less , than eight well-known women appear and that the race was won by Mrs. Thomas H. Somerville's Troublemaker?she is M. F. II. of the Montpeiier Hounds?with Mrs. T. II. Symington's Primero second and Harry, D. Kirkover's Sunset third. Trouble^.?, maker carried the top weighty of one hundred and sixty-three pounds over that trying three miles of country. "More than one hundred years ago the planters of the Carolinas were enjoying good sport, matching their horses against one another, noti for stupendous purses but for the honor j of breeding and owning a fine homebred, racing for a "plate" of little value. Then came .a suspension; for a time but soon the land of the okee rose, the magnolia, the trailing arbutus, the jasmine and the long leaf pine attracted the Sinklers, the Boykins, Canteys, Austins, Mannings, Hamptons and Ravenels, and racing lived again. Even fifteen years ago there was a race course between Cool Spring and Springdale. "Moving'with the-tiffles Ernest L. Woodward, of LeRoy, New York, bought Holly Hedge, the homo of the . Confederate War Governor Johnson, and Harry D. Kirkover, of ^Buffalo, secured about one thousand acres surrounding the old course and these two were mainly responsible for the building of the present three-mile track. The horses are in view every inch of the way as the clear or fumble at the eighteen obstacles ranging in height from three feet four inches to four feet, brush of native or Northern style, improved course beacons and course markers, and, possibly, the best galloping in the country. "The course had been ploughed one hundred feet wide by two feet d4ep, then .planted witto Bermuda grass roots and scientifically treated to produce, eventually, a perfect humus, totally different from tihe courses at the "big tracks" over which highpriced thoroughbreds jump and race at breakneck speed in a competition in which a representative, true type of hunter has no place. So, when the Camden course opens the season for hunt club racing it also demonstrates a model course for veritable hunter racing which should?and probably will??in time be recognized as well-nigh perfect. "As for the cup* itself, it was made by Sinclair of Dublin, Ireland, in 1704, and is offered as a memorial to the good work done for many years by Thomas Hitchcock in South Carolina hunting, racing, steeplechasing and horse interests generally. And witlT such a committee as Thomas Hitchcock, F. Skiddy von Stade, Burwell H. Boykin, Jr., Jamce Boyd (M. F. H. Moore County Hunt), Robert Hanes, Ernest L. Woodward and Harry D. TTirkover the future of Lui bo opvit in Camden sceme assured." Delegates To Convention The annual convention of the Farmers and Taxpayers league of South Carolina will meet in Columbia on Wednesday, May 11th, at 11 o'clock, at the Columbia Hotel in the assembly room. Delegates from this county club will be ex-governor John G. Richards, Judge M. L. Smith, L. O. Funderburk, W. L. DePass, Jr., J. B. Munn, L. T. Mills, L. P. Thompson. M iss Mary Dunn Dead Miss Mary Dunn, aged 35, daughter of the late I>r. W. A. Dunn, died at the Newberry county hospital Sunday evening, May 1st, at 9:50 o'clock, following an illness of some time. She is survived by her step-mother and the following brother and staters: Wm. E. Dunn, of Newberry, Miss Lucy Dunn, Newberry; Miss Ella Dunn, Sumter, and Mlaa Alien? Dunn, Rock H411.?Newberry Obtanr-LZH er. Catoe?Newsome Misa Lola Grace Catoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Catoe, and Mr^:__ Clarence Newsome ware married SatortUfer, April 80tfc, at Biakoprille. The 7 ceremony was performed by Jvdf* Smith. ; ? - (