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VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1932
Foundling at Gaffney
Was Widely Traveled
Otrnden, OctTi^The baby girl left
t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Uoore at Gaffney on the night of October
4 appears to be ? sojourner.
About 2 o'clock in the morning of
September 10, a girl baby was found
jft a bassinet at the door of the Camden
hospital in a stupor -with a hypoxic
needle punoture in its little
thirh. A large car followed by a
-nailer car was seen to hurriedly
drive away as the baby was found,
the automobiles containing two women
ami a man. *
October 3, two women appeared at
the hospital, being vouched for by a
well known Camden man, and stated
that they had found a good home for
the child and asked that it be delivered
to them, evidencing a great interest
in it. Before turning the infant
over to the women, the hospital
authorities required them to sign a
receipt? as iolldWsT "VAn uriknowft
white female baby left on ^he steps
of the Camden hospital September 10, |
1932, is this day turped over to Mrs.1
Ernest Gentry and Mrs. George Case,
to be carried to Spartanburg, S. C., j
then to he adopted by Mr. and Mrs.!
T. H. Moore at Gaffney, iS. ^ Mrs?
Ernest Gentry, 815 Rutledge street,
Spartanburg; Mts. George E. Case,
E. Spartanburg."
It would seem that the parties who
got the child at least knew what dis- j
position* would be made of it.
When the baby was left here it was
apparently about a month old. Adhere
it had been stopping during the earlier
portion of its life is of course
unknown, but if she had traveled as
extensively before her trip to Camj
! den, she can tell the world that she's
"been places." and whatever name she
may be given when a permanent hav_en
may be at last afforded her, they i
wouldn't go far wrong if they called j
her "Gypsy." j
Who she really is, where she was
born, where she was kept for the first j
month of her life, why the interested ,
parties brought her to the Camden'
hospital in the first instance and then j
decided to chance another home for j
her, and why they picked out the
Moores at Gaffney are all matters of j
conjecture, and the curious here would :
like much to see the mystery solved.j
it looks as if thete are some folks
who are determined that the child is
going to have a home somewhere.
The above news item was sent out
from Camden and appeared in the
Columbia State Friday mornin'g,
which brought forth the following article
sent out under a Gaffney date
line: (>
Women flaying Santa Cuaus
Gaffney. Oct. 8.?Mrs. Ernest Gentry
and Mrs. George Case, of (Spartanburg,
played Santa Claua to their
tousin, Mrs. T. H. Moore, in delivering
aa a u-f active baby girl about two
months old on the porch of the Moore
home on Railroad avenue here Monday
short! l>efore midnight, it has
developed.
The Moores had no children but
h*d expressed a desire for a baby.
Knowing of this wish, and learning
from a friend that an attractive
foundling had been abandoned at a
hospital at Camden several weeks ago,
the Spartanburg women decided to
W the baby for Mrs. Moore. The
rnothod of leaving the baby
lilt? porch was adopted for fear
| Mrs. Moore might decline to acthe
child under ordinary circumB*j*nces.
The Spartanburg women
T no" teai < the Moore home until
*'er making certain Mr. and Mrs.
Br001* ba>; been aroused and would
W^d the habv immediately.
G.r.'. ,- came back to Gaffney
B/*^ay r to visit the Moores and
W*? 'be ha: y. She told an aunt at
"* ' w*- a., the details of t?ie plot,
r1 P"^'" ' he aunt to secrecy. It
V r,n' unt i last night, following
T',catif,r- newspapers of a report
B?01 farr' '.? r. telling about Mrs. Gen
j a,,., Case gettfng the baby
F* pital, that Mrs. Moore
K? ' he: Spartanburg cousins were
H^ponvih.f. f,,r tho ^ift<
Bnbn 3n ! ^rs' ^??re wcnt to Sparthis
afternoon to make ar *
fements for adopting the baby.
I*. ' Ginners* Report
Rj"? were 6,,*305 bales of cotton
K? in Kershaw county from the
K7 m'2 f*lor to October 1, 1932,
E r?red with 8.714 boles ginned
BrT^ ^ 1^1. according to re^
ITtoropkins, special
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Woman Candidate
Visits In Camden
'MiSs Clara Harrigal accompanied
by Mrs. J. B. Salley, of Aiken, was a
visitor in Camden Saturday. Miss
Harrigal is the first woman in the
history of South (Carolina,, to announce
for the office of United 'States
senator. 'Miss Harrigal is running
as a Republican candidate.
The Aiken Standard in its last issue
has the following to say of the
woman candidate:
"It's a paradox when the daughter
of a Confederate veteran and a Red
Shirt who voted lha Democratic ticket
86 times in 1876, becomes the Republican
nominee for the U. S. Sonate
from the arch^Dpniocratic state of
South Carolina. Yet Mis^Clara Harrigal
of Aiken has broken all tradition
and is the avowed opponent in
the November general election of the
state's Domocratic nominee, Senator
'Cotton Ed' Smith, her candidacy
having been announce! last week
from Republican headquarters in Columbia.
"Miss Harrigal, whose unique personality
has made her very much a
character in (Aiken, where she is
known as nothing else than as ^Miss
Clara,' and somewhat of a character
throughout the state, embraced Republicanism
several years ago, and,
witfcthe advent of the Hambright organization's
wresting of the Republican
control of the state from Joe j
Tolbqjt of Ninety-Six, has gained j
considerable authority. S]hp:was made (
national executive committeewoman j
for the state, but now has blossomed
out as the first woman candidate for
the U. S. ,Senate from South t Carolina,
and the first Republican to offer
fpr the office in more than forty
years.
"The daughter of the late Joseph
Geiger and Mary. Plunkett Glover:
Harrigal, the Republican senatorial
aspirant was born during Reconstruc- j
tion days at Harrigal's Mill, a short
distance outside of Graniteville. She v
I styles herself as 'born during Re
j construction and a self-supporting j
womaif of an uncertain age.'
! " 'Miss Clara' taught school at,
Graniteville for several years, and in
1915 moved to Aiken, beginning
operation of a boarding house where]
the taible she has kept has given her j
a wide-spread - culinary reputation, ]
traveling men throughout the South (
have heralded the virtues of 'Miss
Clara's Inn.' far and wide.
"To the adolescent age of fourteen,,
'Miss Clara' traces her Republican-,
j ism, despite all and more of the tra-1
dition of a good Southern Democrat, j
She states that she was attending a j
private school in Graniteville at that
time, and that the teacher had given
his pupils the Democratic and Repub-1
lican presidential platforms of that I
year for study and cpmparison. The ;
teacher, of course, was a Democrat ^
and he favored his party's stand, but,
thr^v^-a^bombsheH by;
announcing herself as a Republican,!
because, she claimed, the Democratic
tariff pronouncements were not good
business.'
"Warren Gamaliel Harding was the j
first presidential aspirant to be hon
ored with 'Miss Clara's' vote, she
says, but since then, she has staunch'
ly supported both Coolidge and Hoover.
She says she has never voted for .
a Democrat for President. She is;
loud in her denunciation of nationally ;
outsxanuing i^emocrau* anu equany as.
laudatory of outstand4ng Republic* na, I
even being given to the Hoovensms j
of 'Happy Days Are Here Again ;
type 'Miss Clara' recently stated to |
the Aiken County Democratic execu-j
tive committee that she did not know,'
who it was that selected the jack**.as
the emblem of the Democratic par-;
ty but that whoever he was he *****
a 'man of vision.'
"An instance showing how politic-',
ally minded 'Miss Clara' is, is the fact
that she has had two dogs named,
'Cal Coolidge' and 'Colic Blease.
r " 'Miss Clara* has made no state-I
ments as to wether she will
her candidacy to the extent of stump,
p. pea king. (Her Democratic father,
once made a campaign for the legis-.
lature anil took his fiddle along to the
meetings. He would say a few words
and then-strike up the old jig tunes).
" 'Miss Clara' is strong of mind and ,
of will. She is agressive and P0?1" i
tive, end never fails to mince words. |
No one i. ever in doubt as to how she ,
stands for she seldom or ever, takea
* ^T A^nftes
Stl Uem t^re the advice
to Senator <Cc*ton Ed*
atrictSy rtfmin from attack * M?
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distinguished opponent even- from
long distance if he knows whaf is
good tor him. And hereabout the
prediction is heard that 'Miss Clara'
will inject more spice and interest into
a> general election than has been
known in generations."
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Camden Featured
In Esso Tours
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Under the caption, '*Go 'South
Young Man-?And Stay Young," "Esso
Toura and Detours," published in the
interest of Standard products, features
Camden in a front page article
as follows:
"Youth takes on a new freshness
and old age is invigorated by the
tonio that is ever present in Camden,
South Carolina (E-3b on your "Standard"
map). Here is repose without
dullness and health without medicine,
for the air is aromatic with the odor
of the long-leaf pine. Flowers bloom
in the old-fashioned gardens, and the
air is-/filial with the joyous song of
many birds.
"The swimmer will know that rare
delight of plunging into fresh-water
ponds fed by clear springs. Six of
them are in or near Camden, all
equipped with rafts and diving
boards. And the tennis player, CftXL
have his?or her?daily work-out on
the splendid courts maintained by the
city.
"For the golfer, there's an eighteenhole
course whose sand greens have
a peat moss foundation. And then
there are two nine-hole courses for
the less energetic. The greatcpines
of thd sand-hill region frame many
of the holeig and small lak.es dot the
courses. ' ""V
"You won't exactly be left out
the cold at ' Camden if you don't
ride?Camden's never cold. But |
you'll find yourself astride in the j
shortest time it takes to learn to
stay on. The many bridle paths will
keep you busy exploring Camden j
country. Confirmed spectators will
want to attend the polo matches, so |
much a part of Camden.
"And the fisherman will take to his
boat and travel along the Wateree
River and adjacent streams where
bass, redbreast perch, warmouth
perch, bream, carp and catfish abound.,
"But there's another side to Camden
town. It is an old town, and the
scene of many stirring events. Irish
Quakers were the first settlers in
1733 when it was known as Pine Tree
Hill. In 1768, its name avhs changed j
to Camden in honor of Lord Camden,
a friend of the colonies.
"Here was fought the Battle of
Camden in 1780. In the lower part
of the town, remains of an old British
fort and earthworks may still be
seen. In the quaint old Presbyterian
churchyard, Baron DeKalb, killed in
this battle, lies buried. General La-1
fayette laid the cornerstone of the
monument when he visited the city in
182$, and planted the cedar in front
of the new court-house.
"Another interesting grave is in the
old Quaker burying groun<|. A romance
is quickly brought to mind as
you read the inscription: "Agnes of
Glasgow." Local tradition says that
Agnes was Lord Cornwallis' sweetheart,
who followed him here at the
time of the Battle of Camden. It
seems that she died soon after her
arrival, and her identity was never
established."
Services at Bethany Church
Services at Bethany Baptist church
at Westville on (Siitidny, October 16th,
will be Sunday school at 10 a. m. At
11 a. m. Mr. A. Stanley Llewellyn will
make an address and have for his
subjeetf "Cooperation." The public is
cordially invited to attend and especial
invitation is extended to the
memiDers as tnere will be a short
church conference aftei the tuldi i-ss. ^
_ First Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
at the First Baptist church:,
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O.J
Stogner superintendent; public wor-;
ship conducted by the pastor at 11:15
a. r?. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, i
"A Friend of God." Evening sub-'
ject, "What Does Death Do For us?"j
Prayer and praise service Wednesday
evening at 8. B. Y. P. U. Sunday
c\*enii^r~?tt- 7 o'clock.
, TW- public is cordially invited to
all the services of this church.
Change in Hours of Services
The announcement is made by Rev. I
R. D. Phillips that services formerly !
held in the afternoon at Providence I
Baptist church will now be held in j
the morning each Sunday; Sunday
school at 10 o'clock and morning worship
at 11 a. m.
Greenville Grateful
For Courtesy Shown
mmmrn
Hughey Tindal, president of the
Oaroden (Chamber of Commerce has
received the following letter of appreciation
"for courtesies shown the
members of the Greenville Good Will
Tours:
"The history of Greenville Good
Will Tours contains no instance of a
finer reception than that which was
accorded ua in your splendid city last
Thursday morning.
"In our party we had citizens who
had been on Greenville Good Will
Tours to two foreign countries (Canada
and Cuba) and to a "score or more
of states, and they were most emphatic
in declaring that they had never
received a more cordial reception
than the one in Camden last Thursday.
"I trust that you will convey to
Mayor Kennedy and the other good
people of Camden our appreciation-of
that delightful demonstration. To
those lovely ladies who served punch
and cakes on the court house lawn
we would also extend our gratitude.
Camden will always be remembered
by the members of our party by reason
of your thoughtfulness."
Large Enrollment- - .
For General Election
I .
i George E. Taylor of the cp,unty registration
board reports the largest
number of registered voters in this
'county in many years. It is thought
| the greatest of these seeking registration
certificates , are Democrats.
The increased activity of the Re- .
publican party in South Carolina is
'causing the Democrats to stir themi
selves. It will probably result in a
much larger Democratic vote than for
' many" years. Faced with Republican
activity the Democrats of Kershaw
county and the state will see to it
i that they vote. _
' The total number of registrations
for the county amounts to 3,323, to be
voted at the precincts as follows:
Camden 938
! Beaver Dam School Mouse 77
[ Antioch 79
j Willie Brannon's Filling Station . . '29
! Cassatt .... . .. 54
i Stokes' School House .... 12
'Pine Tree Cotton Mill 68
i Stockton Place 5
! Hermitage Cotton Mill 52
i Charlotte Thompson 83
I Blaney . t.. .. 121
1 Lugoff 97
Raibon's Cross Roads . 58
Westville 169
Three C's 158
Shaylor's Hill 31
! Liberty Hill 48
j Stoneboro 10
I Kershaw 491
! Bethune . .* 117
! Raley's Mill 93
Ned's Creek_.... . ... .. 87
Shamrock 18
Radcliff's Mill 16
Buffalo School House 272
Gates' Ford '. 140
Grand Total 3,323
Her Brother Wins Out
Sheriff John B. Craig, of Pickens,
brother of Miss Sadie Craig, Kershaw
county'ar home demonstration agent,
was declared the nominee for sheriff
bv the iState /Democratic evecntive
committee in Columbia Tuesday. He
Won over Andy Ross by a majority
of 40 votes. <y
Bethesda Church Services
Rev. A. D. McArn, pastor of Bethesda
Presbyterian church, announces
services on Sunday, October
116: Church school at 10 a. m. Bei
ginning this Sunday there will be a
i Nursery Class for the babies of the
j church. Parents are requested to
j bring children under four years of
age to this class. Morning worship
at 11:15. Sermon subject, "What Jesus
Has to Offer this Generation."
i The public is invited to these ser,
vices. " ^ ,
Electa Officers and Directors
| The Camden Building and Loan
Association held its annual meeting
Tuesday and elected a hoard of directors
and officers for the .year. Director?
named were: J. T. rfettles,
H. D. Niles, Henry Eichel, Willis
Sheorn, C. C. Whitaker, J. E. Ross,
F. M. Woolen, Jr., Dr. W. R. Clyburn,
Jf. Johnson, J. H. .Osborne,
John S. Lindsay. Officers re-elected
were: J. T. Nettles, president; H. D.
Niles, vice president; John S. Lindsay,
secretary,
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Democrats Need
, Campaign Funds
The Chronicle us in receipt of a
telegram from Democratic National
Campaign Committee asking that
funde be raised for the democratic
cause: The telegram reads as follows:
, "National headquarters urgently
needs immediate funds to
safegpard present Roosevelt advantage
against desperate efforts of opponents.
Will you 'kindly appeal to
your readers for immediate campaign
money," :
Those who wish to make donations
to the cause can give their checks
to R. M'. Kennedy, Jr., director of .finance
for this county.
Robert M. Cooper has been named
as director of finance for South Carina
and in appointing Mayor Kennedy
as director for this county writes
him as follows:
"Honorable James A. Farley, National
Chairman, has appointed me
Director of Finance to organize
South Carolina to solicit funds to
carry on the Campaign. National
Headquarters asserts that victory depends
largely upon financial assistance
and that it is urgent.
"I have selected you to handle the
situation in your county with Honorable
Walter M. Dun lap and Honorable
J. P. Richards, who are District
Finance Directors. I ho>pe you gentlemen
will get together at once (as
the time is short) and formulate
some plan to have the medallions
sold at $1.00 each so we can gather
in these funds. These medallions
will be sent you during the next few
days and yob can re-order by telegram
or telephone as you need them.
"The State quota for this Campaign
is $3*^)00. Over $5,000 has already
been raised.
"Three Field Organizers ar^now
getting the- LL D. C. Chapters over
the State to do actual solicitation of
funds. Headquarters allows them 15
per cent on all money collected.
"The President of the U^D. C. has
ruled that the U. D. C. Chapters must
not use the name of the U. I). C. in
this work. They can work under any
head they want. If U. D. 'C. are not
active, uret some other organization.
"You can use any plan that you
think practical. We want a county
rally arranged and want you to have
speakers to arouse the-people to the
necessity of contributing to the Democratic
victory.
"I want to calj your particular attention
to the largest subscribers, who
may be candidates for appointive offices
and generally the#e are ten or
fifteert applicants for postmaster, etc.
We cannot pledge ourselves that contributions
would assist them, but we
are making up a "Roll of Honor" and |
every subscriber's name will be sent
to National Headquarters. We will]
be glad to cooperate with you in any
way you suggest and hope you will
undertake this work immediately."
Series Standing
Remains A Tie
The series standing of the Blue and
White teams of the Old Camden Polo
club remains a tie, iSunday's game
having resulted in a 4-4 tie. It was
a last second dash the length of the
field._ by Frank Wooten that put
through the goal which brought the
trailing (Blues up to the Whites. In
w n C viutu vuwnnvi ' AU? XV* 'Ulii i VIA y U 1 y
gave the crowd a t.hrill with a haan.
tiful exhibition of hitting. I
The series now stands one gume
each to the two contending teams.
The first team to win three games
will be the winner and appropriate
trophy* will bo awarded to each player
on the winning team. j
The attention of the pudlic, which is
cordially invited by the club to wit-1
ness these games every Sunday afternoon,
is called to a change in the
'hour for future games. They will
start at 3:30.
Lineijp and summary:
Whites (4) Blues (4)
M. L. Smith, Jr. .. 1 Whit Boykin
C. P. DuBose, Jr. .2 ... Anc. Boykin
Clarkson Rhame . .3 ... Kirby Tupper
Charlie Little . . 4 Joe Bates
Cutting in: Whites, Henry Savage,
Jr.; Blues, Charlie Roberson, Frank
Wooten,
I Scoring: Whites, DuBose (2),
Rhame (1), Little (1); Blues, Wooten
(1), Whit Boykin (1), Tupper (2).
Referee: Dalton Kennedy.
The Alabama house of representatives
has before it a bill which pror
I-osei a prohibitory tax on surplus
cotton acreage with a view to reducing
the acreage ncrt year,
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Organizations Busy
Making Garments
The sewing room of The Associated
Charities, located on Main street
between .the City Laundry and the
Hedfearn Motor Company has been a
busy place the past two weeks.
At this location The Associated
(Charities has established headquarters
for making into garments the
13,500 yards of cotton cloth donated
by the Federal government. In order
to give some idea of the size of this
work, at an average of three yards (
to the garment thero will have to be
approximately 4,600 garments made.
Owing to the government regulation
The Associated Charities is not
allowed to give out this cloth before
making it into garments.
Every day is taken up by some
church or other organization in the
following order: Monday, Mrs. M.
L. (Smith, Jr., an<f her associates
start off the week, Tuesday, the lu-"
dies of the Episcopal church, headed
by Mrs. John M. Villepigue, take
charge. Wednesday, Mrs. B. G. Sanders
directs the ladies of Lyttleton
Street Methodist Church. Thursday, ?
ladies' of Bethesda Presbyterian
church led by either Mrs. J, B. Wallace,
Mrs. H. D. Niles or Mrs. V. W.
Clarke are in charge. Friday, Mrs.
G. Huckabee of the First Baiptist
church has her co-workers there. On
Saturday the girls of the Service
League headed by Miss Elleri Salmond
have a busy session. w <j
There are sewing machines for all
and sometimes there have b$en one ^
or two machines extra, and this
means is taken for asking for volunteers
to come in on any day to help
out the regulars and especially on <-.
both Monday morning and afternoon
additional workers can he accommodated
and also on Saturday mornings
the Service League is not -largo
enough to occupy all machines and .
others can be used.
The cutting is being* done by Mrs.
J. G. Cunningham, as si tad by Mrs.
Jessie Dunlap.
This coming winter promises to
bear down on a great many people
in Kershaw county and this Government
cloth will be a God-send to
large numbers and all are asked that
can to help as much as possible in.
this work.
There is always hand work, buttons,
button holes and the like so all
can be accommodated announces The
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ChildisKilled
^ By Passing Auto
Broadus Broome, 4-year-old son of
Rev. and Mrs. B. S. Broome, the
pastor of the Hermitage Baptist
church, died at the Camden hospital
Wednesday afternoon from injuries
received when he was struck by a ear
driven "by Miss Clara Kellerman, of
Miami, Fla. She was accompanied by
O. J. Holland, also of Miami. They
were enroute from Pennsylvania to
their home in Miami. The accidept
occurred near the Baptist parsonage
on Federal highway number one.
Miss Kellerman was detained until
a coroner's jury could1 be empanelled,
when eyewitnesses testified that the
accident was unavoidable, the child
having walked into the path of the
car. The jury brought in a verdict
tn tViof effect. The incucst war. held
at the Kornegay Funeral Home.
The child was buried at Buffalo
church at three o'clock Thursday afternoon,
services being conducted by
Rev. J. B. Onston, of the First Baptist
church of Camden and Rev. John
T. Littlejohn, pastor of Wateree Baptist
church.
He is survived by his parents, two
brothers, Luther and Edgar Br dome;
three sisters, Iva Mae, Rena and
Ethel Broome, and his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Broome, of near
Kershaw.
Kershaw Cow Makes National Record
Peterboro, N. II.?A cow in the
herd of C. F. Clyburn, of Kershaw,
has just finished a new official record
for production which entitles her to
entry in the Advanced Register of the
American Guernsey Cattle Club. This
animal is Sunbeam of Clover Farm
23357D with a. production of 11073.8
pounds of 'milk and 541.2 pounds of
fat in class B. '
The commerce department an
nounces immediate expenditures by
the lighthouse service of- $1,046,671 ??
on 29 lighthouse construction pro- .
jects, RgHt^ouae tenders and other . I
aids to navigation.