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' ' ' III I 111 LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the Filea of Tha ChroalcU Fifteen ami Thirty Year* Ago -< i i 11 FIFTEEN YEAKH AGO December 21, 1217. Mary Marsh, white woman recently acquitted of murdering Mrs, Kstelle . Baker, shot from ambush and in* stantly killed. New home of Firat National Bank nearly completed. First National Bank pays off its Christmas savings, amounting to $10,000.' /?Mis? Lula I. Muggins dies at Oastonia while attending school and her TV remains sent to Spring Hill for burial. Roach Stewart wins over Chas. D. Jones in mayor's contest at Lancaster by 14 votes. v; Casper'Bush, a native of Staten Island, N. Y., died at the home of his 4 sister, Mrs. A. D. Kennedy, and burial was in Camden cemetery. Martin F. Pope married to Miss Lena Ellen McLeod. Benjamin McCall, aged 36, died at the Hermitage cotton mill. Captain Calhoun Ancrum promoted to major in United States army. Gladys Huggins , eight year .old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Huggins of Sumter dies from bunts. ' * General U. R. Brooks, aged 71, clerk of the South Carolina supreme court, died in Columbia. Gaston B. Means, acquitted of murder of Mrs. Maude A. King at Concord, N. C. Frank A. Gotch, retired champion wrestler of the world, died at Des MoineS, Iowa. Farewell sermon for Rev. J. C. Rowan to be preached at Camden Baptist church. < THIRTY YKARS AGO (NOTE: Owing to the fact that several page? of our ftles for 1002 have' been lost The Chronicle will have to omit the thirty year ago feature until January 2, 1903.) Play at Wateree School "Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick," a clean rural comedy, is to be given at Wateree ^jchool negt Tuesday r\ight, December 6, 1032, at eight o'clock, under the' auspices of the Wateree Parent-Teacher association. The admission charge will be only a dime, so" come and have a good time. Plenty of good music willobe furnished by the famous Arnold brothers' orchestra. , The cast is composed of the following members of tho WiWee ParentTeacher association: "Aaron Slick," Warren Arnold; "Rosa Berry," Mrs. A. E. Miller; "Wilbur Mejriden," A. E. Miller; "Sis Riggs," Mrs. War reh Arnold; "The Gtrl in Red," Miss Sara Raines; "Gladys Merriden," Miss Alberta Hoffman; "Clarence Green," the poet, J. C. Hoffman. Take a tip and don't miBs this one, As there'll be plenty of fun for .everyone. For Aaron Slick with his walking stick, And Clarence Green with his temperamental mien, And Sis Riggs with her tomboyish jigs, Will make you split your side with gigs. * M ss Anna Belle Thompson spent last week end in Aberdeen with her parents. Sterne?Nettle* Coming as one toi the most delightful events of the'early winter season in Camden was the beautiful wedding of Miss Maxine Witten Sterne, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Archibald Sterne, of Camden, to John Thomas Nettles, Jr., at the Lyfctleton * 'Street Methodist charch Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. ~~ .. Masses of smilax, ferns and chrysS them urns decorated the quaint urch, which was dimly lighted by candles. The altar was banked with ~ 6mila)l ferns and chrysanthemums. TalMvhite tapers in candelabras furnished the 90ft light for the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. C. F. Wimberly, pastor of Lyttleton Street Methodist church, assisted by the "Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the Baptist church and a personal friend of the bride and groom. Preceding the cervniony Mrs. F. N. McCorkle, at the organ, played Lieberstrorn by Liszt, an<l Hollis Cobb sang "O Promise Me.'\ Mrs. Ernest C. Zemp sang "I Love You Truly." The Venetian Love Song followed. The strains of the bridal chorus from Lohengrin announced the bride and attendants. The maid of honor, Miss Polly Singleton, of Camden, was attractively gowned in a fucia red afternoon dress of pebble crepe with smart tiered cape of the same shade. Accessories of fucia red and a small draped turban completed the striking outfit. She carried a bouquet of pink ehrysanlNemii ni J The matron of honor, Mrs. Sam Evans, only sister of the bride, was lovely in a shell pink pebble crepe afternoon dress with fucia red jacket, in the mode of the "gay nineties," with leg o'mutton sleeves and small waist. A small draped turban of fucia red and accessories completed the ensemble. She carried an arn\ bouuuet of pink chrysanthemums tied with fucia red ribbon. The bridesmaids were Misses Mary Goodale. Nancy Dempster and Dotty Zemp, of Camden, and Miss Mary Gascoync, of Newark, N. J. Each was attired in an ankle length afters noon dress of shell pink pebble crepe, and draped turbans of fucia red, and carried arm bouquets of fucia red chrysanthemums. "William Lindsay, cousin of the groom, was best man, and groomsmen were David Blackwell and W. F. Nettles, Jr., of Camden, Frank Porter, of Charlotte, N. C., Edward Haselden, of Charleston, and Thomas Vandiver, of Anderson. Ushers were George E. Stupalsky, Jr., of Glen Ridge, N. J., Sidney Zemp, Sam Evans, DeLonche Sheorn and Nettles Lindsay, of Camden. . .The .bride entered on the arm of her father, who gave her in marriage. She was beautiful in an ankle length afternoon gown of angel skin lace in. a soft shade "of tea rose. A short puffed sleeve jacket trimmed in fucia red velvet buttons, accessories of fucia red and a smart hammered satin turban in tea rose with starched tulle veil completed the outfit. The bride carried a shower bouquet of butterfly ' roses and^ lilies of the valley, tied with tea rose satin ribbon. During the ceremony, "To a Wild Rose," by MacDowell, was - softly played. Immediately after the ceremony, a I reception was given at the home of the groom's . parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nettles, by the bride's par;ents, Mr. and Mrs. James" Sterne. ; Several hundred guests were invited to call._ * . j After the reception, the bride and groom left on a motor trip to N#w York City. They will be at home to. their friends at the Nettle^ residence on Lyttleton street upon their return. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sterne and attended Martha Washington Cottege;?Ablngton, Va., and the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. She is formerly from Bluefield, West Virginia, but has been a resident of Camd<?. for two years. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nettles, and a descendant of one of Camden's oldest families. He attended The Citadel' for four years and is now associated "with his father in business in Camden. CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank our many friends, and neighbor* for their many acts of kindness and sympathy expressed during the illness, and upon the death of our dear husband and father, S. C. Rose.?Mrs. S. C. JRose and Children. Record of Teams Playing Saturday (By TbopUUI Arunun) When Camden and Cheater meat in Columbia Saturday afternoon for the state 'championship football game it will be the third meeting of these teams in a championship battle in Columbia in the past Ave years. Another year they battled for th6 upperstate crown, and another vear Camden was eliminated in the lower-state championship by Bateaburg-Leesville, and this team defeated Chester the following week in Columbia for the state championship. Wherever a group of Camden and Chester football fans gather, there is usually an argument as to which teams coach has the best record. A review oY coach Lawrence Spearman's record at Cheater and coach Joh^Villeplgue's record at Camden will be outlined and we will let our readers form their own conclusion. Lawrence Spearman went to Chester in the fall of 1928 and with Juat ordinary material, surprised his most ardent supporters by entering the championship battle against Batesburg^LeesvilTe, losing by only one point. With loss of many stars, he again whipped together another fine team and defeated Camden in 1929 by one touchdown. Camden had two star players in this game with their arms in casts, having broken them earlier in the season. In 1930, Chester and Camden were classed as upState teams, and they battled to a .32-32 tie and a week later Oan^icn defoafbd Union, a team that had earlier in the season defeated Chester 118-0. However,, three of the Camden stars were put on the hospital Hat, I and the following week Chester de-! feated Camden 7-0, and a week later won the' championship against Mprion. Camden had earlier in the season defeated Marion by a one-sided score. In 1931 Chester battled Camden for the championship and Camden won by a score of 25-6. This season, 1932, Chester will again play Camden for the championship. In a i practice game in September, Camden defeated Chester by a score of 7-0. I John M. Villepigue took charge of! the Camden team in 1925, and every; year since then the only team to defeat Camden won the state's champ- i ionship, except Mullins, which lost in the championship to Thornwell Or-1 phanage. Injured players or a close score has kept the Camden team from winning the semi-finals or champion- ! ship for the past eight years, except1 last year, when "they won the chanip ionship. The only game lost in 1925 was to the fast Columbia team and Columbia won the championship that year, j That year Camden defeated Union j 92-7 and also defeated the Carolina ' freshman team. In 1926 Camden lost' only to Mullins and Mullins played in the championship that year against Thornwell- Orphanage., In 1927 Camden lost two ^pro-season practice games, which were not involved in the championship series; and lost only to Batesburg-Leesville, and that team won the championship that year. In 1928 Camden again lost to Batesburg-' Leesville, and that team defeated C hester for the championship. In 1929 Chester defeated Camden for the championship in Columbia by one touchdown. In 1930 Camden was classed as an up-state team and lost in the finals to Chester, after being battered up by Union the week before. Union had already defeated Chester earlier in the season by a score of 18-0. Camden won its first championship in 1931 by defeating. Chester by a score of 25-6, and the* sup porters?considered?no?team?Hasuperior, unless it was daffney or Spartanburg, and they had their doubts about these two teams. Camden lost all of its regulars of the 1931 championship team with the exception of Thompson, who is captain of this year's team, and there is considerable doubt if Camden can defeat Chester again this season, as the Chester team is clicking in a lively fashion now. The championship battle on Saturday afternoon promises to be a thriller. To sum up the records, Chester in five years under Coach Spearman, has lost to Batesburg-Leesville.. Union twice and Camden three times. In the past five years, Camden has lost only one game to Batesburg-iLeesville and Chester three times. In other words, three teams have defeated Cheater in the past five years and only two have defeated Camden. Chester is tlj? only team to defeat Camden in the past four years. But to go back to 1925, eight sea-' sons ^ ago, in games involving the state's championship in eight years, Camden has lost only to: Columbia, Mullins, Batesbhrg-Leesville and Chester ffbur teams altogether), and all of these teams played in the state's chaiflpionship during that time. That is a good record for any man's team. Football fans in Camden and Chester think that their coaches would make good in college football. Quite a number of old football fans have frequently stater! that the Camden team has better plays and that they are executed better than most college teams. During the past eight years under Coach Villepigue, Camden has tackled all teams they could get garnee with, whether class A or whatnot, and they have defeated such teams as Carlisle Fitting School, University of South Carolina freshmen, SumtetC R$ck Hill, Orangeburg, Florence, Dar* lington, Cheater and Union. ' Coach Spearman was an all-state end for Newberry college and John Vdlemgue was the smallest man on the Staunton Military Academy, a crack Virgin!a prep school.' He was out of school a number of years before taking up coaching.. Coach Spearman it the champion golf play 1,1,1 Timely Suggestions For Field and Garden Clemson College, Nov. 28.?Important suggestions tor field and garden and orchard are given betaw tor December attention t>y R. wT Hamilton, agronomist; E. H. Raw),* horticulturist; Alfred Lutken, entomologist and pathologist; and J. T. McAlister, agricultural engineer. Agronomy. ? Weather permitting, turn heavy soils that have na cover crops. Put cotton under cover to prevent loss of 85.00 or more per bale. Clean up briars and plum thicketa around edgev of field. Horticulture. ? Prune fruit treea and bunch' grape*. Make garden plans, get catalog* and order seeds before seedsmen are out of * desirable varieties. If fruit trees have not already been set, do so this month; fall planting in the South is preferable to early spring planting. Prepare hot-beds for sowing in January. Prune acuppernong vines to December 15. Propagate grapes and ornamental deciduous shmbs from new cuttings. Insects and Diseases.?Burn trash and weeds in gardens and fields to destroy hibernating insects. Burn orchard pruning* to destroy shot-hole borer. Plow, under old stalks to destroy insects. Burn twigs severed by girdlers. Apply lime, sulphur or oil emulsion dormant sprays after trees are completely dormant. Change position of hives in the bee-yard now if desired. Agricultural Engineering.?Plan to keep the tractor busy during the winter with belt* jobs, sawing wood, feed grinding, etc. Cut in $ptton sthlks and other material on the land with a disc harrow. Build and repair terraces now so that they may settle before the hard spring and summer rains. This is a good -time to build or repair fences if you are to handle livestock. Store machinery that was used during cultivating season and grease parts that are likely to rust. Build a meat-curing ice-box to ??ve farm meat. ? Greenville Schools May Close. Greenville, - Nov. 29.?Trustees of Greenville city schools announced today the schools would , be "closed before Christmas" unless $60,000 due the district for teachers' salaries is paid by the county treasurer's office "immediately" or "funds for operating are forthcoming from some other quarter." General News Notes Jack Amraons is sentenced to serve 30 to 40 years and Herbert Ammons to serve 20 to 30 years by a court at Asheville, N. C., for having performed an illegal and criminal operation on John Hart. James Smoot, 19 years old and the sob of a well known Darlington family, went to the home there of A. H. Byrd and fired four pistol shots at him, while he 'was eating breakfast with Mrs. Byrd. All four missed, but Smoot thought he had killed Byrd and went home to tell Kis mother about it. He was adjudged insane and taken at once to the state hospital. Andrew J. Evans, who died in Dillon from a stroke of appoplexy, was born in Richburg, Chester county, 64 years ago, and for many years was connected with the late J, B. Johnson in the drug business in Rock Hill. He left there about 26 years ago and went to Dillon, where he 'bought a drug store, which he built up into a leading drug business. He was a Methodist and a Mason and prominent in affairs at Dillon. Following his custom of several years past, Louis Cumonov, Kansas City, Mo., pawnbroker, on Tuesday called in 500 shivering men and gave an overcoat to each of them. His stock was limited this year, so he went out and purchased 400 overeoats to make up his usual 600 quota of coats given away. Ignatious -Varecha and Charles "Bert" Arnold, Jr., youthful confessed killers of Chicago, are neighbors in cells of the Cook county jail. At- i nold, 16, murdered his step-grandmother, while Varecha, 17, confesses to three murders, a number of $hoot- j ings and robberies and a criminal j sault. The defense of the pair when put on trial will be insanity. I and Creed at the Citadel. The Camden team will this year perhaps be the lightest ever to enter a championship battle. The regulars and subs likely to see service on Saturday will average 139 pounds. Chester will probably outweigh Camden ten pounds or more. "Jiggs" Team, one of Camden's star back field men only weighs 128 pounds, and Jenkins, a substitute center 186 pounds. Thompson, the captain, weighs 188, Sanders, an end 181, Watts, s substitute end 128, MfcLeod, sub-fullback 115, and Bhama W.. a sub-hatfback 105. Kennedy is the heaviest maa.of^the team and weighs 168. v.."., As the gaum ie to be played on Saturday will curtail attend Gates Ford Club Met On last Friday, November 18, the home demonstration club of Gates Ford, community met at the school house. The most of our members were present and a few visitors. After the business session, the meeting was turned over to Miss Craig, who brought to us a beautiful demon-, strati on of home-made Christmas gifts, all of which were useful and inexpensive. Moat of them were made of materials which we already have on hand, The meeting was thoroughly enjoyed by ajl present. Services at Malvern Hill Services will be held at Malvern Hill Baptist church Sunday, December 4, by the pastor, Rev. W. E. Furcron. Sunday school at 10 a. m. with the superintendent, Rev. S. R. Hatfield, in charge. Preaching hours at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Trinity M. E. Church, DeKalb Street The Rev. A. D. McArn will preach for us in our closing service for the year Sunday at 3:30 p. m. We wish to invite our white friendd to be present at this service. There will be reserved seats for them. The choirs will render some of the best music of the season. We also invite the other churches of our group to come and join with us in this, our last service'before we leave *f or our annual conference, December 0th. If you like good music come and bring your friends. " - - _ R. F. Harrington, Pastor. Services at Cassatt Services at'the Cassatt Baptist church on Sunday, December 4th, as announced will be: ^Sunday school at 2 p. m., with Carson Gordon, ^superintendent in charge. At 3 p. m. Rev. H. J. Wood, of Patrick, S. C., will preach. It is promised that Rev. Wood will bring with him a choir from the'Patrick church who will render some special music. f~ 1 " 1 1 Jackson School Wins Over Mother Eleven Tbe strong team of Jackson high conquered the scrappy Mather, Academy football team in an exciting 3 game Wednesday afternoon by the score of 26 to 0. Jackson high presented a heavy, fast and Welhcoached team, and outplayed the light, inexperienced eleven from Mather Academy all through boys pot up a stiff fight. This is Mather's first year with a football team and the prospects for } the future look bright, for the hoys seem to take a great deal of interest in the game. G. S. Sutton played a good offensive game while Joe Harris made someo brilliant tackled on defense. ' ' _ <? . ~t?-U > For Jackson high Waddy was the outstanding player making three of Jackson MgK'p touchdowns. W. Alexander caught a nice forward pass _ which netted about thirty yards and a score. Marry and James were credited with one extra point each. The game wan. foil of. thrills throughout and the large gathering of spectators got their money's worth. The proceeds Went to the Camden hospital fund. Death of An Infant Aaron Hudson, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hu dson, Jr., of the Hermitage mill village* died at the Camden hospital Monday afternoon, November 21st, after an illness of five days.. Interment was st Cedar ' Creek Baptist church on Tuesday, services being conducted at the grave by Rev. Irvin Fry? assisted by Kev. P. B. Blackmon. Surviving are the child's parents end one brother. , t \ Red Creea Roll Call. Previously reported 16.00 Mrs. R N. McDowell 5.00 Frank E. Coarsen ">: Miss Kitty Kellar 1-00 Total .. 1 MMBg?BBHW5WWB??MMi?M?M Imerrychristmas! 1932 . 11 " ** * Barnet Bros. 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