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I, ? ? ? . ;.,> . The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 44, CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1933 * NUMBER S|l ^ - ~^j ?-? l_ j v? i ?wam^mm l. , i| mmmmmmmmmmmmm Camden Poloists To I Play 118th Artillery (Uy John W. Lyman) One of the bright spots in the newly organized Camden polo team takes place next .Saturday and Sunday, when the local team will entertain the 118th Field Artillery, stationed at Savannah, Ga., with two polo games. Henry Savage, Jr? acting a?. spokesman for the Camden players, states B? that he hopes that all lovers of the I "kingly" sport will turn out in full force to assure the visitors their presence is most welcome in every way, and that the games will prove of keenest interest. It is expected there will be a large number of visB itors present from Columbia, Charleston, Charlotte, Sumter, Newberry and other cities on hand to witness these I two games. Everyone will find plenty of rivalry, as both teams have one game each to its credit in the match played in iSavannah a fortnight ago. The newly-formed Camden team is composed of Charles Little, Henry Savage, Jr., Kirby Tupper, Joe Bates, M. L. Smith, Jr.,'C. Peter DuBose, Jr., Ancrum Boykin, Jr., Whit Boykin, Clarkson Rhame and Charles Robeson. Now that Carroll Bassett has re turned to Camden to make ready for the coming raep mefcfcb,'it is probable that the popular Toung Jersey man will be seen in the line rip. It is exB pected that several other players from up north will be here shortly, among them being the famous British IpterB nationalist, Gerald,Balding, who plays with the Rumson Club, New Jersey. The young Camdenites sprung a surprise on the soldiers in the first game in Savannah. Coming from behind when Clarkson Rhame broke the tie of 8-8 with a long drive that sent B the "willow" between the goal posts for the winning point, making the score 9-8 in favor of the visitors. Itj was a hard, fast game for such new: players, who have hopes of taking; the Artillery boys into camp when: B they appear in Camden. On the: Camden team Little, Rhame and Tup-, per are experienced players. Little has played with the Westchester-BiltB -more- Club, at Rye, N. Y., while Rhame has been seen a great deal B on the field of Long Island. Kiiby; Tupper played in Camden last winter.' He is_ an excellent horseman. This year he has shown great improve-j ment in his mallet work and devel-j B oped into an excellent forward. Tup-j per plays very much of the same style as Aturo Kinny, the Argentine No. 1,: who was in this country a few years ago. Both being fine horsemen, their [ strong point -is to dash past their; B opponents to within striking distance j of the goal. The other boys are little j more than novices in competition'; play, but it can fairly be said, they; have shown much improvement in every department of the game. The members of the Artillery Polo B Club, of iSavannah, are more or less seasoned players. The team was or-1 ganized in 1P25, but within eight ( years many changes have taken place. B In army teams such is to be expected. The oldest and most experienced player of the quartet is Captain Jos eph T. Coleman, one of the original players. The present members are I Joseph McGrath, Alfred W. Watkins and Harry (S. Cram. The team car ries two substitutes, Roscoe Harper , I and Alfred E. Floyd. They will come I to Camden in full force and well- ^ B mounted, ready to battle to extra I chukkers if necessary. The soldier players have had an < I excellent polo history. During the ^ first year they stacked up against a 1 I strong Fort Benning team. The team ( B Played good polo, but inexperience did not bring victory. Two years later, t I 1927, coming forth as experienced j B players, making a well balanced team, ( I they took a trio of games from the: 1 I 116th Field Artillery, at Tampa, Fla.i, I The Georgians also won from the ; j strong 115th F. A. from Tonnessee.j, In 1928 they split even with the Fort I ( McPherson plnyeTS tn Savannah., and 1930 seasons proved fruitful. De- j ^ Bfeating the University of Georgia in j ( two straight games brought the 118th Field Artillery players as the runners- j up in the finals of Fourth Corps Area { National Guards and the R. O. T. C. ( Championship at Fort McPherson. So , far this season the team >>as defeated, f on two occasions, the University of ^ Georgia, and tied with Camden. An- j gusta was also defeated. t As this will be the first big game t j?ith an out-of-town team, the Cam- i den players are putting in a hard 1 practice game on Wednesday to be t B? best condition to moat the i I j||| Twenty-Two Horses Arrive By Express - v J (By John W, Lyman) Gerald Balding, famous British International poloist, who was a member of the 1st British International team, along with such noted players a? Luis Lacey, kno\vn ap."The Argentine Flash," and Captain "Pat" Koark, the tall Irish lancer, arrived in Camden Tuesday, bringing with him a wonderful string of horses. The string consists of live polo ponies, six hunters and eleven race horses. An ong them is the speedy flat racing kteed, "Optimist," bred in England, arid now owned by that well known sportsman, Wilbur B. Ruthrauflf, from the Rumson Country Club, Rumson, N. J. Mr. Balding is also known for his training of steeplechase horses. There is hardly a steeplechase meet in the country that some entry has not boon trained by the popular Britisher. Every season Mr. Balding goes to England where he makes a tour of all the famous stables and race meets, looking over future racers. He has. been most fortunate in bringing to the "States" some of the best steeplechase horses and polo ponies. While in Camden Mr. Balding will train several horses he brought with him, and by the time the races are ready his entries will be in tip-top shape. Having played polo in this country several years, generally as a member of the Rumson Club Team, Balding came into world wide prominence when he was suddenly picked to play with the British International Team. In those games he played against ^ such noted Americans as Tommy j Hitchcock, Jr. While at Rumson^ Balding has played with and against ^ all the leading players. He is handicapped at seven goals^ Should Balding play polo while here, his presence will be a great boom to the game. r Death of T. G. Kershaw Theodore Goudin Kershaw, M. l)., last living son of the Rev. John Kershaw and his wife, Susan Boone j DeSaussure, died at a sanitarium in; Asheville on January 25th. He is survived by three sons and one, daughter, children of his first wife, I who was Miss Marion McMillan, of, Charleston and his second wife of Augusta. His sons are John Kershaw, of New York; Theodore Goudin Kershaw, of Honolulu; Goudin DeSaussure Kershaw, of Spruce Pines, N. C.; and Miss Marion McMullen Kershaw, of Augusta. The body will be cremated in Macon, Ga., and n? ashes will be interred in the grave of his wife at Charleston. Dr. Kershaw is -the only one of his name since Eli Kershaw died a prisoner of the British in Bermuda, nearly two hundred years ago, that has not been brought back to Camden, their home, for burial. Agent To Aid V. Q. Hambright, collector of internal revenue, has announced the dates in which field deputies will appear to assist in making out income tax returns. The date he will be in Camden is set for March 6 and Lancaster on March 4. More About The Drive For Funds Thd head of the Associated Charities, Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld, has asked us to again call the attention of the people of Camden and Kershaw county to the coming drive for funds which starts on Tuesday, February 28th. The motto of this drive is "I Will Share," and we want everybody to bring this motto home to themselves and feel that it applies to them. If the general public could follow the workers of The Associated Charities in their daily calls on the poor , of this community, we feel sure that they would be very willing to share with these people, even if their own incomes have been to a certain extent curtailed this year. With the mid weather which we have had_this _ pear, there has been very much greater suffering throughout this 'ounty than for several years in the asst. The fact that the crops this i pear in Kershaw county were very I 5mall, and in some sections of the j ounty were almost eliminated, has < nadc a great difference over the 4 lame period compared with last year 1 when our food ~ crops were much 1 leavier. We are calling attention to ) his fact because we wish everybody i o be prepared to help with this drive ^ rhen it is pat on, and to do their rery best to make it successful ao 1 hat there will be ae little suffering i n this county this ceasing year ae toee&le. "I Will Shaifv* ' Rat Campaign On Saturday, Feb. 4th The county-wide rat campaign which has been scheduled for (Saturday, February 4, will be conducted on that day as scheduled but will be carried out on a different basis from that originally planned. Since so many important matters have arisen to demand the time and ( attention of the county agent recently and indications are will continue for some time with especial reference to crop production and livestock loans for farmers, fertilizer work, etc., it will not be possible for the county agent to cover the entire county personally in getting up orders for this .< rat bait. However, a supply of rat bait has been ordered and will be on hand in the county agent's office on Saturday, February 4; and this is to request and urge that all parties in the county interested in securing this bait will arrange to either como or send for the same on Saturday, February 4, getting the bait from the county agent's office. The cost for enough bait for one farm will be 60c. This includes 3 cans of bait, each can containing the Red Squill which kills the rats and each can contains, a different sort of bait, one being t meat, like hamburger, one being fish,. like salmond and the other being a! cereal bait. Directions for baiting ji will be enclosed. Attention is invited t to the article in this issue of the ^ Chronicle on "Suggestions for Prebaiting." Please be assured that Red Squill, ' which is used as an agent for killing Ji these rats has never been found to harm any animal other than rats, j It is not a poison but rather is an emetic which causes any animal which eats it to vomit and since the physiological construction of a rat; and mouse is such that he is unable to vomit at all he is not subject to relief by vomiting, therefore, death occurs with rats and mice. j. Suggestions For Prcbaiting j Rats are naturally cunning and suspicious. For that reason, instructions in regard to distributing the canned rat bait should be followed closely. Baits should be distributed under floors and objects that offer harbor, along walls and in corners of infested buildings, behind objects, rather than., on high shelves or beams where rats , run when at play and after having ( eaten from regular food supplies, j ( Pre-baiting with pieces of meat^ scraps, bread crumbs and other, available food materials, for one or more nights before canned bait is distributed, may materially help to,, allay the natural suspicions and cause the rats to eat bait more freely and so increase the effectiveness of the campaign. Poultry Trucks Monday, Feb. 6 There will be a poultry shipment by., trucks Monday, February 6 from 9 to) 12 o'clock at Camden and at Bethune. They will load in Camden behind the; Post Office while another truck at the j, same time will load poultry in front; of the "Merchants & Farmers Bank building in Bethune. , , These trucks are operating with the | understanding that they will not be j held responsible for nor required to ^ purchase more than 4,000 pounds of ^ poultry at each place. This is be- ^ cause each truck can hold only about ^ 4,000 pounds. As a special request those who. see this notice will please notify their neighbors of this shipment. ( Prices to be paid for poultry on., these schedules are printed in the , display section of this paper. j If possible please bring poultry to ^ the truck in coops so that they may , be easily weighed and handled. Do j not bring them with feet tied nor 1 in sacks, requests Henry D. Green, the county agent. j ] ?? < Baptist Church Services j ] The following services are an- j aounced at the First Baptist church.. Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O. j Stogner, superintendent; public wor- j ( ;hip, conduced by the pastor, J. B.,< Gaston, at 11:16 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.( Morning subject, "The Burning Bush." Evening subject, "Weighed In The Balances." Weekly teacher's meet- i ng Monday evening at 7:80. Mid- i week service Wednesday evening at i 1:30, conducted by Rev. Senders, of c Kershaw. B. Y. P. U. Sunday even- 1 ng at 6:60. , ^ 1 The public la cordially invited to \ ittend all the eorticoo of thi* church, i Former Citizen Dies In Columbia Home Donovant Elmore Hinson, ?i), died early Saturday morning at his home, 247 South Edisto avenue, after a brief illness, Mr. Hinson was born I in Lancaster county August 2A, 1863. Ho was engaged in the mercantile business in Camden until 20 years ago when: he moved to Columbia, where he was in the cottqn business until he began to decline, in health. Many throughout the Carolines will be saddened by his death as both young and old loved his kind manner and knew him as "Dad." Mr. Hinson was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are his widow, who was M iss Hessie Thomson of Camden; one daughter, Mrs. Nina Reed of Atlanta; three sons, Arnold Hinson, LeRoy Hinson and Waddy Hinson, of Columbia; tl^pee grandchildren, A. J. Hinson, Dorothy Hinson and* Elmore Hinson, of Macon, Ga; two sisters, Mrs. Delia Jenkins, of Charlotte, and Mrs. Dora Small, of Lancaster; one brother, Ernest Hinson, of I^ancaster. Funeral services wore held at the grave, Quaker cemetery, Camden, at 3:3,0 Sunday afternoon, Dr. John H. Webb, of the First Baptist church, Columbia, officiating. The pallbearers were: Active?Dr. S. F. Brasington, George T. Little, N. R. Goodale, Sr., S. W. VanLandingham, Judge Mendel L. Smith; W. L. DePass, Sr., all of Camden; honorary ?H. G. Garrison, Sr., C. J. Shannon, Jr., Dr. John W. Corbett, W. E. Johnson, C. H. Yates, Willie Whitaker, all of Camden. Services at Methodist Church. The Men's Bible Cla$? will meet at their usual place, the Masonic Temple on Broad street, and the United Workers' class of young men and women will meet in the Sunday Scool auditorium, under the leadership of William Nettles, and Miss Elizabeth McCaskill. The United Workers have been fortunate in securing for their teacher, Mr. H. Granade. This class is now being well organized, and the number should be at least 75 in at- < tendance. All the other departments will j meet at their usual places. The pas- j tor will preach at 11:16-a. m., and: also at 7:30 p. m. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will not be observed this Sabbath. The usual Sunday evening musical song service45 will precede the sermon. C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Lecture Enjoyed By Many Sunday Night An overflow crowd greeted Dr. C. F. Wimberly, the newly assigned pastor of the Lybtleton Street Methodist :hurch here Sunday night to hear his noted lecture entitled "Radio In Prophecy." It was in the nature of a union service?other denominations having called off their evening services and so great was the attendance that many were unable to find ieats. He has delivered this lecture in many states of the Union, always drawing large crowds. Dr. Wimberly had reserved the bal:ony for colored people and had incited Trinity choir to be with them and an added attraction was old time spirituals such as "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," and others. Their rendition of these songs added greatly to the services. Noted Artists To Play For Dance Playing for a dance here on Monlay night, February 6th, at the Arnory will be Charley Boulanger (prolounced Boo-lon-jay) and his orchesra, direct from Columbia Broadcnstng System, with twelve broadcasting ind recording artists, using latest = ound system equipment and featurng "Cole" Coleman, vocalist of radio 'ame, This orchestra has broadcast from Yoengs Restaurant, New York City; Convention Hall, Atlantic City, S. J.;--Granada Cafe, Chicago; ftwia* hardens, Cincinnati: Edson Hotel, Beaumont, Texas; Frolics Cafe, Mi- . imi, and many others. The dance is sponsored by the Bachelor's club of this city and will ye from 10 p. m. to 2 a. m. Price >f ticket, $1.00, plus state and fed;ral tax. Grace Church Service*' Services at Grace Episcoparchurch 'or Sunfreyf February 6th %ill be as 'ollowfc: This being the first Sunday n the month there will be no early ervice. Church school at 10 A. m.; Holy Communion and sermon at 1:15 a. m.; class on praysrat 6:00 ). m.; Young People's Service League I it 7KM p. m. I Inventor Dies In x New York Hotne Beacon, N. Y., Jnn. 2ff.--Norman Leslie Snow, of New Canaan, Conn., president of the Diamond Power Specialty Corporation, manufacturers of boiler accessories, 12 Kast Fortyfirst Street, New York, died this morping in a sanatorium here. He was fifty-two years old. Mr. 'Snow was born in Albany, a son of the late Dr. Norman Leslie Snow and Elizabeth Smith Snow. He attended tho Sheffield Scientific School at Yule University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated in 1904. Mr. Snow was connected with the Sirocco Engineering Company and the American Blower Company before he became vice-president, general manager and director of the Terry Steam Turbine Company, of Hartford. After joining tho Diamond Power Spocialty Corporation he worked in the Detroit offices of the firm for four years before he moved to New Canaan seven years ago. Ho was the inventor of many improvements on boilers. Considered an expert horseman, Mr. Snow played on near-by polo teams. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Tokeneke Club and the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, of Darien, Conn. Surviving are his wife, the former Helen F. Harris, whom he married in 1909, and two sons, Norman H. Snow, a student at Yale, and William H. Snow, studying at Hotchkfss School. The above dispatch appeared in the New York Herald-Tribune of January 28, and was read with sorrow by many Camden people who knew Mr. Snow, who has been coming to Camden for a number of years where he played polo. During his Btay here last year he was a guest in the homo of Miss Olive Whittredge. Laying New Pipe in The Water System Recent improvements to the Camden Water and Light system has and still is furnishing employment for quite a number of laborers. In recent weeks there has been added a six-inch cement lined water main from Fair to Mill. On Cfiesnut street replaced hydrant having steamer connection. Extended sewer west on Chesnut street for a distance of 200 feet. Added a new 12-inch cementlined pipe from water plant to Broad strG^t# Improvements now under way include the laying of a new 12-inch line of pipe from the above point on Broad street to Green street, tieing in with present 4-inch line under the pavement and also eight inch at Green street. This will give a double feed out of plant, either of which will be of one section without affecting adjacent ones. All hydrants that are inaccessibly located on Mill street will be moved to locations enabling fire truck to connect without getting off of hard area of road. Four dead ends being eliminated at Kirkwood Lane and north Lyttleton street by removing four inch pipe installing complete tie-in around block with six inch cement lined pipe. The new hydrants off vof four inch replaced with two new hydrants from six inch and three new hydrants added. Visit The Market Spring flowers and fresh vegetables arc to bo found at the Club Market each Saturday morning. You will also find pork and pork" products, dressed chickens, eggs and cooked foods. Buy your Sunday dinner fresh from the farm. To Have Valentine Party The Missionary Society of Lyttleton Street Methodist church will give a Valentine party at the parsonage on Thursday, February 9th, at?, 8:00 o'clock. Admission charge will'be a penny an inch for your waist measure. Be sure to come for there is going to be lots of fun. Wants Paper Revived Manning, Jan. 29.?The Manning Times, Clarendon county weekly newspaper, recently closed down by creditors against the owners ia negotiating for legal arrangementa for a renewal. The elimination of the Mmnaiug Timet has been detrimental to the social and political information of Clarendon county. v ^ . ^ Report of Hospital; Fupds Are Needed 3 The Camden Hospital feels the depression in many ways. There is J?jj more demand for free attention and less money to pay for the same on the part of the hospital. More bills that are expected to l>e paid are defaulted or paid only in part. Dona- * tion fell off in amount and in consequence of all this, on January 1st, we owed a little over twelve hundred dollars, which we still owe. Wo hope shortly to get about a thousand dollars from the county, and the donation from the Duke .Endowment, amounting to about six thousand seven hundred dollars, will not bo given to us until April. Our creditors are not pushing us, and wo are occasionally collecting small amounts from pay patients. . In an attempt to raise some money and means in October, 1932, we got about twenty-one hundred dollars in cash and about four hundred dollars in produce, potatoes, preservos and other edibles. The colored people became very enthusiastic and were responsible for about live hundred dollars in cash and produce. In the collections mentioned above . is three hundred dollars donated in" cash by our best friends, the women who compose the Ladies Auviliary of The Camden Hospital. * We hope the friends of the hospital, both white and colored, will remember that we are not able to make ends meet yet. We hav?.v<.cut exf Vt penses, salaries and wages being reduced twice in 1932, and we feel that the hospital should keep up its efficient work. The free work has increased greatly, there being 6,311 free days and 1,045 part pay days for the year 1982, ^ ^ and 64G free patiepts and 80 part C pay patients in 1932. The report to the Duke Endowment is in process of preparation and will be forwarded in time to be passed upon by the annual board meeting of March. . We, with tho help of Dr. Rankin, of tho Duke Endowment, hope soon /to perfect a joint Pathological Department with some other small hospitals, which, when perfected, will ? class the Camden Hospital with thec-^ highest. Herewith is a concise financial statement of receipts nnd disbursements for 1932: Receipts In Patients $ 9,600.62 Contributions: County 6,730.90 Municipal 300.00 Individuals 1,671.56 The Duke Endowment .. 6,409.00 Churches, Organizations etc 1,669.90 Other Sources 724.08 Total $20,106.05 Out Patients ? 648.26 ' Total $26,764.80 Loans and Adjustments .. 2,521.93 . .; Jffgg Total Receipts $29,276.28 Expenditures Administration: Office (Supplies, Insurance, etc $ 1,782.16 Prof. Care of Patients: Nurses Salaries, Medical and Surgical Service, X-Ray and Laboratory 8,416.04 Household and Laundry .. 4,670.04 , Plant Operation: Heat, Light, power, water and replacement and repair 3,883.57 Dietary: .. Salaries, Foods, etc. ... 8,042.37 ' Total $26,694.17 Loans and Adjustments .. 2,682.06 ' Total $26,276.23 Vff THE CAMDEN HOSPITAL, By John W. Corbett, M. D. January 30, 1933. New Produce Firm H. Stewart, of Titusville, Fla., and Herbert Rollings, of Camden, have formed a partnership to deal in fruits and vegetables. Mr. Stewart has been selling fruits and vegetables to Camden merchants for a long while. He has gone to . Florida to move his family to Camden. Mr. Rollings has been a salesman for some time employed by Hirsch Brother# and company. They hare bought out the place on eaat^DeRalb sfaeet^^^wly operated