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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 44, CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1933 * NUMBER S|l
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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
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Twenty-Two Horses
Arrive By Express
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(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 ]
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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.
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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
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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
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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