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The Camden Chronicle
^ - CAMDEN, SOUTH CARQUNA.nPRIDAY,^ AUGUST 18, 1933 1
I Camden Minister
I Dies in Columbia
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Camden people were, saddened iSatI
Mav morning when it, was learned
I ,hat Dr Edwin Muller, former pastor
I # Bethesda Presbyterian church of
ISif city, had died at his home in CoI
?,hia Dr. Muller was greatly be
SIS in Camden. Due to failing
: I with he resigned his pastorate here
leral His ^nerftl 8er"
Kces were held from his residence
Monday afternoon at 6:30. The active
I Lnbearers were: James H, Fowles,
I L Dr C. Fred Williams, Dr, Theo.
I DoBose, Jr., John S. Lindsay of C*m:|den
Lauren* T. Mills, Sr.,, of -CamI
den! and S. B. MoMastor.
m'% The following is taken ( from the
I Columbia State of Sunday mOr.ning:
I -'Dr. Kd'Win iMullfii', 7*5, letired
Ifresbyterian minister, died at 5
I o'clock yesterday morning at his resi'I
fence, 18IS Pendleton street. Doctor
I Mailer had been, in. feoblo health for
'' I several years, but was able t9 take
! I walks about, the city, and to : church
Band prayer meeting. He took, ^ short
iKyalk Friday*. a :.
"While hp \yos under. PHW"
fen's treatment for ?slight ?P?W 'in
his chest, his death, W ^nepH^idr
; I He passed away quietly as.in a sledjp,
I "Doctor Muller was born ..in Qoj
I luntbia January 9, 1868. He was one
I of seven sons and two ^ daughters,
I children of Mr. and Mrs. C. Muller,.
j | ^ng highly respected citizens of this
II town. His father was an elder of the
I First Presbyterian church here for
' I many years. Doctor Muller retired
! I from the active ministry of the
II Presbyterian church about seven
years ago. He commenced his minisI
try as pastor of the Presbyterian
II church of Orangeburg. From there
I he went to the First Presbyterian
II church at Lexington, Ky., where he
j I was for about twenty years. He then
11 accepted a chair in the Presbyterian
jl Theological seminary at-Louisville,
I Ky., where he was for a number of
I years, and which he resigned to reI
torn to South Carolina and the pas
torship of the Presbyterian church
I at Camden. Seven years ago he- re,
I signed that charge and came to Coil
lumbia to live.
I "Doctor Muller was of a retiring
disposition. He was'a deep student
; I and learned in the tenets of his
jB church and of the Christian religion.,
! I He enjoyed the religious ejcercises of
i I his church and was a regular attend- ^
! I ant upon all of its services.
| "He married Miss May Glover,
II daughter of the late Ool. Mortimer
11 Glover of Orangeburg. She survives ^
11 him with two sons, Edwin Muller, Jr.,
a writer arret publisher of New York
j I City, and Mortimer G. Muller of i
I Camden; two brothers, Bernard Mul- ,
' I ler and Thorn well Muller; two sisI
ters, Mrs. Thornton Whaling and
| I Miss Marion iMuller, all of this city.'
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j I First Bale Sold Here
i I Tne first bale of cotton to be
ginned and sold m this county so far i
wa? thai put on the Camden market!
I Friday, August. 11th, which brought;
cer.ts per pound. This cotton
I *a> rai-- .' by L. B. Ogburn and sold
to the lit .11 (,f F. M. Wooten. The
Southern Cotton Oil Mill did the
j Death of Mr. Schenk \^
| The death of Joseph Schenk, at
B George;.,\vn, brought sorrow to many
I ramder ; eople. Mr. Schenk was a
I brother < >;' the late Leo Schenk, for
I aar.y yr-a-s a prominent merchant
? this , . Mr. Schenk often visited
I h;< br<c-> The following was sent
B fr-.,: t.corgetown: .
Cn?.> g .own, Aug. 9.?Joseph
Scr.tn^ 07, Georgetown business
I c.. ! at his home here this
I !r'<jrr,.r g ; om un acute heart attack.
He-Aa, a ;-ative 0f Germany, coming!
-1'Am.-r. at the age of 16. r.He was j
*sjoc.at(<i ;n business with his uncle,
I he iatc- H. Kaminski, in the whole- J
'a:P har a are business.
Mr. >'her.k had served as presiI!er''
01 ' .< chamber of commerce and
I k tha.rn-.an of the school board. He.
I *a> ?'? M.town and was president of
I ?ho fy.-. congregation in this
C**J- ii. .s survived by his widow,
A v-i Miss Pitta Hcyman, of Ches-I
j?r; or'f- brother, Herm&fi Schenk, of
I ^KHown, and two brothers and
B0Ce sister in Kuroj>e."
I Grace Church Services
|c ^v F H. Craighill, Jr., Rector of I
tv Episcopal church announces 1
following services for Sunday, J
Boly communfOto at 8 a.; (
lin? urch -school at 10 aAllkv morn- j
IHL, pra,yer anf* serrifSPK 11:16iri!
t W111 be no Young People's SerW**
on Sunday. 1
Former Camden Man
Dies In State Capital
Friends and relatives in Camden
and throughout the county will regret
to learn of the death of Robert
Iteid Rosborough. His death occurred
in Columbia after a short illness,
following a fall which fractured
h|a hip,
Mr. Rosborough was 67 years of
ago and was born and reared at
Ridgeway, the son of Robert Andrew
and Ann ' Caroline Rosborough. * He
was tho last 'member of his immediate
family, but he leaves a number of
niepes and nephews in Kershaw and
Fairfield counties.
Mr. Rosborough is pleasantly remembered
by many of our older people,
he having resided jn Camden a
number of years ago where ho was
| engaged in tho retail lumber business,
j He had many friends throughout the
l state who yill regret deeply to hear
of his death.
Funeral .services were held at Aimwell
cemetery at Ridgeway Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, with the Kornegay
Funeral Home in" charge of
arrangements, .. ....
Camden People Visit New York
Nev/ jwrk, Aug. 12.?Mr, David1
Wblfe and daughter, Miss Sarah
W*olfe, of Camden, S. C., are regipterdd
at the Hotel Astor, New York.
Monday evening, August 14, they are
to be the dinner guests there of Mr.
Edward Walnau, assistant manager
of the Astor and a brother of Lawrence
Walnau, of Camden.
Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
J. E. Gaskin, of the Flat Rock section,
celebrated his eightieth birthday
on July 31. There were present nine
children and a goodly number of
grandchildren, including: T. P. Gas*kin
and six children and Mrs. J. M.
f Cason, of Lykesland; Mr. and Mrs.
I G. C. Gaskin, Grover, Jr., and Elizabeth,
of New Brookland; Mr, and Mrs.
J. D? Easier, of Spartanburg; Dr. L. R.
Gaskin, Erleen, Reed, Ann and Lewis,
Jr., and Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Gaskin,
Johnnie, Lillian and Dorothy, of Albemarle,
N, C.; Mr. and1 Mrs. H. B.
Gaskin,~ Roy, Boyd and) Walter, of
the home community, and A. D. and
Miss Rebecca Gaskin.?Kershaw Era.
Dies From Snakebite
Newberry, Aug. 10?Henry Thompson
Longshore, 76, farmer of the
Smyrnu section of Newberry county,
died this morning at the hospital
here from the ibite of a highland moc'
casin when the reptile stuck its fangs
into his hand Tuesday morning while
he was removing rubibish from under
a bridge'near his home. Alan Longshore,
a son, rushed his father to a
physician in Newberry and he was
later removed to the hospital, yhere
; he died after suffering interise pain.
President Drafts
Kershaw Citizen
John T. Stevens, prominent Kershaw
business man, received a wire
last week from General Hugh S.
Johnson, administrator of the National
Recovery Act, which reads as follows
:
"President Roosevelt has drafted
you as one of the seven members of
the District Recovery Board for the
Charleston District comprising the
state of South Carolina as explained
in bulletin number three of July
twenty?nineteen thirty three. He
has requested you to volunteer your
services without compensation in this
great drive for National Rehabilitation.
As a member of this board
your duties will be to get every patriotic
American citizen employer and
consumer to co-operate in this program.
Plea.se wire acceptance immediately
and you will receive further ,
instructions."
Although Mr. Stevens is a man of ,
varied business enterprises, keeping J
him on the go at all times, he has :
wired General Johnson his acceptance
and will devote as much time as possible
to the task assigned him.
Instructor Quits
Columbia, Aug. 15.?George H.
Wittkowsky, instructor in English at
the University of South Carolina j
several years, has resigned to take j
up the practice of law in New York
City.
Cassatt Baptist Church Services
A revival meeting will begin at the
Baptist church in Cassatt, Sunday,
August 20th, with Rev. L. N. Claxton,
of Anniston, Ala., in charge, assisted :
by the pastor of the church. Everyone
is invited to attend these meetings.
There will be no service Sunday
morning but services commence';
that evening at 8 o'clock, |<
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Hobson Hilton Loses His Life
in the Waters of Lake Murray
(Photo by Courtesy- of Columbia Record^
The Chronicle feels "that it can <do
no better than reproduce the following
story of the funeral of Hobson
Hilton, which mras written by 5am
Latimer, of the Columbia State, a
friend and fellow legionnaire eff Hilton:
"In halloaed ground, set apart by
Camden for the bravest of the brave,
Richmond Hobson Hilton, World war
hero and state commander of theAmerican
liegion, was laid to rest today.
He was the second; son of old
Kershaw to foe. placed in the honor
plat of Quaker cemetery and he
sleeps beside a nofole soldier of another
day?'Richard Kirkland, of Copfederate
fame.
"While 3,000 or more persons, gathered
from throughout the slate arid
highly representative of South Carolina's
pitjzenry, looked on, simple but
1 impressive tribute was paid to Commander
Hilton's memory?paid to one
who wore upon his chest the Congressional
Medal of Honor, and decorations
"from five countries other than ;
his own.
"Standing under the Stars and j
Stripes, flying at half mast, and near!
the Stars and Bars draped over the'
Kirkland monument, Judge Mendel
L. Smith, with evident emotion, elo-i
quently told of Commander Hilton's
life. He spoke of him as a friend, as
a lawyer, and as a soldier?a man
of courage, who stood stern, firm
and unafraid and who rightfully
ranked with Kershaw, Kennedy, Can- j.
tey. Chesnut, Deas, Villepigue, Mil- .
ler and Kirkland for his illustrious j
deeds. I
"The religious services over, the !
American legion quartet from Co- ;
lumbia, with Robert Lafayt? as soloist, '
sang softly the pathos-filled "My
Buddy" of World war days. "My
Buddy, My Buddy, Your Buddy '
Misses You," while the great pro- i
fusion of (lowers?magnificent designs
from various organizations and
simpler bouquets from neighbors and
friends?was placed about the grave.
Then three volleys fired by men from
his old company, M, of the 118th Infantry
under the command of Lieut.
C. P. I^orick. And taps, blown from
a distance. The services were over.
Kirk Hilton was at rest.
"Commander Alexandiet of I^eroy
Belk post, of which Hilton was an
honorary life member, was in charge
at the cemetery. The bpdy had lain
ill state at Kornecray's until time to
leave for the cemetery. Two lines of
Legionnaries, each three or more
deep, formed and the flag draped
casket was borne between them to !
the waiting hearse. The state chaplain.
Ben Clark, and the pastor of
the Westville Baptist church, the Rev.
Mr. Sanders, led, and four men followed
carrying colors of the United
States, of South Carolina and of the J
American Legion. There was the same
ceremony at the cemetery as the 1
casket waa borne to iu last resting ,
v I
y.- luiia zzrz, r.'yr-.r r '
place. Mr. Clark and -Mr,, Sander?
.conducted the religious ritei* apd the
Legion quartet sang "Abide With
Me."- a" .. \
"The beautiful flower* included de-;
signs from national headquarters of
the Legion, from many posts and
various- patriotic organizations, Arms
and individuals.- It was thought to
be the largest funeral for an individual
ever held in Camden, and
for none has there been more pro-fuse
nor more beautiful floral/ tributes.
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"Mr. Hilton was drowned eafly
Sunday morning in Lake Murray.
"The squad from Company M today
included in addition to Lieutenant
Lorick, First Sergeant Sanders, Sergeant
Brewer, Sergeant Burns, Sergeant
Lorick, Serjeant Dunlap, Ser-*
gaunt Montgomery, Corporal Shirley,
Corporal Moore, Private Russell, Alvin
Sanders, Claud Jackson and
Bugler Derrell Sanders.
"In the Legion quartet were: Edward
P. Hodges, Wesley Wilks, Robert
Lafaye and E. T.'feavin.
"The pallbearers were all from
Hilton's old company?men who had
served with him in France and Belgium.
They were W. Arthur Clark,
J. Desa Goodaler Marvin M. Reasonover,
Jule Campbell, Herman Baruch
and C. R. Villepigue."
Color bearers were A. M. McLeod,
Gilliam deBruhl, Will E. Johnson and
Marion Baxley.
In behalf of the James Leroy Belk
Post, No. 17, Commander W. M.
Alexander desires through this newspaper
to tender their thanks to the
Richland Post No. G and their drum
and bugle corps, the Camden company
of National Guards, the State
highway patrol for the assistance
rendered in the handling of the largest
crowd ever assembled for a funeral
in Camden. "The. general public
cooperated in a most excellent
manner, for which we are most profoundly
thankful" stated the local
commander.
A singular co-incidonce "Itl 'conuection
with Mr. Hilton's burial place
is the fact that he sleeps his last
sleep beside the remains of Richard
Kirkland, a Confederate hero, who
carried water to enemy soldiers while
under shell - fire. Both were reared
within shm-t distances of each other
in the Westville (Flat Rock) community.
\ ^
Richmond Hobson Hilton was -the
namesake of Richmond Pearson Hobson,
who sank the Merrimac in Habana
harbor in order to bottle up the
Spanish fleet. He escaped under heavy
fire, while swimming to safety.
Only last year Hobson, was like Hilton,
bestowed the Congressional medal
of honor for his brave deed. Singularlytoo,
is the fact that on the
date of Hobson Hilton's death
President Roosevelt ordered war vessels
to Cuba .to protect Americans.
Commander Hilton, was drowned i
after he fell from the cabin of a <
cruiser .on which he and a party of ]
friends were returning from a trip J
up - the lake. His body was recov- (
(Continued on Uurt page) i
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Harry Hampton Was
Speaker at Luncheon
The program for the Rotary luncheon
on Thursday of last week wa?
in charge of Marion H. Hey man, who
was called out of town on account of
the death of a relative, and Hughey
Tindal 'presided in his place.
The speaker for the luncheon was
Harry Hampton, secretary and treasurer
of the South Carolina Game and,
Fish Association. Mr. Hampton also
edits the "Woods and Waters" column
of the Columbia State.
Mr. Hampton stressed the need for
conservation of game and fish in
South Carolina and told of the abundance
of both in the early days of
the state and how they have dwindled
?aeh year, duo to the lack of foresight
of our citizens in protecting |
these valuable resources.
He cited what Pennsylvania had j
done in the way of protecting game.
At one stage, practically all game
had been eliminated from the state
by pot hunters and over enthusiastic
sportsmen. A delinite program was
mapped out and today.4he Keystone
state is teeming with game ttnd the
hunting licenses bring in k large revenue
to the state.
Mr. Hampton said that Col. Emory
Clark of Clarendon county and also
of Detroit, had helped, in many ways
to restock game and had given hundreds
of partridge eggs to the game
association which are hatched under
bantam chickens. -He said that no <
definite program, had been, adopted by
our state as to saving game -or replenishing
it, and unloss this is done
within, a few years the hunting and
fishing will be so poor that it will no
longer attract tourists to this state
wiho are spending lots of money on
large estates and giving employment
to many servants.
Mr. Hampton thinks that there
should be a sort of board of directors
to cooperate with the game warden's
office, with a representative
from each district to map out a program.
He thinks it is a mistake to
let the power.be in the hands of one
num. * n
Mr. Hampton found ? very enthusiastic
audience in theioealRtftarUn*
most of whom are sportsmen and
lovers of field* And waters, as well
as forests which are, beiptf> protected
in this county. . . -j ,. ,, '' l
After the mee^flig,, Bird . Hampton
was taken to several, places nearby
to show him whait splendid:work has
been done by tourists others'1 to
conserve our forests and Also tjie new
fields of young pines that they have
planted, on their estates.
foe visiting Rotarians were Dr.
Harry, Hair ' of (Columbia ^ and Dr.
Weinberg. The guest visitors were
Dr. A& B. Whitaker of Camden and
Dr. C. F. ?Wim)6erly of Camden. '
R. W. Boyd, who has charge of the
Woodward airport, was taken in as a
new member of the club, and hiR classification
is "air transportation/' Mr.
Boyd has been a resident, of Camden;
during the past eight months and is
employed by the' Eastern Air Transport
Corporation.
The program next week will be in
charge of J. B. Zemp and the following-week
in charge-of W. L. Jackson.
Forty-Five Lose Licenses
/Columbia, Aug. 11.?Licenses of 45 j
drivers were suspended by the high-,
way department July 15-Aug. 1 for j
operating their automobiles while un-j
dcr the influence of liquor, the de- j
partment announced today.
Greenville, with five suspensions,
led the other towns and cities. Rock (
Hill had three, and Whitmire, Green-1
wood, Chester and Piedmont had two j
each. Charleston and Columbia had
no suspensions reported.
Methodist Church Next Sunday
The pastor will he home in time
for the services next .Sunday, August
20. There will be no more breaks in'
the regular work. Pastor will meet;
the Sunday school for the Junior
Church service at 10:50 with chalk,
talk. Preaching at 11:15 a. m. by
the pastor. Preaching at 8:00 p. malso.
Please note the change of the t
time moved back to eight o'clock ;
from eight-thirty. The public is invited
to worship with us?G. F. Wimberly,
Pastor.
City Tax !>evy Cut ? "
The city of Camden has recently
reduced its tax levy from 28 mills
to 22 mills, which will be good news
to all property owners of the city.
Salaries of all city employes were cut
not long ago and some departments
:onsolidaled which has resulted in
ulbstantial savings. -?3
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Truck Owneiip
To Meet Her?
Truck owners of Kershaw county
will meet at the county court house In
Ganukm Friday uftorhoon, August 525,
at 3 o'clock to formulate an organisation
to supervise the operation of the
truckers' code of fair competition in
this area, F. M. Burnott, secretary of ,
the South Carolina motor truck owners
association, has announced. ,
Similar meetings held in other section^
of tho state were largely attended
by truckers who unanimously
adopted the proposed codo which embodies
practically the same hours as >
apply to railroads. North Carolina
truckers began operating uijdor the
agreement on August 7, immediately
after signing uf all leaders of ,tho industry
in the South in Atlanta, after
it was found impossible to work under
the blanket code.
The code will allow tho truckers to
work six days of eight hours each,
while for seven days service the week
may be 50 hours. Minimum wtfgea
will be 30 cents an hour for driver? ?
and 525 cents for helpers and clerical
workers. Time and one-third would
be allowed for over-time and prevision
i? made oh long hauls for a 16
hour day, provided tho weekly total
does not exceed 48 hours. ^
All operators of trucks, drays and
teanjs come under the provisions of
the code and are ?xpected to cooperate
with it. Another group, that
\vill corno under it are those persons
who Conduct another 'lino of bi^iness
but who move their goods t6' the Consumer
'by truck and charge the consumer
for the hauling,- Mr. BuWxott
said. " '
The government will not deal with
individuals and to realize the full
benefits of tho code, motor . truck
owners in this state must affiliate
themselves with tho South Carolina
motor truck owners association or
some similar organization that is recognized
by the national recovery Mr
ministration.
Daring Robbery -
1 * One
of the most dastardly attempts
at burglary *nd murder in the history
of this toVn'was attempted here dur- -j
ing the; eatly - hoJ?S Wfdnesflay
morning wrtsnr ?T^Be?mis Nibble, one
of -Camden's , n?>ost highly respected-*
colored merchaitts was awakened in
his home, corner of l?afayette
Campbell atreetfl. ?
. Dibble ' was awakened 1 about-, 2 a
o'clock, when he heard^noise dojm- ^
stair*. The family alopT^u the fee- ...?
ond story. Reaching for his pistol, y'
he turned on a light and wallked
downstairs. The two burglars vtero
hi his dining room. Finding 5
selves trdpped . they, immediately
opened-, fire* upon him, sho?^::
through a glass door and
plaster Vail, hoping to find their
mat'kv >
Fortunately Dibble was not if the
line of the bullet? except to rfcw*
a leflected bullet in his left foorTtmt
he is not thought seriously injured.
An examination the following morning
showed that windows, doors and
walls had been peppered with ^
bullets,->the vtftfttRMte assassins prot>-?."
ably usimrf pistols,brass-lined
bullets. Two pistols of
different calibre were brought into
play. They fired a total of twelve
shots at the owner of tho home and
after their bullets were exhausted
fled out of windows in opposite directions.
Dibble got a glance of one gunman
on the west side of the house and
fired twice without a hit. He states .
that he was a black man, but he could
not identify him in the excitement.
The intent of the burglers was evidently
robbery, for Dibble has been
a respected citizen of this-town for
more than sixty years and has no
known enemies and his white friends
as well as colored are glad to know
that he escaped the assassins' bullets.
City Officers Alva Rush and Jim
Raley arrested T. Tillman at an early
morning hour in the lower part of
the city. Later in the day Isaac
Pearson was placed under arrest as
an accomplice. Tillman has a police
record, officers state, and has served .
on the gang more than one time for
burglary.
Quite a number of officers ana
friends, both white and colored, called
at the Dibble homo Wednesday to inspect
the damage done to his home
by J,he hail of bullets and to congratulate
fiim upon his escape.
Caught Small Rattlesnake
J. K. Goff, who resides on tho
Oamden-Bishopville highway, near
Galloway's store, -was exhibiting in
Camden Wednesday a young rattlesnake,
which he had captured by ^
means of a forked stick. It measured
12 inches and had five small
rattleB. In the last few weeks Mr. *
Goff has killed four rattlers on hi*
premises having 13, 8, 10 and XI
A. J. 1
rattles.