The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 20, 1933, Image 1
I The Camdfn Chronicle .
P VOLUMES CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1933 '"v NUMRFR
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It County Fair
9 a Great Success
er?h*w County Wr closed
night after one of the most
I fairs ever held in this
The attendance was far
than any year recently and
v or able comment was heard
rMAn Which it r .?
under the sponsorship of
elk Poet, American Legion,
-ajnden Shrine Club ^
il Chairman T. V. Walsh and
illpr, assisted by a corps of
ii stents, did everything to
exhibits shown to advantage
nothing undone for a county
t would have done credit to
larger cSVnmunity.
a main building the center
?re given over to general ex^
omo the work of 4-H girls,
hi- large majority the work
ousewiveiv of the county, piejams.
jellios, pickles and in
lost everything that could be
was there in attractive jars,
sardep club had one of the
Vnmented upon booths of all.
a miniature ^hoipe anil lot,
a terraced flower garden,
pond and forest. . ,1 __
Kershaw County Emergency
Council had a most ^reditable
Work done in ttfc sewing
hat is distributed to worthy
throughout Kershaw county.
, shirts, quilts, fugs, all kinds
-s made from the material sent
is county by the government
ribution through Jhi? agency.
Hnllpy, of the Mt. Pisgah
had a booth showing vegefruits
and farm produce raised
en and field and his good wife
r display summer fruits and
>les preserved for future use.
a most interesting place for
ople to learn just how it is
B to live at home on a farm
ihaw county.
Kershaw County Health Vent,
with Dr. A. W. Humphries
ss Christie Hey in charge, had
.lay showing the results of
diet in feeding undernourished
inderprivileged children. A
worthy work being efficiently
out in our county.
Home Economics Department
irt Department of the city
i had good exhibits, many arfor
beautifying the home and
. in making for greater^ comculinary
departmeht and the
lold articles made 'by the women
oung girls of the county
>nf, a list of the winners will
und in another place in thi?,
of The Chronicle.
Forestry Department booth
he interest of all, a work tha
>een enlarged recently in t e
vation and Restoration of our
s. A blackened, arid strip of
d was contrasted with a forest
glH growy*.-1 .
Camden chapter of the Game
Fish association had a boot
arrying out the same sentiment
ie preservation of the forests,
nd game as well, developing on
gir scale all game suitable to
section of th^ county. Many
ted heads, hides and horns o
e animals caught or killed lower?
sho\Vn in an attractive set*
ry interesting in this time of
ng the most of what one has
the exhibit sponsored by the 4-H l
better known as the thrift
where it was shown to what
yacks, scraps and all thing?
i bo used. Lovely hooked rugs,
s, seat covers and innumerable
les wore shown.
e community booths vied wit
another in attractiveness and the
ber of articles on display, all
cially fine. Lugoff won first
>; Mt. Pisgah, second; Gates
I. third; and Blaney, fourth,
sneral farm and household booths
fine displays of everything geny
found in a county fair.
cattle, hogs, chickens and other
s- while not numbering as many
Previously, were of finer 'grade
mu.h favorable comment" was
? upon the different breeds,
huge Guernsey bull belonging to
Taylor, of Kershaw, attracted
sual interest ip the cattle exhibit.
animal weighed 1,750 pounds
*on the grand championship,
h* association thii' y?ar wa^fo*1***
irr securing several free act?*
were always sure to attract
crowds when their performance
> Koing on. /
^nothing new thia year was the
*h*nU' Show, bald in * Unf?
the merchants of tha city h?vV
V Y--~ /" ' ! air '*
ing booths in which they displayed
some particular goods on sale in their
stores or some attraction, to call attention
to their firms,
The three automobile dealers, Ford,
Chevrolet and Terraplane, had the
latest models there and someone to
give information on their good points.
The two hardware stores each had
attractive booths, Mackey Hardware
Company using an airport scene;
Burns and Barrett's attracted much
attention, it being a battleship made
of cross-cut saws, clothespins, chains
and in fact almost everything sold in
a hardware store.. '
The two mills, Wateree and Hermitage,
had samples of their products^
attractively displayed, and no
doubt enlightened many .of the county's
citizens as to just what is made
at the local cotton mills.
Some of the clothing stores of the
city showing were: Boston, Eichels,
Sheorn's and rfjrsch Brothers. They
had fall apd winter garments on display.
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Home Furnishing Company and the
Camden Furniture Company each had
electrical goods and model house furnishings
for milady's approval.
' The Texas Company had their pro-!
ducts on display and'tp the children
especially did it appeal, seeing an
oil can that never emptied, they having
an arrangement rigged up whereby
it looked as if the can never became
empty.
Kornegay Funeral Home contnb-,
uted theiP space td the local txodp
of Boy Scouts and they had many
novelties, showing their work in
woodcraft, tieing knots, etc.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
and Rhame Brothers each had booths
stressing the good points of their
P First prize winner for the booths
was The Camden Floral Company,
which appealed especially to t e
ladies, showing an attractive par >
scene, the pottery and art objects
from The Catherine Harris Goodale
Gift Shop.
In this tent on Friday evening
Fashion Revue was held, the models
being young ladies ""' gentlemen of
the city. This was attended by a
large crowd and proved one of the
best things on the program. Betty
Thomas and Phyllis KarJsh gave
specialty dances accompanied on the
piano by Miss Anne Rowland Mr.
and Mrs Samuel Russell and Miss
Grace Kellar were judges and their
choices met with the audience s approval
in almost every selection.
First and second prise winners
were named in evening dresses, sport
clothes, afternoon gowns, rainy weaker
costumes and others.
Friday was given oyer mainly to
the white school children of the
county. The parade formed at.the
new court house and the children
were then marched down Main street
where they lined both sides of he
streets to witness the
fleets go by. They we? admltMtf
free to the fair grounds. The Camden
va Brookland-Cayce football game
furnished entertainment in the afternoon.
There was an immense crowd
Of Children here for the dayy-every
school being SgygjHg**
Saturday was ghm over to m
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Fair Visitor A Victim
Of Theft
The behuvior at the Kershaw County
Fair ijhlji year was out of the
ordinary. No rowdyism occurred and
the police had nothing much to do.
On account of his unwatchfulness,
it is said, one visitor from the northern
part of the county was fleeced
of $140 by two so-called gypsie fdVtune
tellers, who got too close to
and extracted the wallet, containing
ten dollar bills, from his vest pocket
before he knew what it was all about.
The gypsie women, who are said to
have been plying their trade as fortune
tellers, as soon as they had
fleeced their victim began immediately
to get on the move. They were part
of a tribe which had encamped north
of Dusty Bend, just outside the city
limits. The victim was reluctant to
tell of his loss and before officers had
been notified the nomads had folded
their tents, exchanged license plates
and silently stolen away. The camp
north of Dusty Bend is said to have
been ready to move when the "knockdown"
occurred and Went on to greener
pastures. By the time the officers
were advised they had many miles
behind them and it is doubtless if
they will ever be caught.
The theft of an automobile and the
auto-fountain crash reported elsewhere
were the only other cases reported
to the police.
Farm Tour Conducted
Saturday, October 28th
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A short farm tour is to bo conducted
Soturdoy morning, October 28.
Only two demonstrations will be visited.
Both of these will deal with
soil-building. Only about two and
one-half or three hours will be required
fqr inspecting and studying
those two demonstrations.
The first will be a study of results
obtained from the use of winter legumes
such as 'Aystrian peas .and
vetch. This will be on the farm of
Mr. B. D. Boykfh, who lives just off
of the Sumter highway between Cainden
ami Boykin. Mr. Boykin was one
of the first farmers in the county to
begin using those valuable winter legumes
and he has received very outstanding
results. The demonstration
this year is in cotton which followed
Austrian peas and vetch which grow
| on the land last winter and were
turned under this spring.
The second phase of the trip will
bo an inspection of crotalaria which;
! is now growing on 'Clifford Plantation,
which plantation lies between
i the Liberty Hill road and the Lan'
caster highway Opposite DcKalb station.
About 200 acres of crotalaria
are now growing on this farm and
since previous demonstrations with
this summer legume cover crop have
proven so valuable and beneficial, it
is thought well that our farmers become
acquainted with this neW legume
without further delay. Much of the
200 acres of crotalaria will average
almost shoulder high to a -man. It
is growing eft very thin up-land sandy
soil. v>There was no soil preparation,
no fertilizer and no cultivation. The
seed were broadcast.
The cotton .Jo be studied at Mr.
Boykin's plantation is large, green
and well fruited. In fact, much of
it is taller than a man while cotton
on the same type of soil just across
the road which received no Austrian
peas or vetch or other legume cover
crops is only the ordinary type of
cotton which is so common in our
county.
Every farmer who is interested in
improving his condition, building up
his soil, making bigger crop y^plds
with less commercial fertilizer anjl
less cost should by all means4 take
time to inspect these two demonstrations.
, Every one who goes on this short
tour is requested to meet at the
court house in Camden- in time to
leave the court house not later than
9:30 a. m., advises Henry D. Green
county agent.
Barbecue Supper Tonight
There will be a barbecue supper
served tonight, October 20th, at the
home of Mrs. Charles B. Pate, for
thq, benefit of Marshall's Methodist
church. . A charge of 25 cents per
platp will be made. The public is
cordially invited.
Preacher Found Dead in Car
Shreveport, La., Oct. 16.-?Dr.
lEustis L. Thompson, Christian minis]
ter of Dallas, Texas, and Shreveport,
I under a federal charge of sending obscene
matter through the mails, was
found dead today in his automobile
near here.
Coach Fennell Liked The Game
The following appeared in the
"Seen Here and There" column of
the Columbia State Monday morning:
"A. B. Fennell, Brookland-Cayce
high school coach, saying that his
team's game with Camden Friday was
one of the cleanest games he had ever
seen and comgiending the Camden
team highly on Its sportsmanship."
Ptrst Week Jurors
For Civil Court
The following jurors are named
for the first week of civil court to
convene here Monday, November 6,
with Judge Philip H; Stohl, of Kingstree,
presiding:
L. B. Campbell, C. R. Villepigue,
S. A. McCaskill, Paul D. Lewis, William
C. More, C. V. Massebeau, M.
H. Heyman, N. R. Goodale, Jr., D.
F. McLauchlin, E. M. Boykin, Jr., W.
F. Langley, Camden; Fred Starnes,
T. J. Hunter, R. A. Faalkenberry,
Heyward Knight, (5. A. Fletcher,
Hayes Williams, Horie Stroud, N. B.j
Hinson, M. P. Johnson, R. M. Ray,
J. O. Roberts, Kershaw; J. B. McCoy,
W. H. Ratdiff, T. R> Herton,
i?H; J. E. Man gum, W. E. Jones, J.
A. Munn, Betkune; M. B. Rabon, W_
E. Crostland, D. G. McLeod, Douglas
Arledge, Logoff; J. D. Bailey, Blaney;
A. If. Rodgers, Lucknow; L. C.
Clyburn, Jr., Weatville; T. P, Morgan,
Liberty Hill.
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Dr. Hilton Dies At <
Home In Rock Hill
Rock Hill, S. C? Oct. 18,?Funeral
services for Dr. Preston Brooks Hil- 1
ton, well known Rock Hill business \
man and brother of the late R. H? 1
Hilton, who was state commander of (
fhe American Legion, will be conduct- \
Id at his Oakland avenue residence
tomorrow at 8 o'clock, and burial will 1
follow in Laurelwood cemotery. <
(Dr. Hilton died early today at his <
hgmc after u brief Period of serious
illness. He had not been well for
the past week, but had been able to <
attend to business affairs. ,
Dr.' Hilton was president of the
Hilton Realty company. He was ^
graduated from the Dental college at ,
Atlanta, Ga., practiced his profession
ubout 10 years, und moved to Rock ^
Hill from Columbia about 12 years
ago, ? j
lie was the son of? Mr. and Mis.
J. C. Hilton, of Wostvine, in Kershaw J
county, who survive. In 1014 he ^
married Miss Maude' Elizabeth Boll,
who also survives, with one daughter, ^
Miss Jeanette Hilton, Queens-Chicova ^
collegtf student and one son, Harry
Hilton, University of South Carolina ^
freshman.
Dr. Hilton is also survived by the
following sisters and brothers: Mrs. ^
J. E. Rutledge and Mrs. Ike Owons,
of Lancaster; Mrs. Arthur Hyatt, of
Cassatt; Mrs. Mancel Owens, of Westville;
Mrs. Burt Truesdale, of Lugoff; 1
Miss Lola Haile Hilton, of Camden;
Miss Ella Dane Hilton, of OrAngfi-^
burgTW. Hilton, or Orangeburg;
Pomeroy Hilton and J. C. Hilton, Jr.,
of Westville.
Walks Sixty Miles
Despite Shackles
Pinckney Alexander, negro convict,
walked tho 60-odd miles from Ori
angeburg to Charleston in two days
! with a shackle' on each leg, he told
officers here.
Proof of the feat was his recapture
in Charleston after escaping
from the Kershaw county chaingang,
E. L. Moseley, county supervisor,
said Alexander had eluded police
within a radius of five miles from
Camden for -several months by his
swift running.
"(He's the fastest runner in the
county,"., the supervisor said. ^ "They
would never have caught him if a (
bullet hadn't slowed him down."
The negro escaped from the chaingaVig
recently and cut off his leg
chains with an axe, but could only
tuck his shackles fettered around
eaclfc ankle up his \ trousers legs.
He made his way to Orangeburg;
he said, and, still fettered, walked on
to Charleston, 13i5 miles from Camden.
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Barfleld?Chewning
A wedding of much interest to their J
many friends of Lee, Sumter and
Kershaw counties, was that of Miss i
Martha Dell Barfleld, of the Egypt 1
section, and' Joseph Warner Chewning,
of the . Spring Hill section of
Lee county, Friday night, October
13th.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. P. E. Blackmon at the Baptist 1
sanctorium of Cedar Creek church, in <
the presence of .a few friends and <
I relatives. ! 1
The bride is the attractive daughter
of Mtf and Mrs. J. M. Barfleld, of J
the Spring Hill section of Lee county. :
Their many friends throughout Lee, '
Sumter and Kershaw counties extend i
their goodwill greeting to Mr. and
Mrs. Chewning. 1
Baptist Church Services I
The following services are an- <
nounced at the First Baptist church: ]
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with C. O. i
Stogner superintendent in - charge. '
Public worship conducted by the <
pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m.
and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "The .
j Sin of Doing Nothing;" evening sub- '
ject, "An Important Question." Midweek
prayer and praise service Wed- <
nesday evening at 8. Senior B. Y. i
| P. U. Thursday evenjng at 8. Junior |
B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Men's prayer meeting Sunday
morning at 9:30. c
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services of this church. <
Methodist Church Services
Services at the Lyttleton Street |
Methodist church next Sunday Witt::
| be: Sunday school at 10 a. m.; school
assembly at 10:80, with chalk talk by
the pastor; preaching at 11:15, theme,
"Let Your light Shine;" preaching 1
at 7:80 p. m., evangelistic. Good <
music at both services. w '
| -i- C. F. Wtmberl'y, Pastor. .1
Camden Eleven Wins
Closely Played Game
In h closely oonteated game of football
played on Zemp field Friday af- i
ternoon at the Kershaw county fair i
between Camden and the Brookland- i
Cayce high school team, Camden was <
the winner by tho score of 7 to (J. <
llrookland-Cayce won the tost and <
kicked off. The kickoff was well re- J
ceived by Camden and in a steady J
irive down theXfteld Camden pushed
for their goal.
Wooten completed a pass to San- ,
iers which aided the Bulldogs in (
scoring in the first quarter of play, ,
the only one for them in the game, j
Camden had the edge on the visit- ,
are in making first downs, making .
15 to their opponents' four.
By several passes in the second ,
luartor of tho game, ono 15-yard
l?ass JelTYout to Jennings, followed by ,
food interference on tho part ol' the ,
Brooklaml-Cayco team led to their ]
scoring but they failofyy \o add the j
?xtra point. .
In tho last half of the game} while
both teams played line offensive football,
being so evenly matched, neither
was able to add to their score, although
Camden got within a yard of
their goal line in the last quarter, but
the Brookland-Cayee boys were too
gOod for that extrfy yard. ,,,
Some of the finest passes ever seen
on Zemp field were those in Friday's
game. Wooten's passes to Sanders,
one for 40 yards, featured. In de- i
fensive work Flowers for the local
boy b> played exceptionally w e II.
"Jigga" Team gained many yards for the
local team through the^ine and
had to be reckoned with in almost
every play. For the visitors, Jeffcoat
and Jennings were the outstanding
players.
The lineup:
Camden Brookland-Cayce
Rhoden LE .. .< Carr
Sheheen LT Hicks
Flowers . 1X5 .. ... Shull
Jackson C ... >. Williams
Reed RG ....... Gayden
Jackson RT Howell
Watte .. n i.?.. <RE Tison
Sanders QB Jennings
Boheler H/B. Jeffcoat
Branham H'B ....... Crapps
Wooten r;. .v.^tt FIB Hooks
Officials: McOurry, Sumter; McKain,
Camden; Kirkland, Camden.
Gentry Brothers Shows
To Exhibit In Camden
Gentry Brothers Famous Shows,
the same mother tells about, are
coming back after sixteen yeaTs.
Henry B. Gentry, their founder, returns
with his wonderful trained animals
that children loved so dearly a
decade and one half ago.
Mr. Gentry founded the shows in
1888. Before .his health failed he
made them famous in nearly every
home. After recuperating Mr. Gentry
answered thousands of appeals, both
by mail and in person, by again stepping
back into the arena.
The identical shows mother saw
in childhood now no longer need be
a bedtime story. The wonderful stories
told the little folk may be seen in,
real life. Gentry Brothers Famous
Shows always catered to refined audiences,
especially ladies and children.
That is the corner stone.
The same laughable acts that represent
the epitome of animal training
made up the performance. The
whole is a rapidly show that pleases
all. It has many outstanding features.
Among these are the military ponies
in faultless drills, the only highwire
Walking dog alive, the leaping
grey hounds, the monkey doctor, the
clown dogs and the inimitable monkey
fire department introducing dogs
and ponies in the greatest display of
'group-trained" animals in the show
world.
Gentry Brothers Famous Show will
show at 2:30 and 8 p. m. in Camden
Tuesday, -October 24.
As a special added attraction and
outstanding feature the shows present,
for the first time here, K^pitan,
the famous dog ."of the moying
picture world. He is a worthy son of
Rin Tin Tin, and is equally as brilliant
and beautiful as his father.
Knpitan is especially fond of children
who fall in love with him at
first sight.
The tent city will be-Jocated -at^
the Fair Grounds.
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mm. B. J, Troesdale, of
Lugoff, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Vernita Truesdale,
to Mr. Car lee Mann, of Camden.
Their marriage will take place in
the late faH.
t tTrkiMndirfiiaif am turn.
Light Automobile
Wrecks Fountain \
Here's one for Ripley: Believe
or not a 17,000 pound grsnite end
marble drinking fountain, moored to
its foundation by huge steel bolts
uncused in cement, was knocked clew
Df its mooring by a lightweight 1027
open Chevrolet touring car here early
Saturday night by Young Horton, of ?
Kershaw, while driving on south
Main street.
The car containing three young
white men and a negro was not badly
damaged and, aside from a few minoi
scratches, none of the occupants were
injured except the negro, who had
to be sent, to the hospital for a
sprained ankle, lie was removed to
Ins home the following day and was
dot seriously injured. .Several cars ,
wore en roUto to and from tho Kershaw
county' fair when the accident
u-curred and the driver was confused #
by the lights 'on tho cars and tho
lights atop tho fountain.
Like nil accidents of the kind ru-,
mor had it that the Horton car was
traveling at an excessive rate of
speeded that too much booze was
on board. Chief Bid Whitaker was
one of the first on the scene. He
offered tho boys every assistance, sent the
injured negro to tho hospital and
gave them a clean slate?expressing
himself to ,Vhp effdH that it was' an
unavoidable accident.
All parties who viewed the huge .
object which the small car struck
wore amazed that tho occupant* were
not killed outright %pd the car com- ?
pletoly demolished.
The drinking fountain was erected
here almost twenty years ago with
money raised by school children as *
memorial to Sergeant Richard Kirkland,
who won fame during the War
Between the States when he, at the
risk of his life, carried U>
wounded and dying soldiers of both
armies and the command was given
to cease firing by the Northern and
Southern leader* when it was
what an heroic deed young Kirkiand
was performing. This fountain was
used for many years by tired and
thirsty farm animals to slake -their
thirst when brought by their owners
here, where they traded, before the
automobile became the chief mo^e of
transportation. ,y
It stood for many years at the intersection
of BroaH and DeKalb
streets, but after traffic got so heary
at this point it was moved to lower
Broad street. It is unlikely that the
fountain will be replaced^?If so, it
will be put on a side street or back
lot where animals can drink undisturbed
by auto traffic. ^
New Legion Officers
Installed on Monday
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At its regular monthly meeting
held Monday night the Leroy Belk
Post No. 17, American Legion, installed
its new officers for the ensuing
year.
The new officers are Sumter LCrolley,
commander; Dr. Carl A.
West, first vice-commander; Ralph E.
Barnes, second vice-commander; Lawrence
L. 'Wallnau, adjutant; Lewis L.
Clyburn, finance officer; M. M. Reasonover,
service officer; M. B. Williams,
sergeant-at-arms; John K. de
Loach, judge advocate; L. W. MoFad- ,
den, chaplain.
The retiring commander, W. M.
Alexander, gave a very complete report
of the year's activities. Reports
were also made by the service officer,
finance officer and post adjutant. The
hall committee for the ensuing year
consists of Commander Crolley, Adjutant
Wallnau and Service Officer
Reasonoverrv
The installation of all state and
post officers from all parts of the
state winptake4 pla<^e at the Jefferson
Hotel in Columbia on Friday night,
October 27, at 7:30 o'clock. And at
the same time and place officers for
the various American Legion Auxiliary
units will be installed ah will
also the officers for the Forty and
Eight. No doubt a large crowd of
visitors will assemble for this instal-. .
lation.
Celebrated Bhrthdays
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Hough was a day of celebration
for four members el-the-family.
R, E, Sowell, mayor of Harta=_~-iville,
a nephew of Mr. Hough, waa
a guestjof the. day, It being his 42nd
natal day. The boat Mr. Hough
passed hia 66th birthday, whilf bis
eldest son, Vance Hough, numbered
bis 80th birthday and a relative,
Joaie Bell, of Logoff, numbered the
40th anniversary ef Ms hMb. ?
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