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| The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 45 p t tJrwr.>, ' " 1 1 iu CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1933 ' NUMBER 35 Ijfethodist Ministers Receive Assignments - I Basing his message on Luke 13: I *35 Bishop W. A. Candler preached BTioul-stirring sermon on "Christ'* l0ne Concern" before an overflow I udience in the high school auditorlittm here Sunday. He said in part: Our Lord used here w<?rds of very | trong emotion, and rises hew to , B ablest heights, none more sublime I in all literature. Christ first makes I? sharp thrust at King Herod, 'Go lull that fox,' and then this was fol| lowed swiftly by a shower of tenderloess upon his own wayward people. | in the effort to analyze emotions they t?nish. Religious emotions are nev. | (r neutral, not even tepid. Religious | convictions are deep and strong, hence external unity in the church is not | jiways possible. Business mergers | #rc common, but such a trend is not B to easy in church life. | "Jesus is here lamenting the sad B spiritual condition of his own people, | the Israelites. We do well to look | into the cause of His sorrow, and so | Inquire into' our own emotions. ] "He did hot lament over the povI wty of His people, great and dis| tressing as that was. He was very kind to the poor, and he was poor | himself. What he warned them of |was the peril of wealth; the sm of | covetousness. We have wept much B over our recent .economic troubles, B but we need to weep over much more B wrious spiritual depression. Francis I Marion hecame immortal eating yams | off a cypress stump. Spiritual re| covery. rather than economic recovery I is our supreme need, t "Jesus was not lamenting the horI rible political corruption of his dhy. Of course he did not approve it, but fl he saw a more fundamental need. I Calvin Coolidge once said: 'I don't tcI call that Jesus Christ was ever seen I in the lobby of Caesar.' He was not I a revolutionist; not even a reformer. I He resufed to be a judge or a divider of material things among men. He I taught: 'A man's life consisteth not I in the abundance of the things that he possesseth.' |" "Nor was he chiefly concerned with I the illness of his people, tho he was a great healer. Even death vanished I in his presence, i ! "Lastly, it is evident that Jesus was ; I far more concerned over the sins of I his people than anything else. They I needed salvation unto life abundant. Jerusalem was the center of the rei I ligious life and worship of the IsraelI ites, but they had lost the word of I God as surely as it was lost in the B days of Josiah. The religious leaders i I were concerned over material things : I and trading was quite a business in i I the Temple itself. In fact Jesus de-. B clared that it had become a den of thieves. Twice he drove the traders I out of the Temple, but they came I back. Covetousness never gets feebI ler by exercise. No wonder their j I hou.-e ,\as left unto them desolate. B "Jcs.. was brokenhearted over the cc?n?h\v-r: of - Israel. ? Religion was I dead .i. (i God was gone from them. I I Is tha" ot the trouble with us now? I Wh'-v . m>u1 dies for lack of God it I is ti.r a:;edy of-tragedies. Religion is thing which the church I shoui.; and for. All else is secoiidI ary. \\ , t an get along without ait I ar.ti n . y other desirable things, but B the ; for God in our lives is imI perai liven our great and beI , (,n can only survive as we I horn.- ,j and serve Him. "t? \ erica, America, * * * how ( nf'.e:. -j'.d 1 have gathered thy chilI t.ner, as a hen doth gather her ' ; under her wings, anci ye Behold your house is left I . desolate; and verily I -r.:- . Ve shall not see me, until come when ye shall sa>, &< - he that Cometh in the 1'. hook of Revelation the I Apo.*.1. . John sees the final goveinI there .r.o vision of the N^w Jerusa- < K .err.. ,. ail tears shall be wiped **ay and sickness and sorrow will Tr.e i .reference Secretary presented ; the :' .. ,ving to the Bishop for or- ; dinar., r. \\", S. Gardner, T. W. Kemmer-ir.. Jr.. F. -S. James and S. M. . Atkinson. * J 1 Lr. I" O. Watson presided over the < - "temoria: session Sunday - afternoon. < ?f the late Rev. O. N. Roun- j and Rev. E. P. Hutson were , The Rev, J. M. Rogers assist- J in the service. At the close of this memorial ser- j fice, Bishop Candler ordained the j tlderg; c. W. Lovin, W. V. Jerman, , S. Hill and J. Mr ??rrtofton. t f " " > A*' Llewellyn Resigns As Head of Board _ i Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden, has resigned as chairman of the South Carolinu civil wvorks commission and Ben Hill Brown, mayor of Spartanburg, has been appointed by Governor Blackwood chairman in his stead. U. M. Kennedy, mayor of Camden, has been appointed by the governor a member of this board to fill the vacancy brought about by the resignation of Mr. Llewellyn and the elevation of Mayor Browp the chairmanship. r* - The governor yesterday ulso appointed C. G. i'adget of YValterboro a member of the state board of bank control to succeed Burnett It. Maybank, mayor of Charleston, who resigned some weeks ago. W. Smedes fiend ley, well known Insurance mart of Columbia, has been appointed by the governor a member of the. board of trustees of the Columbia hospital to succeed Jesse T. Reese, resigned. Mr. Hendley . was recommended for the post by the Richland county legislative delegation some time ago and the appointment by the governor is pursuant to that recommendation. o U Mr. Reese, who was secretary of the board, has rendered long and valuable service and was with it during the period of expansion and development of the hospital. He served the board faithfully and well and leaves it with a sense of a service well rendered. i J Mr. Llewellyn had served on the relief council which merges with the civil works administration a little more than a year. The volume of that work had grown to such an. extent that he did not feel that he could do^it justice and at the same time attend to his own business in Camden and so he felt compelled to send his resignation, which the governor accepted with regrets, appreciating the work he had done and the many hours of time he had given lo it.? Tuesday's Columbia State. Where The Ministers G?. Charleston District: Peter .Strikes, presiding elder. Beaufort, E. 0. Watson; IBluflfton, F. S. James; Charleston, Asbury Memorial, Ben Taylor; Bethel, W. V. Dibble; North Charleston, F. E. Hodges; Spring Street, B. -L. Knight; Trinity, W. Roy Phillips; CotUgeville, E. Z. Jnme* Dorchester, L. W. Smith; Ehrhardt, G. E. Parrott; Estill, Black Swamp, P. K. Rhoad; Hampton, Ernest Dugan; Harleyville, W. M. Mitchum; Hendersonville, W. S. Heath; Lodge, J. E. Dennis; McClellanville, W. E. Wiggins; Meggetts, J. F. Way; Ridgeland," Achille Sassard; Ridgeville, C. P. Chewning; Ruffin Circuit, R. P. Hucks; St. George. A. D. Betts; Summerville, A. F. Ragan; Summervillej Circuit, H. J. Bennett, Jr.; Walter- ( boro, W. D. Gleaton; Yemassee, L. D.j Hamer; Parris Island, Marine pastor|| C. B. Burns; Professor in Emory Drli-j versity, B. M. Bownc; student in As-j bury College, E. W. Best. Florence District: S. E. Ledbeiter,j presiding elder. Bennettsville, E. K.j Garrison; Bennettsville Circuit, L. E. Peeler; Bethlehem, W. T. Bedenbaugh, Cheraw, W. G. Ariail; Chesterfield, I D. N. Busbee; Darlington, G. E. Edwards; East Chesterfield, J. B. Wei-; don; Epworth, J. F. Campbell; Flor-; ence, J. H. Danner; Hartsville, G. T. Harmon; Jefferson, J. P. Atlaway; , Lamar, J. E. Cook; Liberty, Thos. M. j Godbold; Marlboro, J. W. Jones;, McBee, W. O. Henderson; Mc( oil. D A. Phillips; McCo'll Circuit, to be; supplied by M. M. Byrd; Pageland, P. K Crosby; Patrick, D. O. .Spires;! Tatum and Hebron, W. E. Sanders;' Timmonsville and Pisgah, W. C. Kirk-i land: Twittys Chapel, George S. Tay-1 lor; Chaplain in CCC, f. W. Lovin; superannuates, R. R. Jones, A. S. Lesey, G. R. Whitakcr, C. B. Smith. Kingstree District: J. T. Peeler,, presiding cider. Andrews, B. G. Murphy; Black River. B. H. Coving-1 ton; CadesrK. S. Carmichael; George- j town, Duncan Memorial,' Welborn Summers; Greeleyville and Lanes, | 5. W. Henry; Hemingway, P. B. i McLeod; Jamestown, J. R- Sojourner;' Johnsonville, G. C. Gardner; Kifigs-1 tree, L. L. Bedenbaugh; I^ake City, < 3 F. Kirby; New Zioii, Iverson 3raham; Pamplico, B. S*_ Hughes; Pinopolis. G. H. Varn; St Stephens, j B Prosser; Sampit, D. T. Smoke; ! Seranton, E. F. Scoggins; Trio, J. C. ' Smiley; Turbeville, Olanta, J. G. Fer- < ruson; Union, H. D. Shuler; auper. < innuatos, W. H. Perry. R. W. Sp.g- I ler A. M. Gardner, L. C. Sanders. ' (Torn to La>t Page Pleaae) 1 * ~r. ' -y* ;-4 >.? - v v. The Camden Chapter Held Meeting Friday # , An enthusiastic' meeting of the (iamo and Fish Association was held at the Masonic llall on Friday night, November 17th, 1P33. The minutes of the September meeting were read and approved. A report was made by the committee on Aeld trials, and it was decided to go ahead with plans for a field trial confined mainly to hunting dogs, owned by local sportsmen for this year's meet, the time and place for such meet to be reportod on later by the committee. The chairman reported that an exhibit was held at the County Fair by the Camden Chapter, which aroused some interest. M. H. lleyman, chairman of # the committee 011 fish laws, made a report with the recommendation' that [ the legislative delegation be asked to have a closed season 011 game fish up until June 1st, and also a motion was made by Ueas Boykin that the association request the delegation to pass a law prohibiting seining m* Kershaw county for five ypars. This motion carried. Also, there was general discussion of the plan of trying to get some of the dams rebuilt and lakes restocked throughout the county, and'to try and get these projects undertaken upon soipe plan to be worked out as part of the servation .urogram being carried on at this xime by the government. The chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of three to work on this project. Deas Boykin, chairman of the committee on game laws, reported that the reodmmendations of his committee were that the association go on record as favoring uniform season for hunting, and to try and get the migratory game season within such open season, and also recommend that there be a closed season on deer in Kershaw county.' This report was also adopted. The attention of the association was called to the fact that the game warden was handicapped in being required always to carry offenders before the nearest magistrate, instead of before any magistrate in the coun* ty, and that there were some magistrates before whom it was very difficult to ever obtain a conviction 01 violation of game laws. The association passed a resolution requesting that the delegation for Kershaw county try and effect a change in this law. B. D. Boykin made the motion that the association go on record as requesting some provision to be made foivuaai&UiU. -game .v^kdens to assist in the enforcement of '-the game and fish laws in Kershaw county. This was approved by the | meeting. Motion was made also that the association go on record as favoring some basis by which winter residents owning homes pr property be allowed to purchase resident's licenses, and that some basis be worked out also by which a non-resident could purchase a license for one or two days, or some short period, upon a lesser , basis than the purchase of a non-resident license for $15.00, and also that the association favor the abolishing of a non-resident fishing license. It was also decided upon motion | made by W. R. Bonsai, Jr., that the association have monthly meetings I for the present, and the offer of B. D. Boykin to furnish turkeys for one of the early meetings and of John W. , Wilson to cook the turkeys, was enthusiaetically accepted. All of those present At the supper signed the charter application and all pledged themselves to assist in get- j ting new members of the association and helping to carry out its entire program. More About Shower I At Children's Home j 1 Warren H. Harris, treasurer of the j Associated Charities, has given us the following for publication: "We are more than anxious that you will all remember that on Wednesday. November &Hh, there will be I a Gjft Shower at the Children's Home on Fair street and that tea will be served to all between the hours of two and four o'clock. "We are extremely anxious that this shower will be a success because we so badly need the donations. "Last March when we had our drive for funds we were interrupted almost before we had started by the closing of the banks of the country by the President of the United States and the results we obtained then were not enough to run us through the year. "We hope you will all come and enj^oy a social hour with us." Negro Spirituals Sunday A chorus of fifteen male voices will present a program of Negro Spirituals Sunday, November 26, at four o'clock', at the' Second Presbyterian church on Market street. A cordial invitation is extended to our white friends.?*W. I. P; Roroborough, pallor, -4 r ? JBJ ~T' . T - ' A Visiting Ministers Supplied Pulpits ?'?r? ' , The following visiting ministers supplied the various pulpits in Camden and nearby communities lust Sunday while the Methodist Conference, was in session here: Lyttleton Street Methodist Sunday night by Kev. T. G, Herbert. First Baptist?Morning, J. H. Danner, of Florence; evening, \V. G. Ariuil, of Cheraw. Pfesbyteriah Church-*--Morning, by Rev. John 11. Graves, of Marion. Episcopal Church ?-Morning by Rev. G. K. Edwards, of Partington, Wateree Baptist Church?Morning by Rev. C. P. Chewning, of , Ridgoville,; evening, by Rev. Gobe Smith, of Chesterfield. Hermitage Baptist Church?or n-. ing by Rev. Ernest Dugan, *of Hamptan; evening, by Rev. M. (J. Arant, of Conway. Marshall's Church (Springhill Charge)?Morning, Rev. Henry Collins, of Clio. St. John (Springhill Charge)?Rev. A. F. Ragan, of .Summervtlle. Trinity M. E. Church?Morning, by Rev. C. S, Folder, of B'bwman; evening, by Rev. VV. L. Parker, of Branchville. Mt. Moriah Baptist?Morning, by Rev. J. W. Jones, of Aynorr, evening by W. 0. Henderson,Nxf-'McBee, ? Edwards Chapel Baptist?Mottling, by Rev. W. M. Mitchum, of Harleyville; evening by R^v. P. K. Crosby, of Ridgeland. First Week Jurors of December Term Following is a list of the jury drawn to serve on the first week of General Sessions court to be held here , beginning Monday, December 11th, I with Judge P. H. Stoll presiding: F. E. Watts, B. C. Goff, A. F. Watts, C. B. McCaskill, F. Moseley, D. M. McCaskill, J. B. Cureton.l L. H. Catdi?, of Camden; R. M. Perry, JR..-G. Faulkenberry, H. Stover, Francis Hunter, J. B. Baker, F. S. Jones, L. D. Ogburn, Ben Baker,' Walter Horton, J. J., West, A. R. Catoe, R. W. Seegars, W. PL Faulkenberry, J. E. Sowell, C. R. Gatoe, J. R. Catoe, Kershaw; Ira B. Horton, J. E. Saverance, J. W. Raley, Bethune; John K. Lee, Victor Ward, Lugoff; T. M. Corbett, L. B. Laney, CasRatt; Zack Bowen, T. G. Sessions, Blaney; G. C. Truesdale, - Stonebonji E. M. Workman^ Boykin; Minor HolleV, JeffersonBaptist Church Services The following services are announced for the Baptist church for Sunday, November 26: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with C. O. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public wor-1 ship at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 o'clock. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. J. B. I Caston. The subject for the morning will be "The Glbry of the Depression." Subject for the evening hour. I will be "Joseph, the Prime. Minister." . Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:30; senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday, evening. 7:30; junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 6:30. The public is', cordially irtvited-to attend all the services of this church. .Methodist Church Next Sunday { Preaching by the pastor at the C. C. C. Camp, Blaney, 9:30 a. m.' Men's Bible class- at 10:15. Sunday school under the direction of our new Sunday school superintendent, Dr. W. A. Humphries. Preaching at 11:15, "A New Year Message." Preaching at 7:30 p. m., "lessons the Annual, Conference Taught Me." Special music at both services. C. F. Wimberly, pastor. Faculty Play at Baron DeKalb The faculty of the Baron DeKalb school are giving the play, "Aunt Jerushy On The Warpath," on Friday evening, November 24, at 7:30 o'clock. Admission 10 and 15 cents.. This is a sparkling, wide aw-ike comedy in three acts. Every line a laugh! Special numbers will be given ; between the acts. Come! You will; forget -your troubles when "Sutficiency" gets in trouble. Cast^ "Sis Popkins," Virginia DeLoache; '^Sufficiency," R. E. Smith; "Aunt Jerushy," I*ora Chapman; "Stelly Etta . -Snapper," Maureen Sowell; "Elder Snuffles," Clarence Ettera; "Hiram*" K. Lee, Jr.; "Barker," Sara Bruce; "Madame R?ene de Beene," Carrie Yarbrough; "Elsie/' Estelle Grarriling; carnival glrlfc, Mrs. J. K. Lee, 7r., Viva McLaod, Minnie Breedlove. " Vv A TV Horses Trained Here Show Well in Races ' ? . Several Camden trained horses have been showing well i?i races recently held. At the Harford Hunt meet held in Maryland Mrs, T. H. Somerville's horse "Troublemaker" won the title to the best timber horse in the country by winning the "Alligator Cup" at that meet. The rider was Noel I>aing. "Passive," owned by W. C. Clelund, of Rodhank, N. J., and ridden by Carroll K. Bassett, won the Harford County Cup, run two miles over brush. This horse was trained by its rider and it, was the eighth race won by him this season. There wore fouifeen starters in this race. .Walter West, secretary of the Middleburg, Va., Hunt, will ship his horses to Camden and will spend the winter here. ** , North Fletcher and Thomas Waller, of Warrenton," Va.,, will ship their horses, twenty-two in number, anil will arrive on December 2 to spend the season in Camden. Ray Wolfe, a noted tj.dor, who has been seen on the Springdale Course here, suffered a broken collar bone in the race at Middleburg, when his mount went down irfba spill. Ben Belcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward C.t Belcher, a student at the University of Virginia, was a week end guest here. He was accompanied by J. A. Tittle, of Charleston, West Virginia. Ladies Make Drive To Save Holly Trees Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy, who is president of the South Carolina Garden Club, and Mrs. A. Stanley Llew\ ellyn, another member of tne Garden Club, accompanied by Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, superintendent of the county schools, on the eve of the Christmas holidays have been making an intensive drive to save the holly trees.Mrs; Pomeroy states that she has; made a study of the scarcity of this pretty tree and says that from records ! gathered not only from this section | but also throughout the United States, I unless the ruthless slaughter of these j trees is stopped, the holly will soon become extinct. In one day's canvass she visited seventeen white and colored schools throughout the county, addressed thirty-five teachers and more than eleven hundred school pupils, urging them to preserve the holly trees. Mrs. Llewellyn likewise addressed a number of schools along the same lines. Both placed placards in the schools and other conspicuous places along with their pleas. Mrs. Watts is interested in holly preservation and is lending her wide j influence in stopping the ruthless j slaughter. ?-? Union Thanksgiving Service The Methodist, Baptist and Presby-1 terian churches will unite in a i Thanksgiving Day service* this yearj at Lyttlefon Street Methodist church. * The sunrise service last yoarOtvas so ! successful it has been decided to have j the service this* year at the same time, Thanksgiving morning at seven o'clock at the Methodist church.' Undesignated offerings will be equally distributed, to the participating churches for their orphanages. It is hoped that the people of Camden will come in large numbers to this service to express their gratitude to Almighty God, The ministers of the participating churches will be in charge of, the service. ' Req'ucsts To Plant Grass The street department of the City , of ( alriden is in this manner asking everyone to plant the plot in front i of their homes, between the sidewalk and street in grass or some grain so as to help in the drive to beautify our town. More and mor? o? the streets are being beautified each season and the appearance given Camden is very pleasing to all. .'Supper at Hagood Church Friday The Woman's Auxiliary and Guild of the Church of the Ascension, 11bgood, will hold their annual bazaar and barbecue supper at the community house Friday, November 24th, 7:00 p. m. The supper is fifty cents a plate and the proceeds will be used for the benefit of the church. Besides a bountiful supper a special musical program will be given by a group of student* from the University of South Carolina. Everyone.is cordially Invited to attend the supper and program. , . ^ \ . , Goodly Number Pay Dues to Chamber The Chamber of Commerce, one of the most worth while organizations? of the city, is making an effort to obtain sufficient members to continue the work which it contemplates doing. In order for this to be done it is necessary that the Chamber of Commerce receive, at least, $750 for the year, commencing November 1, 1038, and ending October 81, 1034. This is one of the .smallest budgets in the recent history of the Chamber of Commerce. Advertisements have boon placed in November issues of the Sportsman, l'olo, Spur, and Town and Country, and in December, additional advertisements will be placed with the New York Times, New York HeraldTribune, Sun, Boston Transcript, Boston Herald, Philadelphia I/eilger, Washington Times and others./ Thp Chamber of Commerce is constantly having inquiries as the result of this advertising, and is looking forward to a much brighter season. vlf you have not paid your dues, do * your bit by contributing. The membership is $5.00. The following have subscribed to the Chamber of Commerce for the 1933-1034 season: Leonard Graham, Dr. John W. Cor-' bet-t, W. L. Jackson, J. B. Zemp, W. P. Nettles & Son, Boston Store, Kichel's, H. G. Garrison, Tho Fashion Shop, Tho Hoffcr Company, Sheorn & Son, Kennedy Insurance Company, DeKalb Pharmacy, Mackey Hardware Company, First National Bank, The Commercial ?*Bank, A. C. I>rawdy, Burns & Barrett Company, J. C. Penney Company, T. K. Tetter, Camden .Dry Cleanery, City Laundry, Camden cSbronicle, H. D. Niles, Carolina MotOT Company, Robert W. Pomeroy, Hermitage Mill, R. B. Pitts, C. 11. Zemp, S. L. Orolley, Miss Ruth Richards, Camden' Gas & Oil (Jlompany, Miss Olive Whittredge. Attended Meeting in Sumter 1 J. M. Hotter, of this city, was 'among the optometrists who attended the central zone of ,|the SoutK Carolina Optometric Graduate Clinic Foundation which met in Sumter Monday evening.at the office of Dr. G. C. Cooper. Dr. G*. Elbert Cramer, of Columbia, read a paper on opthalmometfy and the discussion was led by Dr. T. A. W# Elmgren, also of Columbia. / Dr. Oliver G. Thompson, of Beaufoft, had a message for the group. Methodist Board of Stewards We wish to make a special plea thatj all our new board ot stewards be with us Sunday morning at 11:16. we have some things to present to them. Let every one bear this in m<hd and make no other arrangements if at all possible.?C. F. Wimberly, pastor,-' Jesse Withers Dies Suddenly Jesse Withers, well known colored citizen, died suddenly about 11 o'clock Wednesday night following a sudden heart attack. He resided on Campbell street and also owned a cottage on the Camden-Charlotte highway. Withers was born in Camden in* 1X71 and was first employed under the late Captain F. W. Eldredge as head waiter at the Hobkirk Inn. Later he entered the grocery business near the Seaboard passenger station and had been very successful. He was poiitc .and courteous ahd well liked by both races. He is survived by his widow. His funeral will be held from his late residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Blues Win Over Whites The White polo team, lacking Charlie Little, out of the game for a few days, lost to the Blues on No. 2 field here Sunday afternoon. Tho final score was Blues 6, Whites 0. The local players have made progress during the year* they have been going in for the galloping game, and with the advent of some older players, who are expected soon, some first-rate polo should be seen at Camden every Sunday afternoon. Summary: Whites Blues Savage 1 Tupper Keith 2 . Boykin Wooten 3 R. LittleSmith Back Bates Goals; Blues, Tupper (2); Boykin. (1); R. Little (3); total. 6. Referee,. C Little. 9 * ' r'~ ' ' m ?J - a - jj '