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VOLUME 45 ", CAMDEN, SOIJTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1834 NUMBER 41
Banner Season In
Aiken and Camden
(By Murray Tynan in New York
Herald^Tribune)
During the cold snap last week tho
followers of fox hunting must have
... done some thinking. Out on Long
Island the ground was frozen as solid
as concrete, and over in New 'Jersey
and in Westchester and Connecticut
not only was the terrain hard but
there was much ice and snow. When
these conditions prevail, the hunters
see the end of the season and their
thoughts turn to Aiken, Camden and
other sjxotr*where tbey can hunt all
winter.
As a general rule, hunting lasts
much longer in Maryland and Virginia
than around New York, but the cold
weather also left its mark on those
sporting countries. When the ground
freezes and a thaw seta^in the going
becomes slippery and horses are more
inclined to watch their step than to
gallop freely after the pack. Then
there is nothing to do except head
south if one wants to continue hunt'
ing.
The first blast of freezing wind
brought news of Aiken and Camden,
and from .all accounts those two resorts
should ibe on the threshold of a
most successful season. The announcement
that Mr. and Mrs. P. Ambrose
Clark intend to forego their annual
/{rip to England in favor of Aiken, ai\d
that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Durant,
among others, have taken a house in
the heart of the 'South Carolina sporting
country, Was welcome news to the
Aiken colony. The Clarks* and the
Durants are hunt racing enthusiasts,
and the tip is out to look for a late
winter or spring season of racing in
the Cnrolinas. 7
Thanks to Mr. Harry Kirkover and
Mr. Ernest L. Woodward, sportsmen
from New York's 'Geneseee Valley,
South Carolina has been re-established
in a racing way through the annual
Carolina Cup, offered in honor of Mr.
Thomas Hitchcock. The only trouble
with South Carolina racing has been
that there was not enough of it. Now
it appears as thouglWhat condition is
to be remedied by the people of Aiken.
If present plans are carried out the
Camden colonists will hold their annual
hunter trials on February 21, and
follow that with an informal race
meeting on Washington's Birthday.
A few weeks later the meeting at
Aiken will be held and the season in
the Carolinas will be closed with the
running of the Carolina Cup, first of
the important spring hunt racing fixtures.
It takes effort a Ad money to put
together a. race meeting, and a good
start already has been made at Aiken.
The National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association'; naturally, is 1ft favor of
it, and Mr. Frank J. Bryan, veteran
secretary of the association, has
promised assistance. Mr. Hitchcock
has donated a piece of land comprising
300 acres, on which the Aiken
tract will be constructed, and Mr.
Durant and others will donate pieces
of plate.
Most important of all these items,
however, is the news that in addition
to running for cups * at the Aiken
meeting, cash prizes will bo offered.
A meeting in which only cups are to
be won is certain to attract a fair
entry from the hunt set and owners
of means, but one in which there are
stakes as well as trophies is sure to
be that much stronger. It takes
money to ship horses, and many persons
these days are forced to consider
that angle. They do not look for
profit, but they feel that they have
the right to make shipping and training
expenses if their horses win or
place.
Although plans for the meeting
have not been completed, it is understood
that a course resembling the
United Hunts layout on the Hugh
Murray place at Roslyn will be built
on the land donated by Mr. Hitchcock.
"Tim" Durant did most to make
that United Hunts affair the success
it was, and this piece of news indicates
that he will play an important
part in the Aiken meeting.
It will be recalled that hurdle racing
was revived at the United Hunts
meeting, a step that met with Mr.
Hitchcock's approval. Mr.-^i&rftnt
was responsible, for that, andT if he
has his way, there undoubtedly will
be hurdle racing at Aiken. It is a
humane form of racing, if one may
put it that way, and is less of a strain
- on. horse andirjder than the longer
and more hazardous timber races.
Moreover, it is much easier to prepare
horses for hurdles than for
brush and timber, and naturally more
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Cotton Campaign To
Begin Next Monday
The 1934 Cotton Acreage Reduction
Compaign will begin in all South
Carolina counties on Monday, January
a The Kershaw county meeting
will be held in the Court House in
Camden at 2 p. m. on that date. Arrangements
are being made for one
of the government officials to be present
and assist with the meeting.
Since this is the most important
matter which will confront out farmers
for the coming year, it is highly
advisable thnt every farmer who cap
do so to attend this meeting. Every
farmer should acquaint himself with
the details of the contract for reducing
cotton, acreage in 1934-35.
Many who have studied this contract
carefully are of the opinion that
this is the greatest opportunity our
Cotton farmers have hud in many
years to get on their feet financially.
In fact, it is hard to see how the
terms of the contract could have been
drawn up more favorably for cotton
farmers of this section, and I believe
that the farmers of Kershaw county
generally w4Jl agree with this statement
when they understand the terms
of this contract, which is the purpose
of the meeting to be held in Camden
Monday, January 8. In general, the
man who will not profit by this contract
is the man who does not enter
ThlS-itr and those farmers who fail
to acquaint themselves with the contract
and fail to sign one will a little
later see that they have made a big
mistake and caused themselves a considerable
loss.
Of course the fundamental and underlying
aim of the whole campaign
and cotton program is to reduce the
production of cotton and thereby
cause the price to 'be increased to the
point where the farmers will have a
profit rather than a& annual loss,
which has been the case so often in
the past. Most of our farmers will
find that they can enter into the contract
and be paid a handsome rental
for -not planting cotton- which they
probably did not intend to plant. This
is because farmers in this section
have already reduced their cotton
acreage considerably and since the
contract requires that the farmer reduce
his cotton planted from his 1928
to 1932 average, it is readily seen
that our farmers have already reduced
and the contract is an almost
unbelievable benefit to farmers o
this section while on the other han
the greater part of the reduction will
actually take place west of the Mississippi
River, especially in Oklahoma
and Texas where cotton farmers have
been increasing their acreage* to the
point that many farmers now cultivate
and harvest from 100 to loO
acres of cotton per man by the use
of machinery. This is really an opportunity
for cotton farmers of this
section.- v?
In addition to this big county meeting
at the Court House on January
8, there will also be a number of
smaller community meetings held
over the county from the 9th to 13th
of January, reports Henry D. Green,
county agent.
To Form Cemetery Committee
Rev. J. T. Littlejohn, pastor of Wateree
Baptist church, requests all
persons having loved ones buried in
the Wateree cemetery to meet at the
church Sunday afternoon, January 7,
at six o'clock, for the purpose of
forming a cemetery association.
Mrs Clyburn Dies at Bcthune
Bethune, S. C., Jan. 2.-Mrs. Dana
Clyburn, 66, died at her home near
Beihune early Tuesday morning, December
26, after several months ill
ne^s. She was the daughter of the
late Furman Peeples and Maggie Mc"i?n
Poeplea oi.Lee county, and
widow of W. L. Clyburn. Shewas
a member of the Bethune Presbyterian
church; Mrs. Clyburn possessed
a great love for flowers and all
those things which made homcmore
attractive and homelike. She wa
gracious hostess and devoted mother.
She is survived by one daughter ,
Miss Willie Kate Clyburn, three sons, |
F. H. Clyburn, and Lee Clyburn, *.
H. Clyburn being a member of the |
house of representatives from Lee
county. She is also survived by four
brothers?W. Z. Peeples, L. G. I eeples,
Loring Peeples and Ferrel Peeples,
all of Rochelle, Ga., and other
relatives.. ... . .. .? >tlFuneral
services were held at tne
homo Wednesday morning, conducted
by a former pastor, the Rev. J. M.
For bis, of Gre.t F?ll?, by
the R?v. J.T. N. KwU, the p??nt
pastor of the Bethune Presbyterian
church. The pall bearera werai BW.
Beat, Mack Davii, Alvin Clyburn,
Neil Truesdeli, C. C. Gardner, Jr. and
L. M. Beat. Interment waa in Turkey
Creek cemetery beneath a mound
of lovely c
Speedy Trial Fbr
Wiles Is Planned
Columbia, Jan. 1.?(Finns for a
speedy trial of Robert H. Wiles, con-,
/eased kidnapper and slayer of Hubbard
II. Harris, Jr., developed tonight
when a coroner's jury held the 40year-old
auto mechanic for the crime.
With 'the reading of the inquest
verdict, Solicitor A. Fletcher Spigrier
notified all witnesses to report at
the courthouse next Monday, the first
day of the January term of criminal
court. Spigner indicated he >yould
call the case Tuesday, January 9.
A tensci silence enveloped th^
crowded court room when 0, '.'VUCheatham,
foreman, read the coioner's
jury verdict: ' .
"Wo find that Ilubbard JI, Harris,
Jr., came to his death by blows from
a heavy instrument (a 16-pound bar
of angle iron) in the hands of Robert
H. Wiles."
H. H. Harris, chain store executive
^nd father of the slain 15-year-old
schoolboy, was one ofdthe 12 witnesses
who testified. He identified a
wrist watch taken from the arm of
his son after the slaying,
Harris sat near the front of, the
court room as the parade of other
witnesses reconstructed detail by detaif*the
kidnaping plot.
His manner was grave as Sheriff
T. Alex Heise read Wiles' confession
of how the boy was beaten to death
at a deserted farm house with a
heavy' piece of iron when plans to
extort a $1,000 ransom collapsed.
Wiles, held at the state penitentiary,
was not brought to the inquest.
Neither was the mother of the slain
schoolboy present.
Coroner J. A. Sargeant, assisted by
I.Solicitor A. Fletcher Spigner, sought
through the witnesses to develop
every detail of the crime for his jury
of six men to act upon.
Among those called to the stand
was G. H. Lever, 'one of three'cotton
mill workers who' discovered HubI
bard's body Christmas Day, two days,
i after he had been lured from his
j home with a promise of a job; and
j several employes of the "Thrift
Shop," a charitable agency, in front
ijof which Wiles admitted he picked
up the boy in a borrowed automobile
and drove him to the abandoned farm
in a swamp-edge nine miles from the
city. v
Other witnesses included Eddie
Dixon, negro bootblack, who said he
carried a note from Wiles to Hubbard;
Green Giebner, a youth who
[accompanied Hubbard to the Thrift
| Shop, and Will Kennedy, a negro,
whose automobile Wiles borrowed.
Also testifying was Clayton Abernathy,
,negro, from whom officers
recovered a wrist watch Wilps said
: he cut from the dead youth s arm
with a pair of pliers. Abernathy said
Wiles gave him the watch "as a
present" a few hours after the slay
ing.
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[Attention Kershaw County Baptists
I A very important meeiing will be
j held at the First Baptist church,
j Camden, on Friday, January 12th, at
j 3 o'clock. Let every church in the
' Kershaw association be well repre*
i sented.
I J. T. Littlejohn, Moderator.
Twenty-four Killed
In Two Carolinas!
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Columbia, Dec. 27.?The Yule holi-!
! day brought a total of 21 violent
i deaths to the Carolinas, a compilation
of Associated Press dispatches re-!
vealed today.
The largest toll was taken by aj
grade-crossing crash at Pomona, a
[suburb of Greensboro, N. C. Five
[persons were killed, and a sixth was!
j not expected to recover,
i Five deaths were reported from1
^"Columbia, S. C., and its eftvfirons/
i The slain body of Herbert H. Harris,;
Jr., 16-year-old schoolboy, was found;
in an abandoned house 48 hours after j
he had mysteriously disappeared.
Other fatalities in the Columbia!
area were: Frederick Lee Host,
struck by an automobile driven by j
James A. Hayne, Jr.; Bill Jenkins,*
U. S. C. student, killed in an auto-'
mobile collision; Betty Lou Cartin,
struck by an autpmobfie.
F. M. Howard/ 81, was struck and
killed by an automobile at< Spartanburg.
?AC Manning, S. C., Mose Harvin,
a negro, waa found on a county road
with a broken neck; Charlie Miller,
negro, wu * killed in an automobile
accident at Spartanburg, S. C.
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These Events Made
Best News Stories
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* New York.?The ten most outstanding
and interesting news developments
of 1938, as chosen by J. M.
Kendrick, executive news editor, thp
Associated Press follow:
The Roosevelt administration, including
his inaugural address, the
bank holiday, the monetary policy,
the national recovery act undv other
recovery measures, recognition of
Russia, legalization of beer, repeal of
the 18th umcndment and many other
governmental actions.
The Unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
Roosevelt and the fatal wounding
of Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago
by Zangara at Miami in Feb?Wy.
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* The crash of tne United States dirigible
Akron in the Atlantic ocean
April 4, killing 74, including Read Admiral
William A. Moffott, chief of the
Havy bureau of aeronautics.
The record around-the-world flight
by Wiley Post.
The... California earthquake; which
killed approximately 11G persons and
caused millions of dollars property
damage, in March.
. The lynching of Holmes and Thurmond
in. San Jose following thoir
arrest on charges of kidnaping and
m.v^r/lering Brooke Hart, and the controversy
which was aroused by Governor
Rolph's approval of the lynchH~
The Unlchel, McMath, McElroy,
O'Coniiell, Hamm, and Factor kidnapers,
marked the state and federal
government's drive against kidnapers
and the heavy sentences given the
criminals in the first three cases.
The sudden death of former President
Calvin Coolidge, January 5.
The rise to power of Hitler in Germany
and the controversy caused by
bis treatment of the Jews, withdrawal
from the League of Nations and
Other policies.
I# Huey Long's Sands Point (Long IsAnd,
New York) affair, because it
Was one of the most amusing stories
of the year and kept the country
chuckling for days. s- *
Baptist Church Services
The following services are v announced
at tne First Baptist churcfc
for the week beginning January 7:
Men's prayer meeting Sunday morning
at 9:30; Sunday school with C. O.
Stogner, superintendent in charge, at
10 .o'clock; public worship conducted
by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:16
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject,
"The Backward Look, evening
subject, "The Forward Look." Weekly
teacher's meeting on Tuesday evening
at 7:30. Midweek service on
Wednesday evening at 7:30. Beginning
next Wednesday evening a book
review will be given, using Dr. Bea,
gle's recent book on mission work
among the American Indians. It is
an interesting discussion on Indian
life and customs, also setting forth
the progress of the church among the
red race.' Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday
evening at 7:30. Junior B. Y. P.
; U. Sunday evening at G:30. Regular
monthly deacon's meeting Monday
evening at eight o'clock. The public
is cordially invited to attend all the
services of this church.
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Methodist Church Services
Sunday, January 7, the services at
the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 a. m. All the school
will assemble at bhat hour and the
service will be conducted by Dr. A.
W. Humphries, superintendent. The
classes will convene at 10:20. Preaching
at 11:15 a. m. Theme: "Our Supreme
Lord." Followed by the sacrament
of the Lord's Supper. Preaching
at 7:80 p. m. fheme: "Why
Did (he Rich Man Go j,o Hell?" This
is ^.he finish of a message preached
beforCkthe holidays oiy the Rich Man
an<f Lazarus. ..The^Bible says he waked
ly? in, hell....Why did he go there?.
The ^feuaL ^od/Tnusic will be rendered.?
C. F. ^^imbeHy^Jpor.
Steen Gets Payroll
Governor Blackwood yesterday extended
clemency, in ftie form of a
suspended sentence, to Ernest Steen,
convicted (n Kershaw in July, 1931, of
assault and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and sentenced to
earye five years in prison.
Practically all of the jurors and
many citizens of Kershaw county
signed a petition asking for clemency
for this younfc man of Bethune. He
has served^ more than two y?r? in
prison. She governor suspended the
balance of his sentence during good
behavior.?Wednesday's State. I
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Two Held For
Stealing Autos
With the at rost of Charles Farr
and Ix)uU Farr at Greenwood last
week state highway patrolman Dill
of that place and Ivoo Jenkins of
Lancaster believe that they have in
custody a pair of automobilo thieves
which have stolen a large number of
cars in the central states and the
south during the past few months as
the officers have gotten confessions
from the pair on several cars and
they are quite certain thatHhey can
connect them with the theft of nine
cars.
Officer IVill, formerly located at
Camden but who is now at Greenwood,
made the arreat aftei^ the authorities
at Greenwood had released
the men. Mr. Dill got Mr. Jenkins
to assist him on the case and after
two days of hard grilling the men
confessed.
Mr. Jenkins took the pair to
Greensboro, N. C. on Saturday and
at that place ono of tho most uptodate
sets for changing car numbers
that the officers ever saw was found.
This pair used the electric method
in obliterating tho old numbers and
Patrolman Jenkins _ now has t}us
equipment at his office here. These
men erased the old numbers with an
electric drill instead of filing the
numbers down as it is said that by
applying heat to the engine block old
numbers are comparatively easy to
bring back but that when the electric
method is used it is more difficult. A
complete set of dies used to make
new numbers were found by Mr.
Jenkins in the bedroom of the pair
at Greensboro and these are believed
to have come direct from an automobile
factory.
It is believed that these two men
are connected with an automobile
ring which gets inside information as
new numbers placed.on cars that
they confessed to have stolen were
not similar to any in this part of the
country but were similar to those on
cars on the Pacific co&et. It is also
said that they did not steal any cars
on which a finance corporation had
papers. The officers believe that
they received inside information from
a car stealing syndicate in Chicago
or elsewhere in the middle west.
Suspicion was aroused in Greenwood
last week when one of the Farrs
attempted to sell a car to an automobile
firm. Both men were arrested
and placed in the city jail but
they were released when no evidence
was secured to hold them. It was
then that Officer Dill made the arrest
and called" for Mr. Jenkins. Officer
Jenkins sent their finger prints
to Washington but no word has been
received from the government agency
as yet although the two men admitted
that their finger prints were on
, file in Washington.
i .When first arrested one of the men
gave his name as R. L. Stone and the
other as Roy Stover. It was found
that the former had been living in
Greensboro under the name of Fred
Cleveland and the latter had been
known there as Roy Cleveland. The
two men are originally from Anderson
county and it is said that thoy
come from a respectable family who
reside in tho country near the city
of Anderson. Thoy are now being
held in jail at Greenville.?Lancaster
News.
Bishopville Lady Dead
Bishopville, Dec. 30.?Funeral services
for Mrs. J. S. Corbett, who died
Friday night after a lingering illness
were held today at 11 a. m. in the
Bishopville Presbyterian church. The
body was laid to rest in the adjoining
cemetery. Mrs. Corbett was a
life-long member of the Presbyterian
church. The services were conducted
by her pastor, I)r. D. M. Mclvcr, of
Bishopville, assisted by Dr. II. D.
.Corbett, of Bowling Green, N, C.f and
Dr.-Rt- L.'Gidor, of Mayesville. Mrs.
Cojjhjjtt is survived I>$ her husband,
J. T?^Corbett, and the following children:
Dr. Lacey W. Corbett and Mrs
Jay B. Angevine of Boston, Mass.,
Misses -Susie and Jeannette Corbett
and J. S.-Corbett, Jr., all of Bishopville,
and Mrs. I. B. Mayes of Mayesville,'.
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FaU?kenberry--Ray
A beautiful event on~Salurday evening,
December 23, 1933, at seventhirty
o'clock, was the happy marriage
of Lewis Ray, of the Gates
Ford section of Kersharf county and
Miss Margaret Fatii ken berry, tho attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Faulkenberry, of Heatt* Springs,
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Vandals Damage
Springdale Course
Some time during the night of v ,
j Wednesday of this week vandals made
a round of the pleasure grounds
north and oast of .Camden and did a
large amount of wanton destruction, "
Tho property in and around the
Springdale course was visited, panels
of fencing were knocked down, gates
destroyed und sign posts around the
property placed there by tho"Kign^vay
department were pushed down. Not
only were they pusher! down but i.ie
vandals were not content with that;
they deliberately crushed them.
Leaving the Sprlrigdalo course they
went next to Polo Field Number Two
and thevo destroyed the side boards,
pushed down and broke off tho four
goal posts and drove their heavy car
nil over the re-conditioned polo iluid.
Tho Kirkwood Golf Course did not
escape for they visited it too?diuug
their car over the greens and wrecking
one of the holes.
It seemed in every instance tho car
was used to push tho objects down?
not going at fast speed for feur of
damaging the machine.
City and county forces are working
on the case but up to yesterday
afternoon no report had been made
as to tho progress.
Thomas J. Turner
Dies by Own Hand
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Thomas J. Turner, aged 46, wellknown
citizen of the county, took his
own life near here Friday morning , v
by shooting himself in the head with
a shotgun. His death occurred at his
home, where he resided with his aged
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, near
Meroney Hill. ?
'u He had suffered a long period of .
ill health, with no hope of improvement
and this, it is thought, caused ,
him to end his life. Despite his affliction
he always appeared in a jovial
mood and his friends were shocked
t?>d saddened at his act.
Mr. Turner had (been engaged in
farming up to a few years ago. He
made the race for coroner in the^pst
primary along with numerous others/
His friends said he was always
the life of the party.
Ho is survived by his mother and
three sons and one daughter. Two
brothers also survive?G. W. Turner,
of Prosperity, - and J. B. Turner, of
Calhoun.
His funeral and burial occurred
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock
at Beulah cemetery, services being
conducted by Rev*. John T. Littlejohn.
! To Make Additions
To Camden Hospital
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Considerable improvements are now
under way at the Camden hospital
which will mean the addition of five
j hospital rooms, the erection of a small house
on the property for the care
I of patients suffering from contagious
diseases, replacing of worn out Hours, '* ^
repainting inside and out and also
the repairing and replacing of doors
and windows.
The work will represent an outlay
of around $14,000 and will be furnished
by the Civil Works Adminis,
tration and be under the supervision
of George A. Creed and R. W.
Mitcham, both local citizens. The
work calls for, completion by
the fifteenth of February. When
these improvements are completed it
will put the Camden hospital in a
class with the best in the state. The
hospital was u gift to the City of
Camden by Bernard M. Baruch, noted
New York financier, as a memorial
to his father, the late Dr. Simon
Baruch. Mr. Baruch was born in
Camden and spent his early boyhood
here.
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. Kershaw, Jan. 2.?R. H. Hinson, 58,
farmer of the Flat Creek section of
the county, died at hia home Monday
after an illness of several months.
A small grandchild, John Hunter
Todd, aged 14 months, died an hour
following the death of Mr. Hinson,
and both Were buried in the same c J
casket today j at Flat Creek cemetery,
the Rev. George E. Smith, of
Gheraw^ the Rev. J. B. Caston, of
Camden andthe Rev. J. T. Dabriey^
of Kerahaw being in charge of' the
services. Taxi
and bus drivers of San Joan,
Porto' Rio*, went on a- strike Friday
in protest against the high price of
gasoline, 26 cents a gallon. Traffic
in the city wa? tied up.
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