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VOLUME 48 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1934 NUMBER 43
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Many Visitors Here
For Winter Season
(By Sally Broomell)
Si'iiloui h?s this picturesque town
been-as lively so early in the season,
with visitors arriving daily by motor,
^ rail and airplane and many parties
being given to make their stay in
Camden a pleasant memory.
Mrs. Wv L. Wright gave a bridge,
luncheon and golf party Tuesday for
her house-guest, Mrs*. deWitt Peterkin,
of Great Harrington, Mass.
Bridge took up the moriving, followed
by luncheon and golf in" the afternoon
on the Sarefleld Cflub course.
Among her guests were Mrs. Wallace
I, Keep, Mts; H. G. Marvin, Miss
V Lillian Yates, Mrs. Nancy Zemp, Mrs.
Walter Wbst, Miss Blanchard, Mrs.
Eugene Clark, Mrs. C. V/(. Benton,
Mrs. Alice Marye, Mrs, Aubrey T.
Barnes, of Great Barrington, Maffs.,
. who is spending the season, at Court
Inn; Mrs. Robert M. Smith, of Rye,
N. Y., who is also at Court Inn for
the season; Mrs. J, Dodge Peters, of
New York, at Court.rtInn for the season;
Mrs. Ball and Miss Ball, Mrs.
Karl P. Abbott, Mrs. Oscar Seelye,
of Paoli, Pa., who is at Hobkirk for
the season, and Mr. A. R. Ball.
Miss Ruth Richards, of Greeh Leaf
Villa, ha$ been spending several days
is Boston oh business. ^
Mrs. Ward C. Belcher and her
house-guest, Mrs. 0. F. Monahan,>of
LakeviHe, Conn., left Monday to
spend a week. at Sea Island Beach,
Ga. Before leaving Mrs. Belcher
gave an informal tea for her daughter,
Mrs. Damon deB. Wack.
Michael Burke, of Marlboro, Mass.,
has arrived at the Hotel Kirkwood,
where he passes every winter for
the golf. Mrs. Burke will join him
n February. They have spent
many seasons at the Hotel Kirkwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H. Boyd, of
Southern Pines, have been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Somerville. He
is M. F. H. of the Moore County
Hounds. Noel Laign, the rider, also
is their guest*
Lawrence B. Smith, of Millbrook,
/? L. I., is at Hobkirk Inn for an indefinite
stay after which he will go
to Southern Pines'to join Mrs. Smith,
who is former M. F. H. of the Millbrook
Hunt. v
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Mr. and Mrs. Normal^P. de Moriac,
of Bedford, N. Y., are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy while
looking for a suitable cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lanahan, of
South Orange, N. J., are at the Hotel
Kirkwood for ten days en route further
south.
Karl P. Abbott and G. Elliott Morrison,
of Sayville, L< L, have been
enjoying some good quail hunting
with Mr. Abbott's two noted pointers,
Kirkwood Jeff and Kirkwood Flash.
Miss Ruth Ferguson, of Greenwich,
Conn., has arrived for a visit with
Miss Frances Thord-iGrey at' the
Partridge cottage. ?
Mrs. William N. Ken% of Sewickley,
Pa., and fclue Hills, Me., has started
her series of Sunday afternoon teas
again this season at her charming
home near the Kirkwood.
Mrs. Robert W, Pomeroy enter-,
tained fifty presidents and secretaries
of the Federated Garden Clubs of
South Carolina last Friday at Cedar
Knoll after which there was a lecture
for the entire membership at the auditorium.
by Norman McClintock, of
Rutgers, University, New Brunswick,
illustrated by motion pictures of
birds and growing flowers. Mrs.
Sheffield Phelps, of Aiken, is honorary
president of the organization;
_ Mrs. Pomeroy, president; and Miss
Leila Shannon, of Camden, secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Potter, of
West Warwick, R. I., are at the Kirkwood
for the quail hunting, having
brought several of their bird dogs
with them. Mr. and Mrs, Potter are
equally well .known as Isaac Walton
* devotees, having won many fly casting
and bait easting contests all over
the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Steward, of
Goshen, N. Y., and New York City,
havo taken the Kerr cottage in Green
street.
Augusto Bussemante and Bassett
Bowers, of New York City, landed at
the local airport Monday to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Walton Ferguson. They
are returning to New York after attending
thfc Air Races in Miami.
Apiong; the visitors at the Hotel
Kiiltwood -are: Mr. and Mrs. Henry
T. Stetson, of West Orange, N. Y.,
for ten days; Mrs. J. C. Bay, of
Bridgeport, Conn., ^for the month;
C. U. Bay for a week; Miss Josephine
H. Perfect for a Week,' Jfrs. Wallace
I. Keep, of Loclcport, N. Y? for tha
season.
Among the season guests at the
Hohtkirk are Mr. and Mrs. Walter H.
West, of Middlebjufjgh, Va.; Mr, and
Mrs. A. S. Craven, of Greenwood,
Va.; and Frank H. Conkjiin, of Middlebero,
Mass, ? i
Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward, of Holly
Hedge, has been spending several
days in New York*
Miss Jane Swords gave a small
dinner Thursday evening.
Mrs. John R. Todd returned. fr6m
New York Wednesday a Ad is p)3mning
to leave soon for the . Todd ? plantation
at Brewton, S. C.
SeVeral of the younger set had a
Dutch Treat supper Sunday evening
at the Log Cabin tea-room after the
round robin polo game Sunday, which,
by the way, brought out a splendid
crowd of home folks, cottagers and
hotel guests. Among them were Miss
Helen Savage, Miss Edna Mabee, Mrs.
Damon do B. Wack and her houseguest,
Mrs. Vance MacCauley, of New
York City, Walton Ferguson, Jr., and
his guest, Ernesto Santa Maria, of
Havana, North Fletcher, Matthew
Ferguson, Miss Alice DePass, Dixie
Boykin and Augusto Bussemante and
Bassett Bowers, of New York City,
whoare en route to New York by
plane after attending the Air Race
in Miami^.. They expect -to return to
Camden' next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. Abbott entertained
for Mr. and Mrs. G. Elliott
Morrison, of Sayville, L. I., and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond L. Forman, of
New York, at a steak-roast last Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward ;H. Delafield,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dahn, of Darien,
Conn., and Charles H. Theriot, of
New York City, spent the week end
at-ihe Kirlrwood en . route further.
South. Miss Jane Swords had Sunday
dinner with them.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wheeler, of
Albany,, were ^over-night guests Monday,
at the Kirkwood and were with
Mrs. Edmund T. Krumbholz and Mist
Kl&ra Krumbholz, 'also of Albany.
The Wheelers, who are en route to
Orlando for the winter, were accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. James 8.
House, of New York, who will spend
tjje winter in Miami.
Thomas H. Blodgett, head of ? the.
Chiclet company,, and Mrs. Blodgett, ;
of New York City,, have left Court
Inn for their winter noma in Pasa- ,
dena, OaL 1
Mr. and Mrs. G. U. Burdett, of
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Gene Sammarco To
Play Here For Ball
Gene Sammarco, formerly first violinist
of the Los Angeles Symphony,
has been most generous in contributing
the services of his orohestra, the
Califoraians, for the President'*
Birthday Ball in aid of the Whrm
Springs Foundation, to be held in the
armory hall on Monday evening, January
?9. A previous engagement
prevents them from playing here on
January 30 when other balls for the
Foundation will be held all over the
country. ,
Gene Sammarco and his GalifornI
ians are exponents and purveyors of
the smooth, flowing rhythms and
slower tempos, whicfi the setting the
[trend of American music today, and,
in the modern manner, utilizing the
instruments which interpret the upto-the-minute
fashion in dance music,
violins woodwjMs and piano accordians.
After careful consideration as to
how his smooth melodies would be received
in the East, and arranging an
itinerary of the smarter places enroute,
including the Drake Hotel, in
Chicago; The Ship Cafe, Milwaukeee;
^.ddison Hotel, Detroit; the orchestraopened
the fashionable Seven Gables
Inn in Milford, Conn., last May and
was an instantaneous success. In rapid
succession came such outstanding
engagements in the East as at M. I.
T. Proms, Boston; Holy Cross Proms;
Harvard, Yale, Hazel Park Club Bancroft
Hotel, Worcester, Mass.; Black
and Gold Boom, Holyoke, Mass; Palace
Restaurant, Old Orchard; Rosewood
Gardens, Taunton, Mass., and
four weeks on the Keith Theatre circuit
in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Now Gene Sammarco and his Californians
are coming South with their
modern music, costumes, five vocalists,
trio and quartette,* their smart
novelties- and thirty , instruments.
Trumpets, trombones and saxaphones
if you prefer the "hot" numbers. Violins,
clarinets, accordians and flutes
for the smooth fox trots, waltzes and
tangos. They can be booked through
the Southern Entertainment Bureau,
Florence, S. C.
I.*,1*!.11 ,r"""! ?r? "i" u..1 - - -Cotton
Acreage
Sign-up Begins
Clemson* College, Jan. 6.?Beginning
January 8 the cotton farmers of
South Carolina are being asked \o
sign contracts to reduce the planted
acreage next season to approximately
1,149,000 acres, in a Southwide program
to restrict total plantings to
25,000,000 acres.
Under the provisions'of the 198435
cotton acreage adjustment contracts
of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, South Carolina cotton
planters will receive in reptal and
benefit payments next year approxi-.
mately $7,360,000 if a 40 per cent reduction
of the five-year average of
the annual acreage planted to cotton
is achieved.
Chester C. Davis, administrator of
I the A. A. A., makes the following
statoment regarding the 1934-35 cot-:
ton acreage reduction contract:
I "It is a fair contract that offers
'to the producer an adequate compen-I
sation for making this reduction, and
protecting as far as possible the interests
of all involved. It is absolutely
necessary that the-production
of cotton be reduced next season if
producers are to receive a decent
price for their crop. Through this
program we are aeeking^to achieve
a reduction in production next year
that will bring us nearer to the balanced
situation that is necessary f if
cotton is to bring a fair price, .^The
administration has every confidence
that the cotton farmers will unite
under this program and take the second
step in adjusting production."
The average annual cotton acreage
in South Carolina during th4 base
period was 856,000 bales.
Under the 1934 cotton reduction
plan, South Carolina farmers would
receive in the form of rental payments,
if the reduction of 40 per cent
is achieved. $5,725,000. The "parity
payment" of at least one cent per
pound on the farm allotment, on the
basis of a 40 per cent reduction,
would total $1,635,910 for . South
j Carolina, on a total farm allotment
of 342,000 bales.
Dr. W. W. Long, director of the
Extension Service, urges all farmers
and business men to attend the
county and community meetings being
held this week to initiate the
campaign and get clear comprehensive
understanding of the whole program
and then lend their hearty cooperation
to forward thin plan of the
President for agricultural betterment.
"At the community meetings it is
our intention," says R. W.^Hamilton,
Assistant to the director, in charge of
the campaign details, /to put all
Hooded information in 'walking distance'
of every farmer; then it is
up to the farmer for his'cooperation,
without which there can be no
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Boy Scout Notes
The Viking Patrol met at the home
of Ralph Stevenson last week and,
after business was concluded, the
host served delicious refreshments. .
A contest was enjoyed, all taking
part in it. - i",T~
~ Officers were elected as follows:
Jack " Villepigue, assistant - patrol
leader; Douglas Wooten, treasurer,
Bill DeLoache, scribeThis
patrol is a newjytformed one
and is doing fine.
Bill DeLoache, Scribe.
A Japanese cherry tree at Seattle,
Wash* is reported - as being in full
bloom now. They usually bloom in
April and May. A
Beautiful Tribute
Worthily Bestowed
There are now hanging on the wall
of the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church Sunday school auditorium the
pictures of three noble men, who.
served this Sunday- school through a
long period of years?C. W. Birchmpre,
who fcas directly connected
with the school *a'tf"lea?h?r atfd superintendent
for over forty years;
Dr. Prank M. Zemp, who was the superintendent
for about twenty-five
years,* and George A. Rhame, who
was the treasurer of the school for
over twenty years. These pictures
are beautifully fr%med and on each
is a silver plate bearing the name and
dates of birth and death.. This tribute
was planned and executed. by
M. M. Reasonover, the former superintendent
and the work waa dona by
J.*M. IJoffer, of the Hoffer Jewelry
Company. "Hie good that men do
live a3ftat So true in this
Mary McCoy Wins
National Canning
Mary McCoy, member of the Midway
441 Clvrb, won first place and
tirand Ohumpionship on a can of
soup mixture in the Hazel-Atlas Canning
Contest held in Chicago \|?st
month. This ia the first time that a
South Carolina club girl has been so
honored. \
But doing outstanding ththgs is not
unusual for Mary. She was president
and valedictorian of her class.
She went to school eight years without
missing a day, and has the distinction
of never missing ^an hono*^
ttoll. She likes athletics and was a
star on the bhskot ball team. At
present she is taking a commercial
course at the llartsvillo high school.
Mary is. the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. McCoy, of Cassatt.
The following is Mary's club story:
"While Mrs. Boykin was Honie
Demonstration Agent, I longed to
join the 441 Club, but was not old
enough to become a member. My
mother was a club member and some
of the older girls in our community
were 4-H Club girls. This aroused
my interest in club woak and I decided
then, when I reached the age of
ten, I wpuld join the 4-H club.
"Miss Burgess, the new agent,
came to our school to organize the
-4-H Club, I joined the clothing club.
During the year I began to sew for
myself and canned the required amount
6f fruits and vegetables to be
a club member. In the Fall I exhibited
some of my sewing and twelve
! cans of canned products at the County
Fair. Much to my astonishment I
won three dollars as a prize for my
sewing exhibits, but did not win anything
on my canned products. This
was very encouraging to me, although
I did not win on my fruit,
and I decided to work * harder and
can better the following year.
"I joined the room improvement
club, and much to my surprise was |
elected secretary of the club. Again
I worked hard, improving my room,
| and canning my fruits and vegetables.
I At the County Fair I exhibited again
and won first prize on my fruit and
various other prizes on my sewing.
I felt as though I had really accomplished
something since I had so
greatly improved my room.
"The next year I began to lose interest
in the club since it became impossible
for the agent to any longer
have the meetings at the school house.
But that year I canned my fruit and
tried to continue my club work th>
best I could,
"In the Fall, Miss Craig, the new
haim demonstration agent, came to
our school and re-organized a club.
All my lost energy was revived and 1
became very -interested in club work
again and joined the gardening and
canning club. I joined this club in
hopes of learning more about canning.
We had many demonstrations
and I learned lots about canning. I
again entered the contest at the
County Fair. I came out victorious,
winning first prize on my fruit. During
that year-1 sold vegetables which
1 had raised in my garden. I added
this to my saving fund. I also put
out shrubbery and other plants to
help beautify my home.
"Last Fall I joined the food club
when Miss Craig . re-organized the
clobe.:' Again I was elected an officer
?president or my, club.explained
the importance of food,
telling what a -great part H played
in our health, and I saw I did not
eat as I should. I very seldom ate
any vegetables because I didn't like
them, and I did not get the needed
minerals for the up-keep of my body.
1 ate too many sweets and not enough
fruits. My greatest fault, as I realize
now, was not taking the proper
care of my teeth. I very seldom
brushed tihem and now they seem to
be "off-color" despite the Care I take
-of them. I resolved then and there
to turn over a new leaf in my "Health
Book" and earnestly try to improve
my health.
"Some times one thinks club work
is all work, but there is lots of fun
even in work, when thinking of the
good times that are had during the
County Short Courses which are reward*
of work well done. Achievement
Day is another day lodked forward
to by club members. Each year
I have attended the Short Courses.
We have lota of fun during these
courses ? playing games, singing
songs, swimming, making many interesting
things for our home. I have^
wall pockets, sofa pillows, scarfs,
cassis, silhouetted- and a number of
other useful Aouvenim that I have
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mad* it tfct ilwrt eowm each summar.
"My saving fund I had saved is a
neet egg to go to college. But my
savings wore so small thai I'm using
it to talcs a commercial course, in
hopes of attending college at a future
datje."'
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State-Wide Pageant
To Be Staged Here
A statewide and countywide beauty
pageant will be staged in the high
school auditdrium here on Friday,
January 20th, at 8 o'clock. *
Who will be "Miss Camden?" "Who
will be "Miss Kershaw County?"
Who will be "Miss South Carolina?"
Come out and see.
Extensive preparations hia'C txjen
made for the .statewide and local
Merchants' Beauty Pageant, jyhcn
more than ono hundred girls will go
on dress parade in an extravaganza
that will fill the auditorium.
^ Out-of-town judges will decide who
is tho most beautiful girl in Camden
and she will be crowned "Miss Cam-,
den." Next will be chosen "Miss
Kershaw County." These two girls
will then enter tho competition, with
the winners from other cities for the
decision of out-of-the-state judgos, to
decide who will be chosen "Miss
South Carolina."
"Miss South Carolina" will be given
a trip to 'New York, Niagara Falls
and later go to Atlantic City, where
she will enter the National contest to
try for the title of "Miss America
11)34."
This contest is being sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary of
Camden and great interest is being
taken in it. Each merchant, is to be
represented by a young lady of their
choice.
j" > Bishop Thomas at Hagood Sunday
Bishop A. <S. Thomas will make his
annual visitation to the Church of the
Ascension, Hagood, this Sunday, January
21st, at 11:80 a. m. He will
preach and' administer confirmation.
Everyone is invited to., attend.
Cassatt Baptist Church
iServices at the Cassatt Baptist
chuqph for next Sunday will -be as
follows. Sunday school at 10 o'clock
with O. G. Hatfield as superintendent,
j Preaching at 11 o'clock by the pastor J
H. C, Morrison. The pastor and congregation
invite you to worship with
them.
Baptist Church Services
The following services arc^ announced
for the week begining January
21 at the First Baptist church:
Men's prayer meeting at 0:30 Sunday
morning p Sunday school at 10:00
o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent
in charge; public w,or ship
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 teachers meeting
Tuesday evening at 7:30. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening
at 7:30. Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday
evening at 6:30. The public is Cordially
invited to attend all the services
of this church.
Processing Tax C^nged
Congressman J. P. Richards, along
with other southern Congressmen,
held a lengthy hearing before Mr.
Savoy and other authorities of the
Agriculture Department at eight
o'clock Wednesday evening in the interest
of eliminating the processing
tax on the sale of dressed hogs by
farmers who are not engaged as a
business in the slaughtering and sale
of pork. A request was m;?,ae that a
thousand (1,000) pounds dressed pork
exemption be allowed in this matter,
as many small farmers who have
only a few hogs to sell for pocket
dhange would be unjustly penalized.
The representatives of the Agriculture
Department finally agreed to recommend
that the &le of eight hundred
(800) pounds ' per year of
dressed meat be exempted before the
processing tax would be imposed, with
the understanding that if over thirteen
hundred pounds per year were
sold by any one that the tax would
apply as before required to any and
i all -'poundage sold. Congressman.
I Richards became active in this matter.
wihen he received protests against
the processing tax from some of the
; markets and farmers of his District.
Ed Wall, of Winston-Salem, N. C.,
attempted to collect a $2 debt from a
friend. He will spend five years in
prison thinking it over, as he used a
pistol in his attempt at collection.
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Many Offer To f
Serve On Council
Tho Chronicle is today carrying a
long list of candidates, some seeking
re-election?others offering for their
first time.
Frank Mayer, a half-brothel of
former counc ilman W. L. Jackson, has
announced from Ward One, as have
C. V. Massebeau and M. Billings.
There are others mentioned from this
Ward.
In Ward Two "George A. Greed, ^
W. B. Porter and W, C. Scarborough v
will make the race.
In Ward Three iF. N. McCorklo
and John T. Lanoy are offering for *
tho position held for two terms by
S. W. VnnlrfuuHngham.
Leon t&chlosburg is seeking re-election
ahd the name of C. C. Whitaker,
Sr., is announcod for tho same office
in Warti Four.
Henry Suvage, Jr., present alderman
from Ward Five, will have T. V.
Walsh, Jr., as his opponent.
J. E. Ross, present alderman from v r^!
Ward Six, is being opposed by Mon'del
L. iSmith, Jr.
The election comes in March and
meetings of tho citizens of the six
wards will soon be called for organization.
A secretary will have to be
named to succeed the late C. W.
Evans and a complete ne# registration
of all voters will have ?to be
made.
Anniversary Services
Mt. Mori ah Church
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* Bev. J, W. Soykin, pastor of Mt.
Moriah Baptist church, is planning
his anniversary-services to be held on
Sunday, January 28. On that date
the church will bo sixty-eight years
of age and has the unique distinction
of having had only two ptfstors in
I that length of time. His' father, the *<*: { ,
Rev. Monroe Boykin, established the
kjhurch and served as its pastor until
pis death. His son succeeded him
and has served continuously since.
At 3:30 in the afternoon the main
(gpture of the anniversary will be the
jubilee songs that are always inspir-,
ing, haying come* down to Us as ^
rejiic of slavery?old plantation mel*
odies. The anniversary addresi' will
be made by Judge Mendel L. Smith,
of Oamden, who never fails to interest.
. :^J1h
At 8 o'clock at night short address- ,
ok on the condition and progress of
the church will be made. The officers
land deacons serving with Rey. Boykin
are T. M. McLester, clerk; Ben
Jenkins, treasurer and Ben Jenkins/
T. M. McLester, Isaac Doby, Damon
JLawson, William Boykin, James Gijr- V
jtaiir and William Brooks hs deacons.
Attended Funeral in Savannah
Judge and Mrs. Mendel L. Smith,
Mr. and* Mrs. W. W. Bates, Misses - ^ViSgH
Minnie Clyburn, Tillie Geisenheimer,'. '
and Gus Hirsch nttendef the funeral
of Moses Smith, prominent business
man, who died in Savannah, Ga.f on
Wednesday. Mr. tSmith spent many
years in Camdep where he had a host
of friends. He is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Clementina Clyburn, for- '
merly of Camden, ,but now of iSavan- .
Methodist Church Sunday V
Services in the Lyttleton Street
Methodist church Sunday will be as
I follows:- Sunday school opens at 10
promptly by Dr. A. W. Humphries,
the superintendent. The devotional .
I period wijl be in tbe main auditorium
amfr will last for' twenty minutes.
The classes then *o to their
own departments. Preaching by the
pastor at 11:16. Subject, "How Shall
We Escape I" .Special music, violin
solo by .Newell Wimberly, with the
choir. Preaching at 7:30. Subject,
"What Christ Mtfma ttrTJK"?Out .
J night congregation ir growing And It
I should continue to grow. We want
to put the best we have in the night
I service.?C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. .-t
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Death at Mill Village
J Adison Jones Kenningtop, 59-yearold
textile operative, died at his resi- . 1
dence in the Hermitage mill village
Friday. Mr. Kennington was born in
Lee county, near Bishqpville and
moved to Camden about fourteen
years ago. He is survived by his ; JmH
widow, two daughters god one son. |
He was a member of the Hermitage
Baptist church. The funeral and * I
burial occurred at Mt< Elort Baptist