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'-.v ' :' : ". ". ' :\ ; ' . >> . ' 'y The Camden Chronicle lj? iiiii.w.iiii, lawggawa ,ii, i i i n i i i scggBsggBsgag?a~-g^^ ij.? n n .... , .1 u ?x. 1 11 inwiiii w 1 - 1 - I .11.nuJ..Hi.pi. ,i 1 hw VOLUME 4B CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 26, 1934 NUMBER 44 I Hunters And Hounds 1 Are Frequently Seen I * (By Sally Rroomell) The clop-clop of cantering hunters and the clarion call of the hounds i as the field and pack emerge into the open lanes is a frequent scene of life | and color which contrasts cheerfully with, the background of quiet meadows and tall whispering pines in picturesque rural Oamden. The schedule of the Camden Hunt Hounds next month is as follows: I January 26 at The Kennels; on January 80 at Oool Springs; on February 2 on property of Carroll Bassett; February 6 at The Cabin, Fairview Plantation, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. John L, Weeks; February 0, Mulberry Plantation, the home of Mr, and Mrs. David R. Williams; February 13, at The Kennels; February 16, Chesnut Ferry Road. Camden, which has always taken the lead in* steeplechase and hunter trials is also making a name for iton the polo fields. "Polo," the 9 magazine of guthqjnty on the sport, contains two ipfberesting articles aI bout polo it\ Camden in the current I sue ? one by Henry Savage, Jr., young Camden attorney, and the oth er entitled "Winners at the Hunt "9 Races." | j Mr. Savage's article tells the story I of how several local young men bei came interested in polo, training their I own horses and practicing at sunrise . in a pasture. j ; "Winners at the Hunt Races" men! I tions several leaders in hunting and I racing, moat of whom have spent winters in Oamden.- The three leadj I era are listed as Mrs. T. H. Someri I ville, of^Montpelier Station, Virginia, I owner of eighty-five horses, who has the old Prootor place here; Oarroll K. ! Bassett, champion gentleman jockey, j I and W. D. Cleland, owner of Passive, I the bay. mare .with eight victories to I her credit, three more than her near/ 9" est rival. ^ I t Commenting on the articles,' a well I known Camden resident says: "Mrs. S I Somerville is .mentioned as the winI' ner of all-time records in owning j I champion horses. She has been en, I tering horses in Camden for several seasons. Riders are divided into two . classes just as there are {two classes j I in golf, tennis or any sport. Bassett I is the Bobby Jones of'^the steeple|| chase riders. The amateurs are ! | classed as gentlemen riders, which is I hard on the professional crowd." j "The champion has been dividing 9 his time between Camden and Sum\ | mit, N. J.>- since he was a boy. His I father owns lovely old "Goodae GasI tie" in Camden. The champion horse, I Passive, is an Irish-bred horse, which | goit its real training in Camden. ' B There is harHJy f rider*-owner-or J horse mentioned in the "Polo" article I that has notdbeen identified with racI ing in Camdleh." ; ; Mrs. Myron C. Wick, Jr., of 1 II Youngstown, Ohio, give a hunt I breakfast after the semi-weekly drag I hunt at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J<&n R. Todd, in honor of | Mrs. Paul McElevey and Miss Eliza beth Wick, of .Youngstown,, who are ; I spending two weeks here. Among 9 her guests were Miss Viola Winmill, I of Warrenton, Va.; Miss Ruth Ferguson, of Greenwich, Conn.; Miss J. M. I Somerviile, Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. I Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll P. Bas-^ I sett, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Chase, / _ij9 Mrs. Lucy P. Deans, Mrs. Lamont | Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. 1 DuBose, Jr., North Fletcher, Miss Frances Thord-GTey, Mr. and Mrs. fl Harry D. Kirkover, Mrs. Charles Gr. I Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mafl boo, Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght Partridge, ?|9 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Russell, Miss I Jane Swords, Dr. and Mrs. Oscar I Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Tucker, I Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams Mr. -'r. n an(l Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward, Mr. 19 and Mrs. Caleb Whitaker, Jr., Mr. I and Mrs. Walter West, Mr. and Mrs. , I John L. Weeks, Mrs. W.-L. Wright. The Camden Polo Team, including I K. Watson Pomeroy, Kirby Tupper, I Charles L. Little, Mendel L. Smith, I Jr. and Walton Ferguson, 3rd, made 1^9 a good showing at the games in SaI v&nnah over the week-end. The score I on Saturday was 8-4 in f*vor of the 9 118th Artillery team and on Sunday I 3-0 in favor of Cfcmden. Mrs. Harry Cram, of Bluffton, 3. C., presented I silver cups to ibembers of the SaI v?nnah team which made the large* ? I number of^oals. Among those from I Osmden who attended the gpmes Jf? Mrs Wateon Pomeroy,7 Mrs. Kirby Tapper, Matthew Ferguson, I Miss Satan Kennedy, Miss Phyllis ^ Otrrison, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brans. I ?*vsrsl tees and dances wsra given in'honor of the Camdep team. The Savannah .team will come here February 3 and 4. ^ Frank E. Potter of West Warwick, R. I., who with his wife is spending: a month at The Kirkwood, is having: great lucjc with his quail shooting/ Mr. Potter brought in six yesterday. Both Mr. and Mrs. Potter are noted as hunters and in fishing, having won prizes all over the country in fly-, casting and baiting contest. The rarf beauty of Court: Inn and its famous gardens lures its guests to return season after season. Some of the latest arrivals are Judge and Mrs. George Henderson, M,r. and Mrs. David E. Williams, Mr. and STra. Henry H. Ellison, all of Philadelphia, and George L. Taylor, of Great Barrington, Mass. E. B. White of the New Yorker magazine is 'spending a week there. The kickers handicap and tea for the women Tuesday at the Sarsfield Golf Club wns a great success. Mrs. J. Dodge Peters was the winner. The committee in charge of these weekly events includes Miss Alice Ball, Mrs. deWitt Peterkin, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Karl P. Abbott and Mrs. W. L. Wright. Next week's event will be held on The Kirkwood course. Mr. and Mrs; Lawrence D. Smith, of Millbrook, L. I., who have been visiting at the Hobkirk, have returned1 to their place, "The Paddock," at Southern Pines for the remainder of the hunting season. S. K. Legare, of Washington and Simsbury, Conn., accompanied by William Street, noted steeplechase rider, have arrived at Hobkirk Inn. They plan to work over the Springdale Course in preparation for the steeplechase on February 22 and get in some quail hunting. General And Mrs. Francis Peabody, of Boston, arrived today at the Hotel Kirkwood for the season. Miss Caroline Richardson gave a dinner Saturday evening for Ernest Allen, of New York City, who has been spending a few days at Hobkirk Inn. Mr. Allen is southeastern representative for the Central Hanover Bank. ' ' . *? Col. Erickson, of Washington, D. C., is visiting Col. and Mrs..Clark Williams at "The Cedars and The Pines." . Mrs. John L. Weeks, of Morristown, N. J., and daughter, Mrs, David Stone, have returned from a visit in Pahn Beach with Mr. and Mfs. Robert Appleton. , Among those seen daily on the briHe-paths through the pines are Henry Lanahan, of Sooth Orange; H. O. > Colebrook, of Toronto; Mrs. Frank E. Potter, of West Waiwick, R. I/; Mr., a-nd Mrs. Cecil B._Turner, of New York City. Miss Olive Whittredge gave a tea Sunday at her lovely home in Kirkwood Lane after the polo game, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. DuBose, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings Thomas had a tea party of seven on Thursday afternoon, January 18th, at the Old Mill Tea Room, near Boykin. The gueats were Mrs. Woods Robinson, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Mrs. Charles O. Knight, Mrs. Howard Dews, Miss Emma Lucas and Mr#. A. Dalton Kennedy. Thursday evening entertaining at the Old Mill Tea Room was Mr. Legare, of Washington, D. C? and Warronton, Vs., when he entsrtefr'nl H"* guests at a stag party. J f Men's Bible Class Has Oyster Supper Oheer and good fellowship reached highwater mark last Tuesday night at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church when eighty men assembled in ''Wimberly Hall" where a three course oyster dinner was served. Besides there were eight regular member*, who, because of illness and out-of-town duties, could not be there. This plan had been under consideration for some time, and it was staged and went over with a bang. This class, ranging around eighteen to twenty in attendance sortie time ago, has now jumped to an enrollment of sixty-five and with good prospects of going up and up, as all those who attended the dinner signed up to become permanent members. The committee headed by A. C. Drawdy and A. Leonard Mayer, got the vote of the entire crowd for the fine service rendered. The service was not skimpy, but everyone was given all he could eat of the choice sea food, and in any style'4 he wanted them. Celery, pickles and coffee were also served. Under the pTannmg of Ernest C. Zemp a musical program of pep and religious songs was rendered including violin solos by Newell Wimberly, accompanied by Mrs. Jas. Gandy. The leading speaker of the evening was Dean D. D. Peele, of Columbia college, and with him was Rev. M. Li Banks, pastor of College Place church. Speeches of inspiration were made by Dr. A. W. Humphries, W. RObin Zemp and the pastor. T. V. Walsh, Jr., president of the class presided When Dr. Wimberly took over the task of teaching this class the attendance was rarely Over 20; but within the two months he has been teaching it has grown to a great organization and the prosipects now are that it will reach at least seventy-five average attendance. Teams have been organized with Fred Bryant and W. R. DeLOache as the captains for keeping up the attendance. " 1?II, .... I U'l ' - -- . Jurors Are Drawn For Court Service Grand and petit jurors were drawn Tuesday by the jury commissioners. The Grand jurors will serve, for the year while the petit jurors will serve for the first week of, the February term of m*iminal court, which convenes on^wlonday morning', February 12, with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aikert, presiding. Hughey Tindal, B. A. Brown, J. R. West, F. N. Gay, W.T. Holley and W. L. Jackson were hold-overs from last year's list of grand jurors. Mr. Jackson having died since that time his successor will bo drawn at the next regular term, of court. Others to serve on the grand jury will be L. C. Clyburn, C. K. McDowell, C. V. Hammond, D. G. Joye, Victor Ward, M. G. King, N. P. Gettys, T. P. Brown, Eugene T. Pearce, R. M. Perry, Ira B. Catoe and S. L. Crolley. Jurors drawn to serve for the fir&t week are: J. D. Bailey, ,L. C. Paschal, of Blaney; Chas. W. Nuite, W. J. Mayfield, H. C. Arrants, J. C. Gillis, J. L. Williams, L, J. Sparrow, Ferris Sheheen, L. A. Campbell, John Whitaker, Thornie T. Truesdale, Ernest West, of Camden; E. D. Dabney, of Cassatt; S. R. Johnson,* Jleyward Knight, A. J. Hunter, Ben Baker, J/T. Gay, J. J. West, ,S. F. Williams, J. Q. Roberts, B. F. Gregory, J. E. Sowell, L. R. Vincent, of Kershaw; H. A. Hawkins, C. ,L. Rabon, Abe Rabon, Fletcher ^Kelly, of Lugoff; Daniel Reddick, L. W. Raley, Lonnie Stephens, of Bethune; H. -S. Higgins, C. C. Stroupe, J. H. Clements, of Liberty Hill; T. F. McDowell, of Westville. Credit Association Ready To Operate The offices of the Kershaw Production Credit Association in Kershaw I are now open and ready to serve the j farmers. Both Lancaster and KerI shaw counties are covered by this j association. The offices are located in the Bank of Kershaw building, on the second floor. It is of vital importance $hdt the farmers see the inspector! in their respective territories and put th#r applications in with them. The inspectors have been provided1 with the necessary information and material for doing this work and are now "waiting to iill in the applications. If any question arises that cannot be satisfactorily answered by an inspector it is not necessary to call at the main offices in Kershaw. - If the farmer will write a brief letter to the Kershaw Production Credit Association, the information will be sent to him as quickly as possible. Applications are being received each day, and it is for the individual farmer's best interest that Re get an application in as soon as possible, so there will be plenty of time to get his application properly attended to and to avoid any rush. . 1 Dr. Kinard Speaker Dr. James Kinard, president of Newberry College, was guest speaker for the Kershaw County Teachers' Association Thursday afternoon, January 25th. Dr. Kinard is one of the most able speakers and a young man of great influence in educational circles. He also addressed the Rotarians on the same date. Services at Bethany Services at Bethany, Westville, Sunday will be: Sunday school 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 o'clock by Rev. H. H. Eargle, of St. Matthews. The public is cordially invited to come and worship with us. H. B. Gaskin. J. Luther Moseley Claimed By Death ' j." i i . w Friends throughput the oity and .county were surprised and so/rowed Sunday to know that'James Luther Moseley, well-known life-long, citizen of this county had passed away at the Camden hospital, following a pneumonia attack of short duration. Mr. Moseley had not been in good health for a number of years and his physical condition yielded quickly to the disease. He was a son of tho late George W. Mosolcy and Laura Barnes Moseley, and was born in this county fifty-six years ago. For many years he made his home at Spring Hill in Lee county but pfoved to Camden some twenty years ago where he engaged in the cotton and fertilizer, business. For a number of years he met with marked success, but like many others, had suffered financial reverses, and had recently retired from this lino of business./ He was a good father and husband. and had reared a family of nine children, giving them the best of educational facilities and he carried on to the end. He had a pleasing personality and made friends readily. He took a lively interest in sports and in years gone by, nlong with several syssociates, promoted one of the best aemiJprofessional baseball teams in thtf^tate. In 1900 he was married to Miss Nellie Britton, of 'Spring Hill, and from this union, along with the widow, survive the following children: J. L. Moseley, of Union; L. A. Moseley, of Winston-Salem; A. R. Moseley and E. S. Moseley, of Walterboro; F. EX Moseley and, C. W. Moseley, of Ca'mfien; Misses EJvolyn Moseley and Genejvieve Moseley, of Columbia; and Laurb Moseley, of Camden. Three brotHers also survive; they are R. L. Moseley and G, A. Moseley of Camden, *and J. H. Moseley, of BishopPille. ' He had wide family connections and jhis funeral, which' was held at St. John's Methodist church, Spring Hill, 'Monday afternoon, was largely attended by relatives and friends from three counties. He was a member of Bethesda Presbyterian church, of Camden, and his funeral was conducted by Rev. A. Douglas McArn, his pastor, assisted by Rev. J. B. Caston, of Camden, and the pastor at Spring Hill. A large delegation of Camden friends accompanied the funeral cortege Death of Jack J. Owens ?Weetville, J3. C., Jan. 20.?Jack J. Owens, aged i59, died at his home in the DeKalb community January 16. Mr. Owens had been in bad health for the >past several years and was in a serious condition with heart trouble for the past several months. He received the best medical and nursing attention during his long illness but nothing could help him. Funeral services were conducted at his home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. J. B. Caston, of Camden, burial taking place at Bethany \ Baptist church, Westville. Mi1/ Owens was a native of this community and spent his entire life here with the exception of several years spent in Florida. He was wellknown in his community and his death has caused much grief among his friends and relatives. He was kind, honest and courageous and was liked by all who knew^hn. Besides his wife, ' wnb was Miss Anna Clark, of this community, he is survived by the following children: Karl. Owens, of Kershaw; Clyde, Ralph, Hoyt, Anna Ruth and Minnie Mae Owens, of this community. Ho is also survived by several brothers and sisters: W. H. Owens, J. T. Owens, D. F. Owens, M. P. Owens, Mrs. G. D. Truesdale, Mrs. Sam Truesdale and Mrs. G. C. Rush, Sr., all of this community. Baptist Church Services The ^following services are ananViounced for the week, beginning January 28 at the First Baptist church: Men's prayer meeting Sunlfc day morning at 9:30; public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p..m. Morning subject: "Workers Together;" evening subject: "Childten of God." Weekly teachers' ^nesting Tuesday evening at 7:30. Midweek service 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. j ^ The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Newell Wimberly ie to render special music at the services Sundey. Boonetown Negro i Dies From Bullet Charlie Brown, 27-year-old negro, died at the Camden hospital Sunday < from pistol wounds received about 1 eight hours previous, said to ha\? t been fired by Steve Langley, white i man, who conducts a small sYoro in t the Boonetown aecttion. . ! An inquest was held Sunday after- 1 noon by Coroner Julian B. Rush, as- i sisted by Sheriff Mcleod and Deputy I Cooley, and Langley was .ordered held i by 'the verdict. Not much informa- 1 tion could be gathered, because it is 1 said there had been a general drunken frolic and those who saw anything i were eithor too drunk or scared to 1 tell. 1 What did come out, however, was < that Langley was trying to eject an j obnoxious white mnn from his store, < and, it is said, attempted to strike i him over the head with his pistol t when the weapon fired and Brown fell < as an innocent bystander. The bullot I found lodgement in Brown's shoulder < and ranged ^downward. * Beauty Pageant To ; Be Staged Tonight. < A Beauty Pageant, glamorous in j every detail, will be staged here at the school auditorium this evening, Friday, January 26th, at 8 p. m. 1 This pageant is being sponsored by 1 the American Legion Auxiliary and ( backed by the merchants of the city. 1 Camden will take great pri,de and pleasure in presenting their own fair daughters and thib is an opportunity to see a pageant of beauty, dignity 1, and grace, so don't fail to come. ^ ^ After the local pageant there will I be a statewide one* the girls who won ^ first place in their home towns taking ^ part, the winner in Camden taking part also. j After the pageant is over there will be a reception and danco at thb LC- I ^ gion Hall, DeKalb street, honoring the visiting girls, to be. given by the , Legion. Auxiliary. jj Anniversary Services Sunday 1 Bev. J. W. Boykin, in behalf of the j Mt. Moriah Baptist church, requests us to again remind the church-going public and their friends that their < church will be sixty-eight years of age next Sunday. They are planning an interesting anniversary service? < chief of which will be. the address by h Judge Mendal L. Smith at 8t30 o I clock. Jubilee melodies of plantation songs will entertain visitors and congregation alike and they issue a cordial invitation to white and colored as well to enjoy these services. Mrs. Adkins Buried Here Mrs. Mary E. Adkins, 69, widow of William Adkins, of Camden, diedy at her residence, 1417 Victoria avenue, in Columbia Wednesday morning following an illness of three years. For the past thirty-five years she had resided in Columbia apd was a devout Christian and one of the oldest members of the Arsenal Hill Presbyterian I church. ' . The funeral services were held from J that church at 10:80 o'clock and the 'burial followed in the Quaker ceme| tery in Camden. '* J I She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. T. H. McPherson of Columbia; one son, J. W. Adkins of Columbia; a sister, Mrs. George .Schaerft of Columbia; two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Presbyterian Church Services j' -SerViccs at Bethesda Presbyterian church on NSunday, January 28 are announced Dy A. Douglas McArn, I pastor, as fojBArs: Church school 10 a m.; mon^fe1 worship 11:15. Intermediate Club Friday evening at 6 o'clock; Junior Club Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Young People's Society Sunday evening at six o'clock. The public is cordially invited to the services of this churdh. i Chicago police are turning over the "guns taken from highwaymen, to a foundry to be melted and made into I useful tools like picks and shovels. Olin Johnson To Be Speaker At several meetings in the county Olin Johnson, candidate for Governor I in the 1832 primary, will make talks on Saturday, February 3rd: At the school house at Blaney, 1 p. m.; at Pisgah school house, 8:30 o'clock; I at Antioch school house at 7 p. m. Since the women have the right to vote they too are cordially invited j to attend theee meeting*, announce# I Newton Kelly, who sent .thtf an-j no&neemeut to us for publ^tion. _ 1 lotion Program Has Good Effect Surveys mmlo last fall by county farm agents and other fteld workers ovoaled that there was a general zoning up of business in every community affected by the operations of ,he cotton adjustment campaign last reason. The payment of debts which ^ lad been on merchants' books for two uul three years had an excellent effect, these fteld worker? found. The fener^l circulation of cash caused by the buying of necessities and some uxuries Vlsb'had its effect. Farmers, were more cheerful, felt nore independent and bad more hope 'or the future. The improvement in /he general attitude of the growers uused a feeling of well-being such as had not existed in the two previous years, to pervade the rural communities. As a result, the growers jr?p ready to cooperate with ono another not only in the cotton reduc- * don enterprise but in other lines of offort. * ^Such desirable effects as these are umght again in the cotton adjustment program now under way for L984says Cully A. Cobb, chief of he cotton section of the Agricultural ^ v \djustment Administration. "With ^ tho cooperation of every rural community in scoring a 40 per cent reduction in the acreage planted during the present crop year, the business "life of the community should mice again operate in a normal manner." : : ' * T Mrs. Gardner Dead Mrs. Florence Shivar Gardner, 02, widow of the Jate W. R. Gardner, died Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock it her residence on Hampton avenue after an illness of a few days. Her ^ death came as a shock to her rela- a lives "and friends. She was born March 1, 1871, in the Spring Hill section of .Lee county, and spent the greater part of her life in this county, where her husband was for years the manager ob the State Farm in Kershaw county. Later they moved to their own farm in the Stockton section where they resided until about fifteen years ago when they moved to Camden. ' Mrs. Gardner is survived by three daughters: Mtb. Eva jjjjk rrby> Miss Maude Gardner and Miss Btgar Gardner, ali of Camden; three grandchildren, Albert, Eva and Henrietta Irby; and one sister, Mrs. Alice Ammons, 4 of Crfhiden. i Q .. ?;t VA > The funeral services were held at three o'clock -. yearfcerday. frftarnooiL from the Camden Baptist church, conducted by her pastor, the .Rev. J. B. Caston, apd the interment followed in IM Quftfrf ... ? r Attended Optometric Meet ' ' J. M. Hoffer, of this city, attended a joint meeting of the Central and Piedmont zones of the South Caro- * Una Optometric Clinic Foundation held in Columbia this past week; The meeting was well attended and much interest was manifested. A meeting of the executive committee of the state association fallowed the regular meeting and plans were formulated for a state convention to be held in Columbia during April, at which time it is hoped to have Dr. A. M. Bkcffington, of Chicago, general director of the Graduate Optometric Clinic Foundation and one of the outstanding optometric educators in the country to conduct a three-day clinic. v y-'p-y11 '? ? Rotary Club Notes ***' * ~ The Rotary Club enjoyed a very fine address by Dr. Kinard, president Neyberry College, at its Thursday's meeting. John G. Richards, Jr., had charge of the program. Dr. Kinard touched upon the trend of time, politically, commercially and?? "?-?i socially, and he thought selfishness of politicians and individuals was giving way^ to public splHted work, whether this work was applauded or praised by headlines or speeches. He received considerable applause at the end of his speech. Grainger Kornegay was received as a new member and his name was drawn for the chairman of next week's program and J. H. Qsborr\p'S name was drawn for the meeting the following week. Quite a number of visitors were present. Mia? Caroline Richardson, one of the visitors, told of the Roosevelt Ban on Monday, January 29th, and 4 ~ asked all Rotarians to attend and boost thin ball.'. . * ______ _ A