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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 45 '* / CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRURAY 23, 1934 NUMBER 48 . Vadsworth's Colors Victor; Janney Up rHy Harry'Hampton in The Columbia State) Camden, Feb. 22.?Under masterly iding by Stewart Janney, Hotspur r Mrs. W. 'A. Wadsworth's veteran hestnut gelding, today easily capured the Washington's birthday >late, feature event on Camden's aniual celebration card. The winner was running second, with E. L. Woodward's Sunset II, as the entries passed the judges' stand $0011 after the start, but took tho lead at the third fence and gradually increased 1t, finishing strong ten lengths ahead of Mrs. T D. Du rant's Fugitive. Ward "A. Wick hire's Lucif6r was third and R. K. Mellon's Cornea, fourth. The time was 4 minutes, 33 seconds. The card consisted of six events, one of which contained so many entries that it-had to be run in two divisions, and included one over brush and two over timber, and three llat races. It was pronounced by some of tho promoters as the best meeting 8P far held by the Camden Hunt. Despite a dark and cloudy afternoon several thousand persons lined the rails to watch the events. Two substantial additions have been made to the Springdale course, tending greatly to increase the ease of handling the events and crowds and the accuracy of judging the finishes. These include the construction of a substantial judges' stand and of an inside fence marking off the six furlong flat track. The events bore titles and descriptions as follows: The Kamchatka, one-fourth mile on the flat; the Cherokee, about two miles over brush; Washington's Birthday "Plate (the feature), about two and a fourth miles over timber; the Mulberry, one mile on tjie flat; the Bloomsbury, about twa and a fourth miles over timber, and the Cool Spring, six furlongs on the flat. The Springdale course is so laid out that the entire course is visible from any point in or around the track?barring obstacles?at all times. Half a dozen .professional bookmakers, as usual, were in operation near 1 the y^ddock, with blackboards or j similar oboards displaying the names of the horses and what small odds they olfered, crying lustily, "Place your wager with Ganfield," or who have we?"Here's a betting man. He's going: to place a wager," etc. All of which added to the racy color of the event. Each race had its own particular thrill from one viewpoint or another, ! but the closest finish was that in the fourth event, the flat mile, Mulberry, Noel Laing pushing in Mrs. T. E. Proctor IPs Star Wink a bare nose ahead- of Mrs. T. H. Somerville's Britunnieus II, ridden by Carroll K. Bassett. So close were the two mounts together as they came down the ,-tretch together, neck and neck, that tho riders did not know which ha.] had a nose out in front as t^aey crowed the finish line. The time was 1 minute, 53 l-?5 seconds. The Bloomsbury, two and a quarter rnhes over timber, was the only race of tho afternoon which was not finished by all starters, Mrs. Proctor's Charioteer and Mrs. Somerville's El Roy Kono losing their riders at the fourth from the last jump. No horse nor rider was hurt, and Charioteer came home in fourth place riderless, *"h;le, according to popular rumor, El Rey Kcno was last seen headed up the Liberty Hill road. This also was a beautiful race, be>ng won by a son of the great ManO-War, War Eagle, owned and ridden by Randolph EVuffey. The Eagle took tho lead from the start and made his best time between jumps, slowing down for the leaps, allowing his near competitors to close daylight behind him, only to break ahead after the hurdle. Toward the end, however, bo seemed to take the barriers more ir- bis stride and floated down the stretch three lengths ahead of Campbe!! Weir's Soldier's Fate, J. E. Ryan UI>- and Mrs. Somerville's Oliver C., ridden by Noel Laing, who was listed . a* the rider of three mounts, all of ^'hich started. The time was 4 minutos 39 seconds. The Kamchatka, opening the ticket, won by Mrs. Sdmerville's threeKar-old chestnut mare, Sable Muff, w'th the energetic Carroll Bassett in the saddle. Kirby Tupper, a native, brought David R. Williams' eight> oar-old chestnut mare, Eva Lee, home in second money, while E. Jennin*s, on Mrs. C. P. Baasett's Abolair, *** third. The time wa* 24 2-5 seconds. Tho second event, the Cherokee, ^ ;j" %- .* VST Hog Prices Low; Grow Home Needs Clemspn College, Feb. 19.?It is safe tq predict better prices for hogs in the near future, says Prof, L. V. Starkey, head qf tho Animal Husbandry Department, because of the steps .being taken in tho government's corn-hog reduction campaign to reduce hog production 25 per cent and corn 20 per cent. But regardless of. tho price of hogs it is certainly a good time for farmers ta grqw all the meat- needed, ho thinks. I South Carolina does not produce enough pork for local needs," Prof. Starkey reminds us, "and there is therefore a continuous importation of bogs from other states into South Carolina and a constant flow of money from the state to pay for these, bogs, hence, from the statewide standpoint it is not wise to reduce the hog population. While this state has been given the opportunity to take part in the corn-hog' reduction plan, we are under no obligation to do so." As to why hog prices are low, Prof. Starkey gives these explanafions: 1 here has been a shrinkage in exports from the equivalent of 17,000,000 hogs in 1919 to the equivalent of 4,000,000 hogs in 1933. There has been a severe reduction in consumer buying power here and abroad. \ j Greater efficiency enables hog producers to produce more pork with a given amount of grain. The market! reduction of the horse and mule population has released the corn from 15,000,000 acres to be fed to hogs. In spite of the tariff, canned meats have found their way into this country and are sold in competition with home-produced meats. Camden Bull Dogs Win Championship .Friday night in the local armory the Bulldogs won their fifth straight basket ball game. This time ' the Hartsville Red Foxes 'were the victims. This was the second defeat for Hartsville by the locals this season and clinched the fifth district championship. The game began with Hartsville scoring goals in rapid succession. The half ended with the visitors leading 11 tp 7. Coming back on the court after the intermission, the locals, lead by Sanders and Branham, quickly accumulated a total of 7 points in the third quarter while the Foxes scored 1. Although the visitors (quarter) fought hard and tied the score during the fourth quarter, they could not stop the scoring of the Bulldogs, and the game ended 23 to 16. For Camden* Sanders, Clarkson, Branham and Nolan played excellent ball. Moseley, the Camden center, had the misfortune to sprain an ankle during the first half,, so was unable to play his usual game. For Hartsville Phillippi and Benson were the stars, Camden High has been invited to Columbia to represent tho fifth district in the championship finals. was another interesting run, the real race being for second and third places. Noel Laing was again the winning rider on Mrs. Verner Reed's Our Friend, by a couple of lengths, while Carroll K. Bassett, on Ram's Head Stables' Khyber Pass and Ray Woolfe on Ward A. Wickwire's Forbis, battled for second honors, Bassett pushing his mount across a rival. The first section of the Cool Spring was won, amid wild acclaim from his supporters, by Peter B., owned and ridden by G. y. (Pete) Bostwick, who rode in the Grand National, in England, last year. B. A. Tomkins' Cympolim, was second and Friar's Hope, owned and ridden by J. North Fletcher, was third. ' The time was 1:26 3-5. In the second section Carroll Bassett came in for his second victory of the afternoon on Samuel S. Sands' Don Pedro, a son of Spanish Prince II. Mrs. J. E. Ryan's Aughrim Boy, with Raymond Woolfe up, was sec- i ond and Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond's O,! ridden by Charles R. White, .-third. The time was 1 minute, 24 2-5 seconds, despite a long delayed start. Among the interested and honored spectators was Senator Ellison D. Smith, who posed for a Charlotte newspaper photographer with Thomas B. Pearce, candidate for governor, the latter remarking jokingly that it might elect him but might defeat Senator Smith. ' -f Remedies Named For Tax Ailments Clemson College, Feb. 17,-?(Taxes are necessary but not a necessary evil. In fact, laxes are a necessary good, since they furnish funds for public, services which when properly rendered are better rendered at a given cost than would bo possible otherwise. Hence tax paying should be considered not a burden but an opportunity in cooperative service. Something like tho above is the thought of Prof G. H. Aull, agricultural economist and assistant director of the South Carolina Experiment Station regarding what many people call "these pesky taxes." Briefly suging what may ho done about them; especially to lessen the manifest in- | equalities of taxation, Prof. Aull makes these suggestions: A rekindling of the spirit of public , pride which made the expression "as certain as taxes and death" meaningful to our parents. A compulsory registration- of all persons of taxpaying age on a statewide basis, including information as to the status of each as a taxpayer I kept to date by periodic revision. The j present poll tax should bo designated as a registration fee, doubled or perhaps trebled and applied to both women and men. Increased reliance upon other taxes particularly income, inheritance and estate, licenses, excises, and the like, with heavy collections?at high rates ?during periods of prosperity to be used for debt retirement or as sinking funds against unprosperous times. Statewide collection of county taxes and nationwide collections of a number of state taxes to be wisely reapportioned. . ... _ A classification and segregation of property for tax purposes. The assessment of property for taxation, assisted in this work by an act making illegal all titles to subseiquent transferes of real estate which do not show clearly and completely the "true considerations" involved. A uniform 100 per cent assessment of all property should be the goal. Radio Artists To Be At Pine Tree School On Saturday, March 3, at Pino Tree School, half way between tho Wateree and Hermitage mills a performance will be given by Fred Kirby, the Hill Billy Cavalier, who can be heard oyer WBT in Charlotte on his program of Hill Billy songs and other popular tunes. A feature also to be presented at the same time will be the Hawaian trio, the Honolulu Strollers. i Admission will be 25 cents for adults, all school children under four! teen years of age,. 15 cents; school children over fourteen years of age 25 cents. This program is given for the benefit of Local Union No. 1913. DIED IN NEW JERSEY Friends of Eddie McKain, former Camden negro, have received word of his death, which occurred at his home in New Jersey. He was the son of the late Jack McKain, long time I shoemaker of Camden, and saw ser! vice overseas during the World War. As all of his relatives have died or moved away from Camden his funeral occurred at his New'Jersey home. Polly, Get the Can-Opener For there's a special at the Club Market on canned products next Saturday morning, February 24. Our specials of the past say all that is necessary about these sales but may we add just this: "Delicious canned products on the pantry shelf are life : savers sometimes when guests drop ;M ft I V Scout Circus at Hillcrest Boy Scouts of Camden, Hillcrest, I and Sumter will put on a "Scout Cir! cus" at the Hillcrest High School, Dalzell, Friday, February 23, promptly at 8 p. m. The tickets are 10 cents [for everybody and the proceeds of the program will go for Scout work in each^f the three communities represented. The program follows: 1.? "Tenderfoot Investiture Ceremony," Hillcrest. Scouts. 2.?First Aid and; Signaling Demonstration, Sumter, Scouts. 3.?Knot Tying Demonstration, Camden Scouts. 4.?"Significance of the Scout Badge, Hillcrest I Scouts. 6.?Black Face Skit, Sumter Scouts. 6.?Mystery Sketch, Camden Scout#. 7.-?Use of the Scout Neckerchief, Hillcrest Scouts. 8.?Imper-; so nations, Sumter Scouts. 9.?Clown Act, Hillcrest Scouts. 10.?Flag Ceremony, All Scouta. V ... / - - .. C*' Direct North-South Greyhound Service Effective February 16, Atlantic Greyhound Lines commenced new service from Camden north via Kershaw, Lancaster and Charlotte, south via Sumter, Walterboro and Savannah, connecting into their Charleston, Wattoi boro, Savannah line at Rosinville, and serving all intermediate points on tho new short routo highway. Direct connections aro made at junction points for service to all principal cities throughout America or this company's 50,000 mile nationwide transportation system. Sweeping basic revisions in schedules and service affecting travel over practically its entire system, went] into effect on the same day. Hours have been cut from many long dis-j tance trips, according to C. lb Deberry, traffic manager, with impor-j tant improvements in shorter dis-1 tance; running times and connections at junction points where passengers ;transfer from one bus to another, and j in the rearrangement of meal and | rest shops. Based on the results of experimental trials, the departure hours have also been revised in many cases, to provide greater public convenience. s ' One of the company's through schedules from Jacksonville to Richmond, via Savannah, Charleston and Florence, has been transferred to j their inland route, via Augusta, Co'lumbia and Charlotte, providing additional connection service for travelers starting their trips from Camden. Announcement of these service changes and improvements follows close on announcements of reductions in both local and long distance fares, many long distance fares now being quoted on this line as low as from | one cent to two cents per mile. Jury List For Civil j Court of March 12 The first week's jury for civil court to convene here March 12, with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding, J will be: Donald A. Campbell, Stephen C. Clyburn, Chris Beleos, II. D. Norris, John F. Jenkins, G. A. Wilson, H. S. Campbell, G. F. Marshall, H. J. West, J. W. Hopkins, G. D. Elkins, A. F. Watts, C. W. Shiver, J. ; L. Pate, J. A. Dixon, of Camden; jChrister Cassady,'A. B. Whitaker, J. j F. Roberts, H. P. Vincent, R. M. Ray, ! W. H. Faulkenberry, J. T. Hunter, H. M. Robinson, J. R. Bell, E. H. Reese, R. A, Faulkenberry, of Kershaw; J. ! W. Horton, Luther T. Truesdale, J. ' T. Davis, T. B. Clyburn, Jr., of West1 ville; J. W. Brtmham, Carl Rabon, of LugofF; G. C. Truesdale, of Stoneboro; Blake W. Kelley, of Boykin; W. R. Peach, M, T. Hough, of Cassatt. ~ ? Baptist Church Services The following services are ani nounced for the week beginning Feb! ruary 25 at the First Baptist church: | Men's prayer meeting at 9:15 Sunday morning held in the men's class room; Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. 0. Stogner, superintendent, in j charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor at 11; 15 a. m.; subject, "Unwilling To Pay The Price." At this service the young people of the church will have charge of tho music. At the evening hour we are expecting a representative from Furman University to have charge of the service. Midweek service Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7. The pastor was greatly delighted with the large group of men and women who met at the church last Sunday afternoon to begin the canvass for a religious census of the city. It is hoped that the census may be as thorough as possible and final reports made next Sunday afternoon. The public is cordially invited to ! attend all the services of this church. Viking Scout Patrol The Viking Patrol met at the home of Edwin Sterret where a Valentine contest and Valentine refreshments were served. Our patrol leader brought up subjects for discussion and the meeting was dismissed with I the Great Scout Master's benediction. , ?Scribe. j, Negro Spirituals Browning Home and Mather Academy Glee Clubs will give a program Sunday, February 25th, at 5 o'clock p. m. Former attendants of other years and new friends have a real treat in More for them. The public ia cordially invited. An offering will be taken. Hunter Trials Were Held On Wednesday (By Sally Broomell) A large Held composed largely of ( visitors from reports throughout the southeast attended the sixth annual. Hunter Trials of the Camden Hunt1 Wednesday afternoon at the renowned Springdale course where the first hunter trials ever run south of Virginia took place six years ago this' month. 1 The judges were Algernon S. Craven, of Greenwood, Va., Allen Case, of Toronto and Sterling Larrabce, of Wurrenton, Va. "My Toy," owned and ridden by Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, of Warrenton, Va., won first prize in the lightweight hunters' event, giving a perfect performance. Sired by "My i Play" out of "Margaret Hampson," j she is one of the finest hunters bred in Virginia in years. Mrs. Winmill Js noted for her side-saddle riding, llarry 1>. Kirkover presented her with a silver plate, and thrCe received^ ribbons: "Allure," a bay mare owned by Ernest I, White, of Syracuse, and ridden tby Miss Margaret Kicly, of Hot tSprings, Vn., second; "Neptune," a chestnut gelding owned and ridden by Gerard M. Smith, of Brooklyn, third; and "Droifcenette," owned and ridden by Miss Viola Winmill, fourth. "Cornea," a heavy winner in the hunt meets up north, owned by R. K. Mellon and ridden by J. E. Ryan, of Unionville, Pa., won the silver plate in the middle and heavy-weight hunters' class. "Athlacca," ridden by Miss Rebecca Lanier, of Greenwich, Conn., and owned by Harry D. Kirkover, who rides. "Athlacca" in the semi-weekly hunts, was second; "Bracadale," owned and ridden by Noel Laing, third; and "McChnty," owned by Lamont Dominick, fourth. "Quentin Durward," owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gerard M. Smith, was the plate winner in the model class for horses competing in the preceding events. "My Toy" was second; "Acclaim," owned by Ernest I. White, third; and "Dromenette," fourth. In the last event, hunt teams of three horses, the winners were Carroll K. Bassett and Raymond Woolfe, ; first and seebnd amateur winners in this country for 1933, and Gerard M. Smith. The Warrenton (Va.) Hunt Team, composed of J. North Fletcher, Melville Beams and Miss Viola Winj mill, was second; Camden Hunt Team I No. 2, composed of Miss Frances Thord-Grey, R. Watson Pomeroy and Carroll K. Bassett, third; and Mrs. Winmill's Ifunt Team, fourth. Thornie Walker Dead The Columbia Record of Friday . afternoon, carried an account of the death of W. ~T. Walker, of Columbia. Thornie Walker was born in Camden and as a boy learned the printing trade on the Wateree Messenger of this city. He later moved to Columbia and became a linotype operator on the Columbia State and was at one time associated with the late Ira i Sligh in the publication of the Lexington Dispatch-News. Of late years he was clerk of the joint committee on printing of the general assembly. He had many friends in Camden and throughout the state who \yill regret his sudden passing. Methodist Church Services Announcements for the services at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church for Sunday, February 26, will be as follows: Sunday school will meet promptly at 10 a. m., conducted by Dr. A. W. Humphries, the superintendent. At the close of the devotional period the classes wlH assemble. Preaching at 11:15 a. m. by the pastor. Theme: "The Ship, The Passengers, The Voyage." Special chorus by the choir. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. Theme: "Life's Biggest Question." A sequel to the sermon last Sunday night. Let us help build up the night congregation.?C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Bethesda Church Services Presbyterian church services for Sunday, February 26, as announced by A. Douglas MqArn, pastor, will be Church School at 10 a. m.; morning .worship at 11:15; sermon "Mature in i Christ." Intermediate clqb Friday 'evening at six; Junior club Saturday morning at 10 o'clock; Young People Sunday evening a( sixrthirty; midweek service Wednesday evening at seven-thirty, studying Job, chapters 6 and."7. The public is cordially invited to these services. Carbon monoxide gas caused the death of a mother and three children at Baton Rouge, La., when a gas connection to a stove became loose. The father escaped by being awakened in time to escape the fnmea. Judge Blakeney Died Early This Morning At two o'clock this morning deuth culled from his labors Judge E. D. Rlakeney, for many yours ono of the ablest, most successful and Colorful, lawyers of the JJerahaW and Lancaster county'Bars. Judge Rlakeney had been in failing health for a year or more, but had only been confined to bis bed for a few days, and bis death comes as a shock to his largo circle of friends . within and without tho confines of this immediate section. Eugene DuBose, Blttkqnoy was horn at Choraw, South Carolina, on January It, 1802, tho son of Brigadier General James White Blakeney and Virginia DuBose Blakeney. His father, an eminent soldier and lawyer, practiced his profession at Cheraw, being a partner of Bishop Gregg, who wrote Gregg's History of South Carolina. His mother was born at Darlington, S. C.t and was a member of the distinguished family of her name residing in Darlington, (Sumter and Korsfiaw counties. His father, who was at that time a member of the South Carolina ganeral assembly, died about the close of the Civil War, and his mother removed from Cheraw to Camden, where Judge Blakeney spent most of the days of his boyhood and early manhood. Ho was educated under private tutor and at ,Cokesbury College, later studying law in the offices of the late J. Thornwell Hay. After practicing his profession for some .years in Cammm he removed to Kershaw, when that town was in its infancy, and for many years there he enjoyed one of tho widest and most lucrative practices of any attorney in this section of South Carolina, having been leading counsel in a largo number of the most noted homicide cases and in the | most important civil litigations in i Kershaw, Lancaster and other counj t I ties. He moved back to Camden in I 1918, and re-established his offices 'here, retaining, however, his practice (at Kershaw, and in spite of his failing health he served his wide clientile until just a few days before his death. Judge Blakeney was an able, learned, fearless, aggressive thorough lawyer, who throughout his many years i of practice enjoyed the respect and adftiirat-ion of tho Bench and Bar a; 1 ike. Devoted to his profession and his family, he had few outside inteiests, but was always ready to render unselfish public service when his help and counsel were required. He was for a number of terms mayor of Kershaw, but steadfastly refused other i public office. He, however, a number of times represented his county in the state Democratic conventions. On November 9, 1887, he married Miss Lillian Kennedy, of this city, and: j to this union were bom two children,. ' A. Kennedy Blakeney, of Oamden, and j Mrs. E. L. Williams, of New York (-City. Mrs. Blakeney died on January 12, 1896, and on January 18, 1898, he was married to Miss Rosa Pearce, and to them were born three children, who, with their mother, survive him: DuBose Blakeney, of Camden; Mrs. Ernest Spong, of Columbia; and Miss ! Mary Lee Blakeney,-now a student at the University of South Carolina. Interment will be made, at tho Quaker cemetery at Camden, and services will be held at the Presbyterian j church at twelve o'clock noon on Sat( urday. The active pallbearers will bo , J. B. Zemp, C. P. DuBose, Sr., John K. DuBose, C. P. DuBose, Jr., John Bell Towill, Charlie Herbert Zemp, Charles DeLoache, James W. Blaket ney. The entire Camden bar, together with Senator George K. Laney, of Chesterfield; Roach tS. Stewart, of Lancaster; Solicitor A. F. Spigner, of J Columbia; John T. Stevens, Kershaw; W. T. Blackmon, Kershaw; W. T. Redfearn, C. J. Shannon, J. S. Lindsay, W. F. Nettles, Sr.,. H. G. Carrison, Jr., W. L. DePass, J. R. Belk, J. H. Clyburn, G. C. Welsh, J. G. Richards, Dr. John W. Corbett, J. H. McLeod, J. Gardner Richards, Jr., and W. F. Stevenson, will serve as honorary pallbearers. Paper Late This Week j Owing t*o a break-down in our maIchinery the paper comes to its readlers about twelve hours late this week. jThe repairs were not completed in time and so a good deal of reading matter, could not be gotten into this issue. Box Supper at Gates Hill The Gates Hill home demonstration club will have a box supper at tha Gates Hill school house on Wednesday night, February 28, at 8 o'clock. This will be for the benefit of tha Four-H club camp at Lake Sham ok in.