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The Camden chronicle B 1 1 * ' . ' ' | VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1934 , NUMBER 1 Six Are Passed By Charioteer (Sunday's Columbia State) Camden, March 24.?Coming from ieventh place under masterly riding >y J. P. McCormick, Charioteer, Mrs. r E. Proctor, Jr.'s aged brown geldng, flashed by.' the finish line in a surprising victory before a crowd of 0,000 interested spectators, in the Carolina cup, feature event of Camten's annual Matfch race meeting, here his afternoon. His time for 5 minites, 14 seconds. The race was any horse's till the inal stages, the winner never having >een conspicuous until his final Ibriliant burst that carried him into, the ead by nearly t>vo lengths with Mrs. y. A. Wadsworth's Hotspur, 2nd, ;tunrt Janney, Jr., up, second and ?au! Mellon's Drinmore Lad, under K. Ryan, a close third. , As the field started diagonally cross the course on a track that piiar- the enclosure, T. W. Durant's fugitive, ridden by W. 13. Cocks, and 5 [,. Ruhr's Broise Hover, piloted by i descendant of South Carolina horse overs of Revolutionary days, Henry frost. < f Middleburg, Virginia, vied or the lead, followed by Alvin T. Jntermeyor's War Eagle with Ranlolpb Dutfey up and Mrs. T. H. iSomrville's Oliver C., piloted by the popilar Noel Laing. As they "Went down he opening stretch Hotspur was in eventh place, ..with the ultimate winler lost in the crowd. As the field passed the judges' stand >n the first circuit Fugitive led, folowed by War Eagle, Oliver C., Mrs. \ W. Durant's Little Dan, Hotspur, rho had moved up a peg, Brose lover, Charioteer, Ernest L. Woodward's Sunset 2nd, Drinmore. Lad, I. L. Bchr'a Outlaw and Carle&n H. 'aimer's Rond du Roi. On the back stretch, Hotspur moved p to third place, gradually forging head and running strongly. On the final turn, however, the miling Jim McCormick apparently urned on ,the heat, and, to the blank stonishment of the crowd, Charioteer rashed ahead from nowhere, passed 11 contenders and won by nearly two ngths, going away. After Hotspur and Drinmore Lad amc Fugitive, Little Dan, War Eagle ml Sunset. Brose Hover had refused n the back stretch, Rond du Roi alked and* Oliver C. lost his rider uner the hoofs of oncoming mounts afer crashing into the final barrier, iiraculously, Noel Laing, though fallig on his head and apparently struck ie knees of Sunset, was not hurt exept for a brief dazed' spell. < This was the only mishap of the affrnoon, all other mounts in all other vents topping all barriers and finishig with their riders' in place. The array of horseflesh that faced ie harrier here.today in the feature von;, was said by followers of eej'lechasing to be second to none lat w ?uI<1 go to the post in America .-cason, representing the finest tra.r (,? hunters in the country. Th.- handsome Carolina cup was reM-rvcd to the winning jockey, in if a: -i ncf in Europe of the owners f thi- horse by Gov. Jbra C. Blackoo,i before a formidable battery of unci as. motion picture and stills, id n few persons without cameras. Or.u estimate of the crowd placed at V 'ween 15,000 and 17,000 while ar! \agie, secretary of the Buxton rothers training stables in Columbia, lif) a.- followed race crowds everyhere. made a careful check of the lrs -v;th license plates from nearly i f the states and Canada parked >r mare than two miles along the >ur.M- and many deep, declared the *0'a:.jrs to number 26,000. I'rarr.a was added when a train a: "if <everal of the judges and a imbor of riders was reported some ! - ate. the mussing officials and i" ing escorted to'the track ar-: -30 by two siren-slyieking patrolmen of the state department, but with the interest of the race awaiting ) noticed the delay. Th.- Mmal Carolina cup weather? .Vou haven't heard?prevailed a ti.ijrky, heavily overcast sky foN a morning drip, inaugurated humidity, or dampness, that cut to the marrow. Yet none t could dampen the ardor of the ''.overs of the chase, and cars were irked along the - rail surrounding ^ f^Pringdale course last night in that their owners or borrowers ^ht be a.ssured of! advantageous e%v points. ^ larger number of bookies than lu*l was on hand long before the art'ng hour with their slates and #cards nailed to the trees and the r*tehes obtained from offjeUi ? , Seed Loan Office Has Been Opened The Chronicle has, just received word' that anf emergency crop loan office has been opened in front of the post dffice above the Fashion Shop, Camthm,.S. Kershaw county, and farmers ^esiring loans should apply between the, hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. According to the regulations under which the crbp loans are to be made this year, any farmer who secures a loan must obtain a statement from the county production council, where one exists, that he does not intend to increase his acreage or production in violation of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program. In counties where a county production council has not been set up, bofore any application for a loan will be considered, the farmer who is applying will have to give. satisfactory evidence that ho is cooperating with the production control program of the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- j tion. k o The maximum amount of an emer- ; gency crop loan that may be obtained by any ono individual is $250; the minimum is $25. Applications for loans in any a- i mount from $25 to $150 .may be accepted by the emergency crop loan j office provided the farmer does not j have sufficient security to obtain a loan elsewhere. A farmer applying for $150 or more must first make application to the Production Credit Association for a loan from it. Rejection of this application by the Production Credit Association will be considered sufficient evidence that other credit is not available and th$ applicant may then make application to the emergency crop loan office. County Represented At Sumter Institute Probably never in the history of, our country have the people had as; much leisure time as they have, in the present age. ' And immediately! comes the all-important question, j "How are we to use this leisure time ' most wisely." This problem is being most ably presented and discussed by W. P. Jackson, of the National, Recreational Association at the training -school for rural recreation i which is being held at .Sumter, March j 27-30. 9 The following home demonstration club members of Kershaw county j are attending the school: Mrs. A. R. Holland and Miss Peggy Holland, Antioch club; Miss Erline Truesdale, Charlotte Thompson club;. Misses Effie and Geneva Truesdale, of Mt. Zion club; . Miss Viola Barfield, Three C's club; and Miss Dorothy Kirkley, of the Sand Hill club. Miss Sadie Craig, home demonstration agent, and Miss Mary -Hayes, assistant worker, are also attending the ses- j sions of the training school. i soon as announced. Another innovation for Camden's big annual free show was the official bulletin board of scratches; placed at! the paddock judge's offices so that all who follow the runners may read, j An inside rail on the course and a judge's stand at the finish had already been erected for the Washing- . ton's birthday meeting, February 22., By noon ' cars were arriving with regularity and soon the outer rail was banked with them two and three j deep for the entire stretch above and i below the finish. Many of the regu-; lar faces were seen, numbers of them with names coupled with racing in South Carolina and many other states since its Inception way back; when, showing that the love of the, sport which filled the lives of the an- ; cestors lives on?to a certain extentat least?in the present generation, i A telescopic news reel camera was j also < mounted on a little tower in: the center of the field taking movies , of the different events, its glass eye j following them about the course. The first race, the Palmetto Mai- j den, two and a half miles over 18 * timber jumps, was easily won by Soldier's Fate, Campbell Weir's 6-yearold bay gelding, who took the lead from the start and held it throughout to win by five lengths. The time was 4 minutes, 40 2-5 seconds. - - * Mrs. Charles G. Knight's popula^ Top Gallant, held second place till the back stretch was reached, bul was passed there by Mrs. T. H. "So^ merville's El Roy Keno, ridden by the popular "Noel Laing, and - running easily. For a time Top Gallant, urged on by Van Zandt Knight, aeerned (Please torn to lasting*) I ; * : - ' ye Farmers To Meet At Court House Several hundred farmers in Kershaw county are about to sleep over their rights and fall to receive thoqsands of dollars which they could get if they would only cooperate with tho county agent and investigate a certain matter now. Many farmers of Kershaw county who think' they are not eligible to make a corn-hog contract, will find that they are eligible to make one of these contracts and receive the payments. Several days ago wo advertised and j held a corn-hog meeting in the Court j House for the purpose of explaining! tho purpose of tho contract. Only about 10 farmers out of the whole! county came to this meeting. Be- i lieving that our farmers do not undevstand that they art missing art opportunity which they are entitled | to, wo have arranged for another meeting to be held in the Court House j at Camden Saturday, March 31, at, 10 a. m. Arrangements have also j been made for Mr. A.- L? DuRant, j Chief of Corn-dlog Division for South Carolina, to be present and explain j in detail tho operations of the corn- j hog contract. During the last two years (102 and 1933) many of our farmers have sold a few pigs, shoats or hogs. Also many of our farmers due to their curtailed farm operations have cut down their corn acreage. I? either case, these farmers would be entitled , to make a hog contract or a com contract or a corn-hog contract and receive the cash payments entitled 1 thereunder. ! There will be no committeemen appointed for making these contracts for farmers as was done in the case of the cotton campaign. It will be necessary for farmers to come to this meeting and work very closely with the county agent in order to make these contracts. There are probably hundreds of farmers in Kershaw county who could receive from $25, I to $200 if they would only make a (contract. Of course there are quite a number of farmers who will receive ' much more than this. One farmer came into our office this week and said that he was not entitled to make a contract, but when we explained the operations to him he made a contract and will receive approximately $1,660.00. Another: who thought he was ineligible has; I now executed a contract and is to j receive $50.00.' | Farmers who come to the county, agent's office for information on this 'situation are asked to call for Miss I Cecelia King who has charge of the t corn-hog section in the county agent s | office. Miss King is prepared "to give out general information, answer ques-j tions and write contracts, j, It Is requested and urged that those who see this notice kindly tell their neighbors about this opportunity to. | make corn-hog contracts. This coun! ty should receive at least $100,000.00 of this money, but it is entirely up j to the farmers at this time, advises I Henry D. Green, the county agent. jGulf Representatives Here The Orange Disc Club of South i Carolina, which includes Gulf dlstr1^"1 utors, salesmen and supervisors, held a very delightful meeting in Camden Saturday and attended the Carolina j Cup Races. In the evening a ban-, quet was given at the Court Inn to which the wives of the members were invited. W. H. Bristow, of Darlington, president of the club, presided. U. N. Myers welcomed the guests with a few appropriate remarks and short talks were made by various members. Those attending the ban-j quet were: W. J. Baker, Cheraw; Mr., and Mrs. W. H. Bristow, Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Claussen, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Davis, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs. W. A _Do*" terer," Charleston;Mr. and Mrs. R. H. DeTreviile, Columbia; W. H. Ham-, son, Hampton; Mr. and Mrs: B L. Hook, Sumter; J. M. Lee, Walterboro; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Love, Florence; Mr. and Mrs. LV N .Myers.: Camden; I. P. Mo White, Lake City; t Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Power, Sumter; i W. B. Roberts, Orangeburg; Mr. and* Mrs. C. S. Rigbtf, Manning; Mr. and Mrs. A. 3. Rigby, Kingstree; Mr. and , Mrs. H. S. Shuler, Elloree; Mr. and, Mrs. M. F. Tasker, Sumter; W. C.| Warn, Sumter; Mr. and. Mrs. V. V. Moore, Jr., ChftYleaton; Mr. and Mrs. j L. T. Daughtridge, Columbia; George Bagwell, Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. Jack Abemathy, Oklahoma City, Okls. Governor Ritchie, of-Maryland, la orten t.on-| ing with Bernard M. Earoeh at, Georgetown, 8. C. ~ \ . I Ernest Broome Killed In Crash ? Kershaw, March 24.?In a head-on collision between 'two automobiles on the Kershaw-Camden highway, Ernest Broome, textile worker of <Jreat Falls and formerly of near Kershaw, was killed. Ilia companions in the ear, Otis Pittman and Mr, and Mrs. Ben Dixon, of Kershaw county, wore both seriously injured, and Ernest Dixon oscaped with minor injuries. The occupants of tho other car, William McCarty ami a Mr. Turner, of Augusta, Ciu., were injured seriously enough to bo carried to a hospital in Lancaster. Pittman and Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were taken to a hospital in Camden. Mr. Dixon suffered a broken arm and i possible internal injuries. Mr. Dixon j had a dislocated shoulder and other injuries. Mr.' Broome was driv ing the car; going towards Camden. The accident occurred about five | miles south of Kershaw about noon. . Inquest Later Sheriff J. IT. McLeod and Coroner Julian Rush went to. Kershaw Saturday night and empanelled a coroner's jury which viewed the body of Mr. Broome, but the inquest was deferred to a later date, pending the outcome of the injuries of the others in the wreck. Former County Man Passes In Coltimbia / Last rites for James Robert Rafbon, 69, who died1 at 8:46 Monday morning at the Columbia hospital after un extended illness, were conducted at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Springwale Baptist church in West Wateree by the Revefend A. B. Kennedy, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. Broadus Broom, of Springvale Baptist church. Interment followed in the churchyard. Mt. Rabon, for many years a resident of Columbia, was born November 21, 1?74, in Kershaw county, and came to Columbia 25 years ago. He was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist church and leaves many friends who regret his passing. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie Sanders Rabon, three sons, Eley S. Rabon, Lugoff, Kennedy Rabon and J. W. A. Rabon, both of Columbia; four daughters, Mrs. W. E. Gause, Spartanburg, Mrs. H. M. Hunter, Miss Frances Rabon, all of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Ford and Mrs. Maggie Rabon, both of Lugoff; four brothers, H. A., Daniel, and Leonard Rabon, all of Lugoff, and Edward Rabon, Columbia, and eight grandchildren. Thh following served as pallbearers: Hardy Rabon, Ben A. Rabon, Cupsted Rabon, Leslie Rabon, J. W. Rabon and Roy Rabon. Mr. Rabon was a member of the Acacia lodge of the Masons, which had charge of the funeral. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church for week beginning April 1: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent, in charge; public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Gaston, at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "The Significance of Easter;" evening subject, "The Gate of Heaven." Midweek praypr meeting Wednesday evening at 8. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 -o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. Annual Flower Show Soon The Easter season brings hundreds of visitors here to see the peach orchards and wisteria which will soon be n full bloom. The annual flower show df the Camden Garden Club will be neld Wednesday, April 4. On the committees are Mrs. William S. Rn nsford and Mrs. John Devine, of .Yew York City; Mrs. George R. Cook, of Frenton, J.; Miss Jane Swords, of Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy, of Bedford Hills, N. Y.; and Mr^. Carroll P. Bassett, of Summit, N. J. Easter Egg Hunt An Easter Egg Hunt is being given this afternoon, March 80th, on the school grounds of the Camden high school. An admission charge of 10 cent* for each child will be made, the proceeds to go for the benefit of the Junior-Senior banquet. The hunt start# at 5 o'clock and all the childien of tho city are cordially invited to attend. ' ? . * t Horse Owners Laud Course at Springdal^ (By iSally Broom ell) Camden, which has long been tho' centra for "horsey" activities in South Carolina, is at last being recognized a.s such by authorities fr6m all over the country. a j , While hero for tho Carolina Cup; Races, F. Ambrose Clark, in tarnation-! ally-known sportsman, whose "Sorley ' Boy" fell in tho Grand National at! Aintnee last week, said of the Spring-' dale Course, "It is the beat- in the country, bothi for riding over and viewing the jumps. One of the finest features is the fact that every jump is in full view of the spectators and at ho time are tho horses IohI from sight." \ The Record of Hunt Raco Meetings in America for 11)33 published l?y Polo magazine, Peter Ytsoher, editor, which, by the way, is now obtainable in Camden at the Corner Hook Store, is a veritablo Social Register for owners, riders and horses. Camden takes the lead with innumerable pic-; tures and listings. The pictures a if- captioned as follows: "Carroll K. Bassett, the leading gentleman rider of the year, on W, 1). Cleland's good mare, Passive, who won more races at the hunt: f meetings than any other- horse." I "Trouble Maker, Mrs. T. H. Somerville's. bay gelding, winner of the ! Meadow Brook Cup in 193-3." "Mrs." T. H. Somerville and Mrs. John Huy Whitney, first and second among the most successful owners of horses running at the hunt race meetings of ^ 1933, Mrs. Somerville with 21 victories and Mrs. ./Whitney with 11." "Carroll K. Bassett, the amateur rider who won more races than any other at the hunt race meetings of 1933, with 23 wins out of 70 starts. Mr. Bassett was also the leading rider of 1932, with 17 wins out of 50 starts." "Raymond Gt Woolfe, | the young amateur who was second, among the most successful riders of! 1933, with 16 wins out of 72 starts." | "James E. Ryan, the well-known amateur rider and trainer who rode 36 races in 1933 and won ten of them." Mrs. (Somerville leads the list under the heading, "Most Successful Owners," and others with stables in Camden are Alvin Untermeyer, W. B. ItuthraufT,'Mrs. Lucy Pomeroy Deans.! The Camden Hunt team, composed j of Carroll K.* Bassett, Raymond G.) Woolfe and GeTard S. Smith, won first prize in competition against nine other teams at the Aiken Horse Show Tuesday. Incidentally, South Carolina is also becoming known in the literary world as the producer of noted aifthors. This state has received the Pulitzer prize in four classes: Julia Peterkifi, | with her "Scarlet Sister Mary," won the novel honors; Hatcher Hughes, of Tirzah, York County, now at Colum- j bia University, won the play prize with -his "Hell Bent for Heaven;"; Robert Lathan, when editor of the News and Courier, wrote the prizewinning editorial of the year; a young man named Best won one of j the traveling scholarships open to journalism students at Columbia Uni- j versity; and Heriry Savage, Jr., of: Camden is rapidly making a name for himself as a political commentator. Court Inn, which will be open until the middle of April, and possibly later, is having a pleasant late season. Among tho visitors who are en-1 joying the Sarsfield Golf Links, the polo games, teas and parties are: ' Mrs. Morr?ll Vrooman, of Gloversville; Miss J. E. Fuller, of Boston; 1 Miss Doris Thorne Wright, of Phila- j delphia; Benjamin English, of Pine Orchard, Conn.; William Wrenn, of New Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. 1 Dillenbeck and family, of Central Valley, N. J. Other visitors at Court Inn are: j Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Nisbet, of | Irvington, N. Y.; Mrs. William Gilj more, of Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. H. M. Byllesby and Miss M. G. Baldwin, of i Roselle, N. J.; Mrs. Knewlton Dun; ham and son, Robert Dunham, of j New York City. On Tuesday, April 10, visitors will motor to Columbia to attend the Visiting Day of the Garden Club there. The schedule will include the estates of Mrs. R. M. Barnes and Mrs. S. S. Boyleston whose series of gardens with their beautiful hedges of boxwood are known all over the state. The Spring Flower Show in Columbia will be held May 2 and 3. Arrivals at the Kirkwood for the late season are: Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Eager, of Brookline, Mass.; F. W. Hiwcocks, of Ontario, Canada; Mrs. Wesley Bowers, of New York City, si>d daughter. Miss Jane Dowers; Mr.; -v ? **, ? V, ? ? r t-i * %. . ! . v" ? 0+ \ Field Trials Are Held Monday and Tuesday The drat annual running of the All Ago Shooting Dog Stake and Puppy Stake was held March 26th and 27th at the Turkey Creek .Shooting Club grounds, South of Oamden, under th? auspices of the Camden Chapter of the South Carolina Came and Fish \ Association. . The All Ago Stake was first on the program and brought out thirty-five entries. First prise, a silver cocktail shaker and six glasses, awarded by the Association, was won by W. B. Kudisill, of Stateburg, S. C., with his liver and white pOintor, "Tarhelia Bot;M second place" wad awarded to "Tip's Gold," . a lemon and whito pointer owned and handled by W. L. DePnss, Jr., of Camden; and 'third place by "Kevenir," owned by J. Dodge Peters, of Groat Harrington, Mass,, and handled by W. B. Kudisill. The second prize for this event, a beautiful silver cigarette case, was given by The Kirkwood Hotel, of Camden. The Puppy -Stake was run on Tuesday, March 27th, and the first place was awarded to "Blackie," a beautiful young pointer owyied and handled by Ralph Chase, of Middlefield, Conn.; second place to "Ret," a black and white setter owned and handled by Moultrie Burns of Camden; third place was taken by "John," a lemon and white pointer owned' and' handled by H. O. S. Jackson, of Florence^ S. C.; and fourth by "Andy," a liver and white pointer owned and handled by Dr. S. F. Brasington of Camden. The trophy for this eivent, a handsome silver cup, was given by th^ Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce. There were IB entries for the Puppy Stakes. The judges for these field trials were the well known judges ami handlers of dogs, Mr. Charles L. Prickett and Mr. Henry Wienges, of St. Matthews. Mr. BoKvar D. Boykin was field marshal). Weather conditions were Ideal for the running of the trials find the territory wa? excellent shooting territory. Numbers of coveys of birds were found, especially in the AH Age Stake, and some also in the Puppy Stake. Mr. Charles W. Nuite, secretary of the association, reports that it is planned to make these trials an annual event, and to enlarge the trials each year . until an open stake can bo run and entries drawn from n large territory. Other members of the committee were W. R. Bonsai and Kirkland Trotter, president of the association. . W. L. DePass, Jr., made arrangements for a chicken stew dinner on the grounds and Bolivar Boykin had arranged for forty mules to be supplied by tenants living on tho properties at very nominal cost to those wishing them for the day. Much interest was shown by the spfirtsmen in' these events and it is predicted that each year will see an ever increasing number of contestants. , The association was very grateful to the members of Turkey Creek Shooting Club, which placed its club houses and stables ami thousands of acres of territory at their disposal for the event. Car To Be Given Away For some weeks the members of the Junior Welfare League of Camden have been selling tickets on a Ford V-8 to be given away. The time for the drawing of the lucky number has been, set for 4 o'clock, Saturday, March 31st, on the lot just North of the post office building. The tickets will be thoroughly Mlaken up and the drawing done by a small child. You do not have to be present to receive the car as .each ticket contains the address of tho purchaser and the lucky one will be notified of their gift. If you do not hold a ticket, it ts "not yet too late to procure one; just be on hand [before the drawing. The money derived from tho salo of these tickets is to be used by the Welfare League in their social work . in this county. i and Mrs. Robert S. Lyons, of Brooklyn. x j Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Murphy, of Great Neck, L. I., who are spending several weeks at Hobkirk Inn, gave . a dinner Saturda/ for their daughter, Mrs. M. H. David, of Great Neck. The skeet field in the long-leaf pines in tho rear of the Kirkwood is very popular. Among the cottagers who .take part in the semi-weekly shoots are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chasi^ Mr. snd Mrs. Aubrey Barnes, D wight Partridge, Willis Boykin, Langdon Peters, C. C. Whi taker, Jr., Ward C. Belcher and Rodney Jarvis. ' . < . . . -Mi i > --'t.H