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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 46 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934 NUMBER 4 ? 1 1 ????? i i ggg?gg^3MMMWMBai,uiiM wiV i, ? uiii i m 11 ii ii i i mill , i, mmmmrnmmaegwaa\ n " tsssssBassmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmm f Dreher Browses IVt Federal Court L k Dreher in Calhoun Times) In Fairey and I, among many Iprs went UP to Columbia, Friday, witnesses in the Milton Taylor 1 vs. Uncle iSem" on an insurance |L Neither of us had ever tealed in a Federal court. We were aged in a good cause. "Uncle t" had no business allowing that |e to go into a oourt. It is the most Erving of the Calhoun County Baity demands. oth I>r. Fairey and myself were Imbera of the local exemption |uj that sent him, stalwart and Bmising to France, ^He returned, |t into invalidism and deformity, lifo. As many know, I am no |nk on pulling Uncle Sam's leg for |ust pensions, but he can't and will | do too much for Milton. This is |ng written before the outcome of | trial is known. here are some similarities, and |ers contrasts, in a Federal and |te court. Both aTe slow as snails, |h the booby prize in favor of the |mer. Fourteen jurors were sworn, put on the panel. Two extras, in of acute illness among the regis. The judge made two charges he jury. One at the head and the er at the tail of the case. Judge Inn is, apparently, very young. He lao fine looking. He wbre no ju|al robe, and is not sedate and mn on the bench. Smiles are fre|nt. He is evidently very human, here were two lady stenographers. Ih bobbed. One young, good look|with uncamouflpgod black hair, a sant face, and a lovable smile oc onally. The othejy with age, and polognes for gray hair, he lawyers for Taylor were his her Pou, fat and happy, T. B. ^Kvs and Mendel L?. Smith. It is Bess to dilate on the old warhorse th, known in every nook and corn|f the state as a wonderful genius aw and trial of cases. He is no | any more, but holds his own re kably. He has read considerable he Calhoun Times, and still loves Blarney atone. That I ought to back 10 of my ulbO years," and fovernor of the state. Of course "old man" has heard that before, |'it never tolled <me into any cherous, political briar patches. * |found Mr. Orews most interesting es-ponse to my request for infor|ion about the Crews of Laurens. |grandfather, Col. Thoa. B. Crews, led and ran ? the Laureneville id 60 years and it was junked Hr his death. is left the whole field to- the ensvillo Advertiser, a Bali male for nearly two generations. It, under Col. Win. 'Ball, fathar of |present able and resouceful Dr. IW. Ball, editor of the News and ier. The son has given some details of'the father and son R, with The Herald, against old I Tillman and all bis works, in highly entertaining book, "The |e That Forgot." Brought up in |inter's shop, the smell of the ink lever left the son's nostrils. t I am drifting afield. ^dwyers for the government, Inst Taylor, Edmunds and Wilson, lunds is a curiosity. With one of I most unusual "cowlicks" that | bedecked a top-knot, he is 6 1-2 | tall, slender, and a nonchalance Rnovemente which auggesta the bility of losing his equilibrium, tumbling over any minute. Be Clerk of the Federal court, Hard Hutson, has grown old and | on the job. 'I presume that he probably a descendant of the Hut that played their part in hot utionary War days. He reminds R>f U. S. Senator "Cotton Ed" h and talks like him.' He is, Rver, a shade better looking. one stage of the proceeding, I Rd over that handsome court R. and couldn't detect a single in duds, that wasnt ednneCted me form as a court attache, or the case in point. After all, it rather an enjoyable day, mainly subject of bipedal and official The work may be hard, as I claim, but it looks mighty easy rovincial pill-roller, apd if I had Rfe to live over, would like to in just such a "tireaome" and Rid" berth. , o ~?o Thanks Those Who Helped R. P. G.' Daniels, here last Son|n the interest of Jenkina Or ge Home, at Charleston, wishes th the columns of this paper to I *11 those who gave offerings cause. He was present at too *t,and attended those for co B*? Pie in the evening. Tolls To Be Lifted At Wateree Bridge Four toll bridges, including the Wateree and Mars Bluff structures, will be freed of tolls at an early date by the action of the general assembly last week. Final legislative approval on both measures was taken in the senate Without a record vote the upper body approved the house bills to provide! for the purchase by the state highway department of the Wateree bridge. The other bill was passed by I a vitte bf 48 u? 5. ! As set forth In the acts or in debate the- state highway department would pay for the bridges over a tenyear period as follows: I Wateree bridge, $147,500 payment to Kershaw county. i Mars Bluff and Godfreys Ferry' bridges, $132,893 cash and $75,000 bond retirement for Florence county; $12,926 in cash .and $186,000 bond re-! tirement for Marion county. Potato Bed Ferry bridge, for cash payment tof $15,595, half to Marion and half to Horry county and retirement of $34,000 in Horry county bonds. ' ' . >r Senator W. H. Nicholson of Greenwood said during debate that the state highway department had fought an $800,000 tag reduction on grounds it would "wreck" department finances but hfcd not. opposed the extensive bridge purchases. Senator Ward of Georgetown said the bridge price would be distributed over ten years and that gasoline tax income was increasing. Total expenditure by the departmentment for the four bridges will amount to about $606,000, it was said. Freeing of the Mars Bluff, Godr frbys Ferry and Potato Bed Ferry bridges would be accomplished under a bill introduced in the house by C. L. Wheeler and J. B. Gibson, EH 11 oh, bouse members. It was sponsored in the senate by Senator iHamer, EHllon. The bill to free the Wateree bridge was introduced in the house by Representatives J. A. Spruiil, Chesterfield; J. E. Leppard, Chesterf iqlc&'and T. R. Gregory, iLanoaster, 'and was sponsored in the senate by Senator Lyles, Fairfield. The Wateree bridge would be freed on or before May 1, 1934, upon payment of the first of nine annual instalments to Kershaw county, its present owner. The total of $147,500 would.be .paid the county in 1942. Execution of bond reimbursement agreements between the highway department 1 and Florence, Marion and Horry counties would remove tolls from the Pee Dee spans. genatots McEachin of Florence end Lide of Marion assented to the transaction involving the three Pee Dee bridges. Senator Hamer said 45 Florence citizens were in the chamber bearing favorable petitions signed by 5,000 others. Senatof Welsh of Kershaw withdrew 'an amendment to the Wateree bill which would have forced It back to the house Jf adopted and a senate finance comipitte amendment which would have done likewise was tabled. Commenting on the Mars Bluff bill, Senator Hammond of Richland said: "They've got us by the throat . .. and we'd better buy it now before they put up the price."* Garden Clulj Flower Shows ' v Mrs. F, H. CralghiH, Jr., president of the Camden Garden Club, has received the following notices about flower shows; The flower show of the Charleston Garden Club will be Thursday, April 26; the flower show of the Sumter Club will be Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26; and of the Columbia Garden Club the date is May 11 and 12. The Columbia dub invites ' the Camden Club members to exhibit. _ ... ? i To Pre*ctf '*t DeKalb Rev, J. D. Gulledge, of Ruby, S. C., will preach at DeKalb Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. ? -To Meet With Buffalo The Kershaw B. Y. P. U. Association will hold its next quarterly meeting with Buffalo church Sunday afternoon, April 29, at 8 o'clock. At this meeting sword drill contests will be hekPvjpr the Juniors and Inter-i mediates and a declamation contest' for (Seniors' to select one member from each department to roMeecnt our association in the stete-wWdonteste at Greenville in Jul/. Eddf B. Y. P. U. in the association da Urged to send two representatives to our contests at Buffalo church. ^m " * i& rumaam irar-wrf . Rotary Club Noto Bill Heath had charge of Thursday's Rotary meeting and made it a vocational talk^ thanks to a talking movie, outlining the history of Coca Cola from its birth in 1806 to the present date. Views of men and uoiklings in the pioneer days were tart rested with the modern manufacturing plants *nd equipment of today* He wae assisted by H. 8. Heath of Sumter in presenting this program. Next week's program wlH be in JUVgi of George A. Greed and John WLVViHepigue will hare charge the fa Six directors for Um coming Rotary 1 year wars veted upon today and the w. inner s will be aaaooneed at the next ] SMMlv' - - , -u, .. - A telegram congratulating Rotarian BiH Nettle# on his mat:*imonial venture will be sent by the club, am! another wire of condolence will be sent to Rotarian Marion Keyman, who left the meeting upon receiving notice of the death of bis sister in Savannah. ? Rotarian Latta Johnson, of Charlotte and Anthony Reynold*, truest of Granger Kornegay, were the visitors at the meeting. M. H. Hey man and daughter, Miae Carolyn Heyman, have gone to Savannah to attend the funeral of the for* mer'a s later, Mr a. Pant Gross. Besides her brother she turn surviving one sister, Mrs. Lueile Heyman, ef (Mm W, .. - iS? ' Springdale Course the Finest is Opinion of Many Visitors ' ,-i ? - - . . iy[ u . ?3 v J tarry iD. iKirkover and Finest K Wood want, promoters of the Springdale Course, near Camden, are happy over the outcome of tho fifth annual running of the Carolina CX?p. For five years it "has ibeen put on and each year . it has grown in interest and attendance unt'il this year no one could well guess the number in attendance, but it was by far the largest crowd ever assembled in Camden and perhaps in South Carolina. Cars were lined at some points eight deep. * What pleased the promoters more than anything else was the spontaneous letters of praise of the race and the course (some did not wait to write, but sent long telegrams upon returning to their homes) stating the delightful timo not only spent at the races hut their visit to Camden as well. It proved a revelation to many, for they visited the beautiful homes and gardens of charming Camden and it is needless to say that the Carolina Cup of 1&36 will see many new faces among those witnessing the races. Followers of thbse racing events believe that the Carolina Cup in time will eclipse any held in the nation and it will inevitably draw to Camden more and more sports-lovers than any of the Southern resorts. Mr. Kirkover, who has labored for the past five years and has pdt this event over in a bigger way each succeeding season, has kindly consented to let The Chronicle use a few excerpts from the various letters and telegrams which he is still receiving from some of the most prominent turfmen in the country. Portions of these read as follows: ^ Uost Ever Chandler D. Wells, Buffalo, N. Y.: "Never haVe I seen- better racing under better cohditions." Excellent Arrangements Harry Worcester iSmifch, Worcester, Mass.: "Reports I. have perffcpt^ " racing arrangements and excellent J ' racing.'o From Printing Press Builder Arthur M. Cot^rell, Jr., Westeraly, R. I.: "Looking forward to seeing another Carolina Cup race, with hopes of bringing a horse 1' down, we sipent one of the pleasantest weeks we can remember in Camden." - X Will Come Down George Daley, Sporting Editor, New York Herald-Tribune: "Have just received letter from Murray Tynan with such high .praise of ! ' your course and the handling of the racing that I am more than anxious to steal off some time for a glimpse of my own." As Good As Any W: A. -Harris, noted trainer, Ire- land: "Wish to congratulate Camden on the meeting and on having had as gooa a timber race as I have ever seen." ??? Most Interesting and Successful F. Skiddy von Stade, former rider, polo expert and Steward, . Westbury, !L. I., N. Y.: "It was the most interesting and successful Hunt meeting I have ever attend. ed.? From a Noted Turfman Thomas Hitchcock, Aiken, S. C.: r "Everyone I saw said your meeting was a great success. I am glad. You all deserve it." " %. ' Likes' Friendly Atmosphere James Townsend, Amissville, Va.: "We have deep appreciation of the sportsmanlike and friendly . atmosphere of the Camden races." k A Mark To Shoot At i y'. Wilf P. Pond, "The Spur," New York: "An example for all ama. teur and Hunt racing to follow." Standard Maintained Jackson H. Boyd, M. F. H. Moore . County Hounds, Southern Pines, :N. <J.:*"Your high standard of running a meeting was not only maintained but exceeded." fir . * Best Anytime, Anywhere r W. B. Ruthrauff, .Red Bank, N. J.:" "The meeting was the best I ever saw anytime, anywhere." - Races Thrilled Her Mrs. Thomas Hastings, New York.: 'IDelightful racing. When I realize what has been done at S>pringdale l am so thrilled 1 feel that there is an element of the First Day in it all?"let there be and there was." Reflects Credit on Camden J. C. Weiler, Chelsea Plantation, Ridgeland, S. C.: "Never have I seen Amateur races that were so keenly and evenly contested?rid~ era ~were" superb?horses well trained and evenly handicapped? fewer falls than one could see on any steeplechase course?all of which reflects great credit on Camden." Was Revelation To Him Frederick H. Parks, National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, New York: "Itis needless for me to *ay that your iSpringdale Coiirse greatly surpassed all expectations ana I never expect to see a finer course or better racing '?it wis a great revelation to me. Test For The Best Murray Tynan, iSpecial Turfwriter, JNew York Herald-Tribune: "Camden, the perfect course. 4t is undoubtedly the (finest in the country and offers a test of the best." - ' ^ .. ' j Never Aft* Better Algernon S. Craven, Steward for, the South, Greenwood, Va.: "There never, was a better meeting or a better race than the Carolina Cup. Camden has the thanks of everyone interested in sport and amateur racing in particular." Moat Unusual iWHf P. Pond, "The Spur," New Yorltj "The training courses for steemechasers is not the usual careless bunches of Inrush and stacks of rails, but every obstacle on the course is more or less duplicated in height, width and general makeup; a tremendously important asset. Briefly, there is no Hunt Race Course in the United States to compare with this outfit and F. Ambrose Clark, who has spent winters in England and Ireland for a decade of so, assured me there was nothing over there to approach it." '< Expresses Enthusiasm r Henry G. Vaughan, President, Master of Fox Hounds Association of America: "Furthermore I can feel the. awed and overwhelming enthusiasm and admiration which came over me for it all,- and for the two men whose vision,, work and outlays made this marvelous and unparalelled plant an accomplishment and monument. "I was thrilled by the racing 6ight and never was, or will be, a greater race than the, Carolina Cup on that day." Best Meeting Ever Attended Augustus F. Goodwin, Boston, Mass., ex-President of the Eastern Horse Club, noted owner and ' sportsman: "After leaving your meeting my friends and I all, "' agreed that the meeting was the best Hunt meeting we had ever . attended and frankly I will put it ahead of Brookline. I think the timber race?the Carolina Cup? was the best race I have ever seen. All jumps could be seen and it was , anybody's race up to the last fence and the horses all jumped exceedingly welL"'> I thinly .you are doing more *for the future of racing at Camden than you realize. I am pessimistic about the racing on the ^big tracks, due to the commercial interests that are now coming into the game, but I am optimistic about Hunt racing, and the plant you have fof the amateurs, riders and trainers, is ideal and you are setting an example to the whole country. "I am not seeking to tell you more'tfifah'the full measure of my belief warrants, but you not only put on a preat show, but the plant and training facilities that you offer to the people we know in life is without parallel in this country." Hotspur 2nd Winner;!1 Was Camden Trained (By Murray Tynan in New York Herald-Tribune) I. Monkton, Md., April, 14.?If the! race run by Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth's Hotspur 2nd in winning the I My Lady's Manor point-to-point race I here today can be as a guide I there is a strong possibility that' the I Maryland Hunt Cup may be won this I year by the typo of horse for which I the race was intended. For Hotspur I 2nd, a massive half-bred son of yncle J George, never was out of a gallop, in J winning this race and .beating, Captain Kettle, winner of laat year's I Maryland, and a number of other!1 good timber horses. Whether or not this upstanding fel-1 low of seventeen hands will go in the hunt cup is something of a secret, but I when pressed for an answer, while he was shaking a hundred hands and re- I ceiving congratulations, Harry D. J Kirkover, gentleman trainer of Hot-1 spur 2nd, responded with, nothing I more than a wink. If he goes he will bear watching. The horse that won so handsomely 1 today is the same big fellow that Mrs. Wadsworth brought down to Camden, S. C., from the Genesee Valley a few I years ago and which has been something of a perennial runner-up in the I coveted Carolina Cup. I Only a few weeks ago, this horse ran second to Charioteer, the outsider j that took the Carolina Cup, but many I | thought him the best horse in the I 'race. Whatever he was that day,] Hotspur and was pounds the best this I spring afternoon. J Picking up 1?5 pounds, Hotspur 2nd I galloped over the hills and dales of! Maryland's sporting country as I though he were out on a run after J the hounds. Ridden by Stuart 3.1 Janney jr., one of our most promis- J ing ypung amateur riders, he made only one mistake, and that he quickly rectified. The big gelding ran out J at the seventh fence, but almost before Janney could take up, the horse was ready bo turn about and retrace his footsteps to the fence be misirrd He went over in a jiffy with the lose of only a little ground. i Of the seven that went to the poet, I Hotspur 2nd was the first to show when %he field came up from the I muddy bottom land where the start J was made, and right behind hin^Was Captain Kettle, which was running I ih the colors of Charles 3. Cheaton, the Philadelphia sportsman. With Charley White up^ Captain Kettle looked like the good thing of the J race, but those who supported him so strongly probably had not seen Hotspur 2nd in action in the recent Camden and Aiken meetings. 1 . One hardly would look for such a strapping big horse as Hotspur 2nd to cut out th? early running for a field I that included in addition to Captain J Kettle, Ben .Leslie' Behr's Outlaw, a former brush horse, and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan's .Sea Chart, a jumper with plenty of early foot;' but when the horses first showed Hotfpur 2nd was on top and there he stayed. The farther they went, as a matter of fact, the faster did Hotspur 2nd run, and Captain Kettle was a tired steed at the end from chasing the pacemaker. Mr. Behr also started Brose Hover, a former winner of the Maryland Hunt Cup, and brought Alexis Wilson down from Canada to ridehbttlJJroee ifovet-ahowed little of the fire and speed tnat marked his racing a few years' ago. He refused to take the I third fence, causing Carleton Palmer's j Rond du Roi and Paul Meljon'a Dan-| gay to be taken up, and later suffered a spill. ? i Oddly enough it was Outlaw that raced best for Mr. Behr. Under Ray Woolfe, this one fenced well and cams | on fast enough at the end to. force White, on Captain Kettle, to the whip' to save the place. Rond du Ro.i waa fourth and Dangay trailed in long time after the others had fin-' ished. 'Sea Chart and Brose Hover failed to complete the course. This race usually has been conaidered as a conditioner for the Maryland Cup, to be run two weejes hence, and Captain Kettle may have been out with the big prise in mind father than today's affair: He has been idle since bis fine victory in the Hunt Cup last year and may have needed the racs, If he meets Hotspur 2nd in'the Hunt Cup it will be decidedly interesting to ass what effect today's race will have and whether Hotspur 2nd can go as far as four miles. Some ay that he cannot, to w)dch Mr. Kirkover replies with a broad smile. < " ..I i Mrs. C. H. Zemp and Mies Bin* bath Clark attended the Jennings* Caughman wedding in Wlnnsboro last Saturday, yj V >>r; V4 i MfeftWj Committees Named on New City Council . ~ Tho members of tho; newly elected city council were sworn in at Mon- A ? "p| day nights meeting and they have entered upon their new duties with every one a new members--only three having had previous experience in the city's governing body?Mayor J, H. Osborne served a number of years a^ ;'i>v alderman from ward three, Alderman C. C. Whitaker has served ward four in a previous council and Alderman M. L. Smith, Jr., has served from his ward on a previous council. T. V. Walsh, Jr., fFora ward five was named as mayor pro tern and the & other committee assignments with * their chairmen tallow; Finance?T. V. Walsh, Jr., chairman; C. C. Whitaker, Sr., F> N. McCorkle. Police?^F. N. McCorkle, chairman; P. M. Mayer, M. L. Smith, Jr. Health and City Property?Goorge A. Creed, chairman; C. C. Whitakor, Sr., T. V. Walsh, Jr. Fire?P. M. Mayer, chairman; G. A. Creed, M. L. iSmith, ^Jr, Streets and Parks?M. L., 'Smith, Jr., chairman; F. N. McCorkle, F. M. Mayer. Water and (Light?C. C. Whitaker, Sr., chairman; <3. A. Creed, T. V. Walsh, Jr. Services at Bethesda Presbyterian church services on Sunday, April 22, as announced by A. (Douglas McAm, pastor, will be; Church school 10 a. m.; morning wor- s.-. ship with sermon, 11:16. Intermediate Club Saturday morning at ten o'clock. Junior Club Saturday morning at ten o'clock. Young People Sunday evening at seven o'clock. Midweek service Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. The public is cor- : dially invited to the services of this church. e-t ^ ^ . y 7-7-3 Grace Church Servient Services at Grace Episcopal church on (Sunday, April 22, as announced by the rector, F. IH. Craighill, Jr., , ?are; Holy Communion, 8 a. tn.; church school, 2:45; morning prayer, 11:16; church aobool At Old Court House, 3 p. ih.; Young people of the g I church will meet at 7 p. in. ? . J Tfc Ex-Mayor Gives A Fish Fry To Friends ?????? ?X fi 'u On Tuesday evening around seventy five friends of ex-Mayor Robert M. Kennedy, Jr..Were invited by him to a Ash fry. fThia affair was to have been put on at his Colonial Lake property but due to inclement weath- ? er the place was changed to the Bhrkie dininghaRi-- :?? All City oniciale both past council and present, all ex-mayors of Camden, county officials ana many invited guests were on hand to enjoy the feed. Those from Columbia were: J. Murphy, attorney: W. P. Black- 1 well, Secretary of uState; Sidney Groschel, head of the Veterons' hos- ; J ?, pital in Columbia; William Cain, attorney. * Impromptu talk* were made and much sparkling repartee heard during the evening. All Columbia speakers were high in their praise of Bob Kennedy and his hospitality, and also hit laboring to bring about closer relations between Camden amp Columbia. Many made comments that freeing of the Wateree bridge of tolls would accelerate this closer union. ' Representative Jim Belk made a short talk along this line and told : Pat Murphy that he wanted him to deliver a message to Senator Jim Hammond and tnafc. was that when the bridgp was freed they were not, going, to give hiia that little toll nous?,to play with. B - v . < John WllsOn and a corps of helpers ' Served a delightful fish fry with all trimmings. ...iv ' 1 ????mm Sale of Real Rstate We hear rumors . that "times are better" both by the grapevine telegraph and cold official facts,- but when real estate starts moving one knows that things are on the up and ^ up. Last week a real estate transfer of much interest was the sale of the DeKalb, Service Station on DeiKalb street to Hughey Tindal, from George T. Little, at a niee eeaaideration, it ?;?? was learned. Mr. Tindal will operate this in connection with his property on Broad street, the Carolina Motor .Company. M. M. Reasonover will manage the DeKalb street station. Several pieces of real estate containing homesteads have been sold recently also, we understand. New Political Announcements The voters are taking great intereat in the political hats being cast in the arena each week?the latest are: S. F. BrasLngton for the Sonata; W. L. McDowell, for Judge of Probate: Frank Rabon, for Magistrate of Upper West Wateree; and the first to announce for the Job of Game Warden is Mitchell Rabon, of Wast Wateree. Mint Harriet Nelson and William K. Nelson, of this city, With Mian 1 If.. J3 Cornelia Nelson. oKfcock Hill, spent Jf-V- ' M several days last wstfe Willi relatives > la For* Banning, Ga. : A- : U * .? . ty v fi i(7-;r s ? ?, . -**??