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JpyOiAJME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1934 NUMBER 31
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iny Cases Tried
it Sessions Court
fall term of the court of genaesaions
for Kershaw county
ie<l here Monday, with Judge
Mann, of St. Matthews, presidhe
oourt speedily got under way
large volume of business was
eted during Monday and Tues'he
court recessed Tuesday af,i
to convene next Monday
ig, when two homicide cases
) tried.
case Of the State agains^B. F.
s, a former magistrate of this
, charged with the killing of a
, Theo Williams, at his home a
;eks ago, was continued beyond
m. The other of the two most
ant cases coming up at this
f court is that of the 'State
; Jackson .Jones, charged with
ling of his brother, Wilson
This case is set for trial next
f. Both of these *ehses come
he northern section of the
and the defendants in both
re widely connected,
rge number of other cases of
importance have already been
d of by pleas of guilty and
8e, and still others await disi
next week.
i Mann delivered a., very im>
charge to the Grand Jury
d an eloquent tribute to Solicigner
for the able manner in
ie prosecutes iiis cases, for his
hness and for his rapidity in
ig of his cases.
ollowing are the cases disposuring
the two days court this
'
Reed plead guilty to houseg
and larceny of automobile
is sentenced to serve three
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Lee plead guilty to housel
and larceny, and was sen[o
serve six months.
?rd Bracy, charged with robas
tried and found guilty and
fd to serve three years..
> Thomas plead guilty to the
)f assault and battery: of a
:1 aggravated nature, and was
d to serve three months.
Baker, charged with using a
ithout the owner's consent,
<1 and acquitted.
Laney plead guilty to involmanslaughtof^and
was sen0
serve twellre months, six
to be suspended on good ben
Scott plead guilty to asd
battery of a high and ag1
nature, sentence sixty days.
/ Ives plead guilty to maliciry
to livestock; sentence ten
$10.00.
Langley plead guilty to iny
manslaughter. His senis
four months, all of "Which
>ended during good behavior.
Cunningham plead guilty to
aking and larceny, and was
i to three years.
r Cooper, housebreaking and
sentence two years.
)ennis, assault of a high and
ed nature, three years.
>hnson plead guilty to burglarceny
and to forgery. He
enced to five years' on the
and larceny charge and
ys on the forgery charge,
sentence to run concurrently
larger sentence,
e part of the day Tuesday
n up with the trial of Fred
'ack Ballard and Henry Balrged
with assault and bati
intent.to kill. They were
. Fred Tucker and Jack Bailed
a sentence of five years,
nry Ballard got off with six
r'ze Winning Dahlia*
itor of this paper acknowanks
from his sick room for
itiful dahlias sent him by
friends. Also received was
from R. G. McCreight, of
a former Camden man, who
'niias as a hobby. He has
zes every year at the flower
-he State Fair, last year for
time winning the silver cup
the handsomest specimen in
thus becoming owner of the
Serve Chicken Supper
lies of Swift Creek church,
"11 serve a chicken Uupper
?ht, 7:30 o'clock at th^ home
ers Young. This suppers
raise money *t? pcpetrthe
Everyone is invited to com?
Jfood supper for twerfty-flve
11 *ou member of the Camden
|r County Chamber of
Join today.
Grand Jury Makes
Its Presentment
The following is the presentment
of the Grand Jury handed in to Judge
M. M. Mann, presiding at the fall
term pf general sessions court held in
Camden the past week: > ^
To Honorable M. M. Mann, Judgo
Presiding:
Wo, the Grand Jury, have passed
on all Bills of Indictment brought before
us during the past year.
We have investigated the- school
system of the county and find that
both the schools and the office of the
Superintendent of Education are being
operated in an efficient manner.
We find that the public roads are
in as good condition as is possible
und^r present economic conditions
and with the small appropriations
and limited equipment with which
they have to be maintained. The
chain gang and its camp are being
well kept up and operated in an excellent
manner.
Our committee finds that the court
house is being kept in good condition
and that thejcounty jail is being kept
in as good condition as is possible
under present circumstances. As has
been pointed out by former Grand
Juries, the present Jail building, and
especially the plumbing, is in bad
condition and steps should be taken
to either construct a new jail or make
extensive repairs to the present one,
at the earliest possible time.
We have checked the books of the
County Treasurer, the Auditor, and
the County Hoard of Directors J and
they are all well kept and we wish to
commend these officials for their excellent
work. The finances of the
county are being operated on a cash
basis and expenditures, are being
kept in line with receipts.
This Grand Jury wishes to recommend
to the Judge of Probate that he
make necessary investigations into
the case of one Robert Jordan of the
Oak Ridge section of the county and
take what steps may be possible to"
have him committed to some* institution
for,mentally deficient people.
We wish to thank your Honor for
the courtesies shown us and also
jwish to commend the Solicitor, the
Clerk of Court, the Sheriff and other
court officials for the very efficient
manner in which the courts have been
conducted this year.
Hughey Tindal, Foreman.
Advertising Camden
To The World
The Chamber of Commerce hopes
with the financial aid of its patriotic
citizens to place Camden before the
public even more thoroughly than
last year.
By the end of the last - season in
May 1934, this organization at a cost
of $400.00 had printed 10,000 attractively
illustrated .pamphlets of Camden
that were distributed throughout
America. Advertisements setting
forth the advantages of our city were
placed in several different cosmopolitan
newspapers: The Sun, New York
Times, New York Herald-Tribune,
New York American, Boston Evening
Transcript, Boston Herald, Washington
Herald and Times, and the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. They also advertised
in sport magazines: The
Spur, Town and Country, The Sportsman,
and Polo.
The Chamber of Commerce not
only advertised in this way, but also
had as publicity agent, Miss Sallie
Broomell, to help-their good work. She
succeeded in having published daily in
these and other newspapers over the
country, the social and sporting activities
of the season, thus setting
forth more and more to the public the
advantage of our town as a winter
resort.
This year they have started off em- j
ulating and %ven surpassing their
work of last year. They have already
had placed in Virginia, North Carolina
and Georgia beautiful and wellmade
board signs of Camden. These
cost $100.00 each to erect. They have
planned to do even more extensive
newspaper advertising, and to hire
again the aid of a publicity agent.
The office force have answered
hundreds of letters of inquiry on
Camden this and last year which
proves to the Chamber of Commerce
jhe success of their varied advertising.
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Halloween Festival at School. ^
There will be a Halloween festival
at Gates Ford school house on Taoaday
night, October 30th, at 7 odock.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
There will be amusement for
the entire family. The pr<*aeda will
be used for purchasing a school piano.
New Association
Made Two Loans
The First Federal Savings & Loan
Association^ whicli w*nr ' chartered
some months ago, began operations
this week, making two loans on
Thursday. One of these loaps was a
small one of $400.00 for the purpose
of making repairs and improvements
on a small ^dwelling,
j The other loan was for $800.00 to
take up a mortgage which had been
running at a higher rate of interest
than the new association charges.
The Federal Savings & Loan Association
is now in a position to take subscriptions
to its thrift shares or paidup
shares. The principal paid in on
these shares is guaranteed by the
Government so that subscribers can
at any time tufn in their stock and
receive the principal back plus its
earnings.
W. R. Zemp is president of the
association, R. E. Stevenson and John
T. Nettles are vice presidents and
other ihembera of the Board of Directors
are: R. M. Kennedy, Jr.,
Henry Savage and Henry Savage, Jr.
Rattle Snakes Rout
Men Gathering Corn
J. L. Guy, manager, of Guy Planing
Mill & Lumber Company of this city,
was telling a Chronicle man a few
days ago a snake story, which he
vouches for the accuracy of. Besides
operating his lumber interests Mr.
Guy also has a farm eight miles
south of Camden, on the CamdenSuhiter
highway. He had a nice lot
of corn in the gathering stage, which
had been planted on a piece of new
ground in the swamps and anxious
to get his prize crop gathered early
he sent in a force of laborers one
morning. They encountered and
killed six rattlesnakes, some measuring
six feet in length. The party
saw tho danger of proceeding further
so they quit for thb day. The next
morning Mr. Guy had these men sent
into a field on higher ground but
when he went down he found the laborers
in a ' "huddle." Quickly realizing
there were more snakes there
he put them to mowing grass and
one or two more reptiles were killed
and several escaped. He then equipped
the men with rubber boots and
says, believe it or not, that prize
patch of corn was gathered and not
another rattler sighted.
Bethesda Church Services.
Presbyterian church services, Sunday,
October 28, announces A. Douglas
McArn, pastor: Church school
10 a. m. A class for young people,
ages eighteen to twenty-five will have
its first session Sunday morning and
all young people of the church are
requested to share in the work of this
group. Morning worship with anthem
and sermon on, "Christ's Greatest
Value for People." On Sunday evening
at seven o'clock in J the church
building we will resume the Sunday
vesper services, which were held on
the lawn during the- summer months.
Study classes for the children of the
church on Wednesday afternoons.
The public is cordially invited to the
services of this church.
Presbyterian Vesper Services.
On ISunday evening, October 28, at
seven o'clock, a series of winter vesper
services will 'begin at the Presbyterian
church. Stereopticon and later
on motion pictures having religious
teaching values will be shown. The
series will include pictures as "The
Kihg of Kings," "Les Miserables,"
"Inside the Cup," "The Nativity," and
the like. The public has a cordial invitation
to attend all these services.
Held Meeting at Beaufort
Jerome M. Hoffer, of the Hoffer
Jewelry Company of this city, joined
a party of fellow optometrists in Co*
lumbia early Sunday morning and
spent the day in historic old Beaufort
in lower Carolina. It was a meeting
of the Central District Optometrists'
Association and they wer^ the guesta
at the Community House in Beaufort.
After a business session at which various
phases of work pertaining to the
treatment of eyes and the fitting of
glasses was discussed, the party was
taken for a delightful ride around
Beaufort harbor.
To Have Halloween Party
There will be a Halloween Party
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Parker on October 31st at 7:^0 p. m.
sponsored by the Ladies Missionary
Society for the benefit of . Salem
church.
\* Delightful entertainment and lots
of fun. for all.
Come and spend a pleasant evening
and forget your worries, saya the
secretary of the society,
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Funeral Services For
T. H. Tatum Sunday
i Thomas H. Tatum, 56 years old,
chairman of the South Carolina railroad
commission met death in an
automobile accident here last Fttfthy
night at the canal bridge on the
! Camden-Blshopville highway, neaa* the
Hermitage mill pond.' '*
Mr. Tatum was on his way home
from Columbia, where he had been on
business. He was alone at the time
of hi.s death and it is thought that
J\e suffered from a heart attack, as
it was known that had heart
trouble. Upon the request of the
family no inquest was held.
He whs buried at Sunnyside cemetery,
Orangeburg, on Sunday afternoon.
The committal service was conducted
by his pastor, the Rev. Brice Herbert,
Bishopyille, assisted by the Rev.
M. L.,Banks, Columbia, and Dr. T. G.
Herbert, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist
church, Orangeburg.
Mr. Tatum, a native of Orangeburg
county, at one time represented Lee
county in the state legislatuie. He
was a graduate of Clemson college
and Georgetown university. He
served in the Spanish-American war.
He is survived by his widow; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert H, Hope, Lexington,
N. C.; one brother, W. O.
Tatum, Gastonia, N._ C.; five sisters,
Miss Maggie E. Tatum, Mrs. F. K.
Jennings, Mrs. Janie Thomas and
Mrs. Edna Traywick, all of Cope;
Mrs. H. M. Braton, Walhalla.
Many persons prominent in state
affairs attended the funeral.
To Address Teachers
Of Kershaw County
tfcxJ , ?The
Kershaw county teachers will
hold the second meeting of the new
school year Thursday afternoon; November
1st, at 4 p. m., in the city j
school auditorium.
W. D. Nixon, president of the South
Carolina Education Association, will
address the group in the general
meetiiujr. Mr. Nixon has recently
been elected county superintendent of
education in Spartanburg county.
Miss Mary Eva Hite will lead the
i discussion for the elementary group
jin the departmental meeting and Miss
j Esther Strong will lead a group; both
discussions will center around reading.
The teachers will probably all attend
the district meeting in Rock Hill
November 6th. Trustees are also invited
to both these meetings.
Rev. McArn Made
Chairman Red Cross
The Rev. Mr. Douglas McArn haf
been appointed Roll Call chairman
for the Camden Chapter for the annual
roll call of the American Ret
Cross drive. This drive will statt
Armistice Day, November 11th, and
continue through Thanksgiving.
"Nebuchadnezzaf's Dream" -
This is to be the subject of Dr.
C. F. Wimberly's address before the
Lytbleton Street Methodist Men's
Class next Sunday, October 28th. This
will be directly following the line of
the past two messages. What did
that marvelous dream mean in history
? Come out next Sunday morning
and hear its interpretation.
Where are we now living in the body
of this great dream image? Next
Sunday our Bishop Kern has asked
that all the men be at their various
classes and remain for the morning
service. It is rally day. This explains
why the Sumter Men's Class
will not be with us. We want our
entire membership ? seventy - five
strong?at 10:00 a. m.?Jack Moore,
Secretary.
To Hold Fiddler's Convention
On the night of November 2 there
will be a Fiddlers' Convention in the
auditorium of Central High School^
Lee County. Twenty-five dollars
($25.00) or more will be given as
prizes to players of violins, mandolins,
guitars, banjos, saxaphone,
pianos and to groups of these instruments,
orchestras, and group gingers
such as quartets, etc. These contests
are free to all, but anyone wishing to
compete should communicate, either
by card or letter, with Central High
School, Rembert, S. C. The admission
fee will be small and your enjoyment
should be great. '
To Sell Oysters.
The ladies of I?ckhart community
will tell oysters and sandwiches at
L. J. Jordan's store, Saturday night,
October 27th. The proceeds will go
for the benefit of Refuge church.
Hotspur Favored
To Win In Big Race
The following clipped from the Ia:Roy,
N. Y? Gazette-News will bo
read with interest by Camden people,
who witnessed this tine horse race in
the' Washington Birthday races and
the Carolina Cap, held here each
seqpon:
Hotspur II, Mrs. Austin Wadsworth's
.big ' cheat nut gelding,, has
been installed as odds-on fuvoritv to
chalk up his third victory in the annual
Genesee Valley Cup steeplechase
to b<? run Saturday afternoon
over the Genesee Valley Hunt's
course at the Kennels on the AvonCienesee
road. The well-known son of
Uncle George scored his previous
wins in the event in 11)31 and in 1933.
If victorious this year, Hotspur will
g^in permanent possession of the
cup, presented in 11)37 by the Cary
family of Buffalo.
Racing form followers have selected
Ward A. Wickwyre's Lucier, winner
of the event in 1932, as the winner
of the event in 1982, as the horse
Hotspur will have to beat, if he is to
score his third victory. Last week at
Rolling Rock, Hotspur won his first
race of the 1934 fall season, leading
Lucier to (the wire by abou^ three
lengths. Raymond Wolfe, one of the
most famed amateur riders in the
country, will have the mount on the
Wickwyre horse, and has high hopes
of reversing last week's result. Stuart
Janney of Baltimore will ride Hot- J
spur. j
Th efield of seven entries repre- j
sents the largest number yet to have
gone to the post in the event. Others
facing the starter's gun will include
Poplar I^ane Farm's Sunset, 2nd, winner
of the cup in 1931; Mint Gold,
owned by Thomas Clements, the
Avon breeder, and trainer of hunters;
Lamplighter, owned by Anthony Con-1
ti of Rochester; H. A. Clark's Ginger
Boy; an Irish hunter owned by C. L.
Whiting, and a dark horse sent down
by A. C. Goodyear of New York city.
A program of 5 races, one more
than in previous years, is on the card,
with the possibility of a sixth, a twomile
maiden timber race, if enough
entries are found. Leading off the
program will be the farmers' flat
race of six furloughs for the Major
Winthrop Chanler Memorial. In additino
to the memorial thoro will be
cash prizes of $75 for first, $50 for
second and $25 for third. There is
always a large field in this event.
Troop A flat race for New York
State Tropers foitfa cup presented by
Mary Abigail SJjiverick will be open
to enlisted men of Troop A and will
be over a course of six furlongs.
The Genesee Valley Hunt plate
event, the plate having been presentj
ed by Mrs. Theodore W. Case, will be
open to any horse over a mile course,
to be ridden by amateur riders holding
certificate from the National
Hunt and Steeplechase Association
and those eligible for same, as well
as others acceptable to the committee.
Four-year-olds to carry 140
pounds, and 5-year-olds upwards of
150 pounds. Ernest L. Woodward's
Rocky Shore and Lough Rose are expected
to run in this event.
The final event of the day will be
the hunt team race, to be eligible to
three horses from any recognized
hunt, same to have been regularly
hunted and not tranied for racing.
Harry D. Kirkover, Hon. James W.
Wadsworth, and Ernest L. Woodward
will be stewards. Judges will be Oscar
F. Soule, Franklin D. L. Stowe and
Craig W. Wadsworth, Harry D. Kirkoevr
is chairman of the race committee.
The annual hunter trials sponsored
by the Genesee Valley Hunt will take
place Friday afternoon at the Bueg
Farm, adjoining the Kennels at 1:30
p. m. >
Methodist Church Services
"The Destroyer and the Builder"
will be the subject of the sermon at
the Methodist church Sunday moraing
at the 11:15 hour. ^Ve invite the
entire group of men belonging to our
church and any friends who may wish
to worship with us. The Evening
hour will be a continued message from
last Sunday night?"The Secret Places
in Life and Religion." Let us get
behind our night Congregation and
[build it up, says C. F. Wimberly,
j>astor.
"Getting Married Intelligently"
! Next Sunday evening, October 28,
at the First Baptist Church there
will be a special service for young
people. The pastor, J. B. Caston will
preach on "Getting Married Intelligently.
Morning service at 11:16,
subject: "Emancipation From Evil."
Sunday school at 10 o'clock; B. Y. P.
U. Sunday evening at 0:80.
The public is cordially inyited to attend
all the services of this church.
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First Game of l'olo
Played Last Sunday
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Camden polo players turned out
lu.sl Sunday for their* llrst game of . .
the season. Although the gamo wtyi
hotly contested from beginning to end
the White team camo off victorious
to the tune of 6 to 2. The good play
of Puck Smith for the Whites largely
accounted for their good score. '.The
White team was made up of Hei\ry
Savage, Jr., thick Smith, Ralph Little
und Charlie Uoborson; while the Red
team was composed of Kirby Tupper,
W. A. Roy kin, Jr., Joo Bates and C. P.
DuHose, Jr. - .Y;y; m
The game was played on the new
held built last season by the R. F, C.
forces on the plantation of George .T.
Little. While still rough and a littlo
lacking in sod this Held has the potentialities
of being a very good one.
It will be used for all games during
the next month or tivo. It lies over
the hill to the Woat of the number
two field beyond the Skeet Club stand
and will in the future bo known as
field number three.
"The club plans to play again next
Sunday at 3 o'clock and invites the
public to attend. O ' ,v||
New Home Agent |jj
Assigned To County |
The Homo Demonstration Depart" Jl
ment of Winthrop College has announced
the transfer of Miss Marga- . >
ret Fewell, Home Demonstration
Agent of York County, to Kershaw
County to fill the position of Homo
Demonstration Agent made vacant by ?
the recent marriage of Mrs. Sadie?Craig
KirkBey.
It is with regret that we have to
give Mrs. Kirksey up, for her work .
in the County has been of a very
high type. The best wishes of her
many friends go with her.
Miss Fewell will begin work on
November 1. Her office will be located
in the Court House at Camden. ^
She has had ^ne training and experience
as she has for a number of
years served efficiently the position
as Home Agent of York County. She
is a graduate of Winthrop College
with a R. S. Degree in Home Economics.
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There will be no interruption in the . ^
Home Demonstration Work Kershaw
County as Miss Fewell is able
to take up every phase bf work as
planned and with her recognized energy
and enthusiasm a good year of
work may - be expected under her
leadership. Her work will be supervised
and assisted by the District
Agent, Mrs. Plowden, ^nd members
of the Sta\e Homo Demonstration Department
with headquarters at Winthrop
College. The four Emergency
Workers will continue their wotk
under the supervision of Miss Fewell.
Hornsby Family Had Reunion.
Relatives and friends of Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Hornsby gathered at their
home at Blaney, Sunday, October 14,
for a family reunion. The occasion
was the fifty-second birthday of Mrs.
Hornsby and she received many lovely
and useful gifts. A delicious dinner
was served at noon. Those attending
besides twenty-six grandchildren, m
one great grandchild, weTe: Mr. and
Mrs. George Watts, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Goff, Mr. and Mrs. Edmound
Hornsby, Miss Vera Hornsby and
Miss Mildred Hornsby, Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Goff, of Blaney, Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Brown, Mr, and Mrs. Clarence
Cook, of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. B.
D. Trapp, of Camden.
Jefferson Citizen 1
Dies In Camden 1
Friends will bo shocked at the sudden
death of James W. Miller, 66,
who died here at noon Friday at the
residence of his niece, Mrs. S. F.
Brasington.
He had come down to spend the
day, when he was taken ill and passed
away.
The deceased was a native of Jef- '
ferson, and his only residence during
life was the house in which he was
born. He was the son of the late John _
S. Miller and Elizabeth Fletcher Miller
of that city. \
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hattie
Gregory Miller, of Jefferson, and one
adopted daughter, Mrs. Cecil Davis,
of Hartsvilie. :'-i" >||||
Funeral services were held at his
late residence in Jefferson Sunday, >
October 21. "
Are yea e member of the Camden
and Kershaw County Chamber of
Commerce? Join today.
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