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The Camden Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 193S . NUMBER 41 Items Of Interest \ In Cottage Colony (By Sally Broomell) A series of polo games are being played here each.jSunduy in January on Polo Field No. 2 between teams of the Camden Polo Club for the John Devine trophy, a handsome silver bowl presented by Mrs. John Devine, of New York in memoriam for her husband, the late John Devine, who spent several winters in Camden and was interested in the polo. The games are largely attended .by visitors, cottagers' end residents alike and later in the season will be held on Thursdays and Sundays with special games on holidays. Games are being arranged with neighboring resort towns. The Town Team and the Country Team are competing for the trophy. The Town Team is composed of: Henry Savage, Jr., Charles P. (Du!Bose, Jr., Ralph iLittle and Mendel L. Smith. On the Country Team are: Charles Robinson, Kirby Tup per, Ancrum iBoykin, Jr., and Joe Bates. The substitutes are: Charles Little and Walton Ferguson, with Major Grove Oullum as referee. Mts. Sheffield Phelps, of Aiken will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Camden Garden Club to be held Monday, January 14. Mrs. George R. Cook is president of the club. The Kershaw County Fish and Came Association held its monthly I meeting Wednesday evening, when it I was decided tb hold tihe second anr nual Field Trials early in March, and | a dog .show in February. jS The President's Birthday Ball will jgj t|e held in the Armory on January 30. Dan Mackey is general chairman. Last year Camden was the smallest town in the United States to hold a Birthday Ball when over $300 | was raised. This year Camden will g probably be the only town to hold I nvo bet?fits in aid of the Birthday j| Ball Commission for Infantile ParalK ysis Research, as tentative plans are 1 being made to have an old-fashioned barn dance on January 29 to swell the fund. ? With holidays over, cottagers and Hsea.-on visitors are arriving every lldny. Miss Francis Thord-Grey of Greenwith. Conn., has taken a cotHtage again this season and has her horses here. Thomas Waller, of War renton, Va., is here with his stable. ||Mr. and Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, of Bedford, X. Y. (the former Miss Jane Fowler of Peaneck, N. J.) have ar-> rived for the season. Mr. Bassett is gin charge of Mrs. Thomas H. SomerB"i lie's stables. She has taken the old B'roctor place again this season and Bs expected to arrive soon. Mr. and piMrs. Watson Pomeroy, of Millbrook, | N. Y., are here for the season. Mr. Band Mrs. Grainger G&ither, of WestKbury, L. I. arrived Saturday for the Ru sea so?. Recent arrivals at the hotels ingle ludo: Kirkwood?Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Noll, $Jof Peaneck, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. J. liK" Rurmen, of Orange, N. J.; Mr. ami jjpffs. Joseph Winterboth&m, of ChiIago; Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard, of Newport, R. I.; Mrs. Edmund T. trumbholz and Miss Kl&ra Krumbolz, ind Mrs. Wallace I. Keep. Hobkirk Inn?Mr. and Mrs. G. U. Surdett an<l family of Englewood, N. bj Mr. and Mrs. D. W. O'Brien, of 'Valtham, Mass.; Mrs. Jesse Spauldng and family, of New York. Court Inn?Col. and Mrs. Wesley V. Gibson and son, of Washington, C, 1 M-li-ixvr htwl _I TU ILcaaIAM Rv - * " V t? ? f New Havep, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. M. Chanst. bnd daughter, of Washrrton, D. C.J Mr. and \i rs. G. U. Burdett and | laughter, Ri ;h, and sons Paul, of ^iglewood, J, J., have taken a cotat Hobk: *k IiVn for a few weeks' *tay. The m< i are here for the quailthooting. Mi and Mts. Julius T. A. ^oolittle, of 1 Yhitesboro, N. Y., who 'Pent Ohristn as in Charleston, passed the week-< ad at Hobkirk enroute pome. Mr. ad Mrs. D. W. O'Brien. Bf Waltham, lass., who spent OhristB*as at Hobk is have gone to St. AugBstine, Fla., fnd are expected back B?on. Other Arrivals are: Donald B^gnew and E.fL Foley, Jr., of Wash ungt<>n' C.J Lawrence Morris end Cdwin W. Col y, of New York City. I Mr. and Mr* J. Dodge Peters gave B dinner and bridge Saturday at l Urt Inn. 1 eh- guests were: Mr. Mrs. W. I Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Ff8'* b. Wrig t, Mr. and Mrs. Eben W- Know Hon, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney prvis and Lai] don Peters. KJreek end j. tests et Court Inn Mrs. CI rles Relifuss, Miss B'^beth, My -s, of Philadelphia; BJW and M i J. W. Hesskm, of Haven; ; r. and Mre. C. M. h (T*rm Mrs. Kate Johnson Passes Away Following closely the death of her husband, Mrs. Kate Mc Willie Shannon Johnson passed away early Wednesday morning after a lengthy'illness. Mrs. Johnson was the widow of William E. Johnson, who died in late November. She was 81 years of age and was the daughter of the late Colonel Willium Shannon, and was one of a family of thirteen children who occupied the ancestral home known then us "Pine Flat," but now is the Hobkirk Inn. (Surviving her are two sons?Robert Cunningham Johnson, of Charlotte, N. C.; William E. Johnson, and one daughter, Miss Henrietta Johnson, of Camden. Tyo sisters, also survive? Mr*. Ida -S. Heath, of Camden, and Mrs. Lucy S. Boy kin, of Sumter. _ There is also a wide family connection here and elsewhere, and the death of this aged couple brings to a close lives which have been spent among our people in such a way that they had endeared themselves to all. if uneral services were conducted by Rev. Francis H. Craighill, of Grace church, Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Serving as pallbearers were: J. W. Cantey, R. ?. DeDoache, W. L De^ Pass, W. H. Haile, R. M. Kennedy, Jr., J. K. sShannon, W. M. Shannon, C. C. Whitaker and L. J. Whitaker. Aged Lady j Dies Abroad A message was received in Camden this week announcing the death of Mrs. Jennie von Tresckow which occurred at Zareb, Yougoslavia, while ; residing with her son, Egmont C. von Tresckow, American consulate at that place. Mrs. von Tresckow was the widow of the late Baron E. C. von Tresckow, who with her husband came to Camden some thirtv-five years ago, where at one time they owned and occupied (the historic Lafayette Hall on the lot ! where the Court House now stands, j She was born in Binghamton, N. Y. ^ninety years ago and was married in 1870 to Baron von Tresckow, of 1 Mamaroneck, N. Y., where they re| sided until 1877. They lived in Ger^ I many and in the Austrian Ty^ rol, until their son became 20 years of age, then they came to Camden, S. C. I The body will arrive in New York on Saturday, January 5, where it will be accompanied to Camden and the j funeral plans will be announced lai ter. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week beginning Janj uary 6, 1935 at the First Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. Subject: "The Lord's Supper." At 6:30 p. m. the Lord's Supper will be observed and there will be no preaching at the evening hour. Teacher's meeting Tuesday evening at 7:80. B. Y. P. U. Tuesday evening at 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. "Dick" Jenkins Improving The friends of "Dick" Jenkins, who was severely injured when his mo tor j cycle crashed into an automobile on North Broad street Christmas Day, will be delighted to know that he is improving at the Camden hospital, where he was taken immediately following the accident. Young Jenkins is the popular circulation manager for The Charlotte Observer in Camden and suburbs. Miss West Entertains Miss Dorothy E. West, of iShepard entertwnied at ne^1' home on last Thursday for Miss Wilma Floyd, of Kershaw and the Shuler brothers, of Charleston who broadcast over radio station WOSC. Dancing was enjoyed throughout the evening, the rooms being beautifully decorated in the yuletide colors of green and red. A sweet course was served by the hostess' mother. Stores Closed Tuesday The merchants of Camden observed tNew Year's day as a holiday as did I the Post Office and Bank employee1 of the dity, No public entertainment was held but many informal parties featuiWlhe holiday..-: ^ 1985 SNftft ushered in by citizens of Camden with everything but a braes band, bdlls being rung, the Are siren sounded; amid the *>^o4tT\g off of KERSHAW'S NEW DELEGATION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ft* With the convening of the South Carolina general assembly oil January 8, Kershaw county will have a riew delegation in thi? body, with the exception of Representative Belk. The OhMnicle, jja pleased to prresent below some f^tcts relative to these gentleman, along with a picture of each. , Heads Delegation By virtue of his nomination in the August primary and his subsequent election in November, Dr. Samuel frhirman Brasington, of this city, will head the Kershaw delegation in the 1935 session of the general assembly, as a member of the state senate. Dr. Brasington was bom in Lancaster county, S. C., October 7, 1873, the son of Rev. J. T. and Eliza Neal Brasnigton. He received his early education in the schools of North and South Carolina. At the age of 22 | he entered the Kentucky School of ' Medicine and graduated from that in' stitution in the class of 1897. His 'first practice of medicine was in this j county at Lucknow, in 1900. He mov- ! | ?. <! to Camden thirty-five years ago, j where he has successfully practiced medicine and also engaged in farming, up to five years ago, when ho devoted his entire time to his profession. He was married to Miss Annie E. Evans, of Jefferson and they have one son, Cecil Brasington, of the Kendall Company, Paw Creek, N. C., who lives in Charlotte. As a member of the Camden Baptist church he has been active in church work having served as deacon and at present holds the position of Moderator of the Kershaw Association. The primary last fall saw his first entry into county politics, although he has always been active in cit politics, having served two terms as mayor of Camden and again he was chosen to serve as mayor for one term. Dr. Brasington was elected each time hfe offered for office of mayor and has served one term more than any other mayor ever served, be retired without offering for reelection. He is at present a member of the Board of Trustees of Coker College of ITartsville. With a pleasing personality and being a tireless worker his friends predict that he will make the county a Valuable representative in the upper body of the legislative halls. Being a practicing physician and surgeon many of his staunch friends tried to prevail upon him not to enter the race, but the genial doctor assures his large 'dientiele that his medical and surgical practice will not suffer during his absence from Camden. : The Younger Member Neil E. Truesdell, who led the ticket and was elected on the first ballot, is the youngest member of the delegation from this county and perhaps the youngest that will be found in j the coming General Assembly. He is' twenty-five years of age?born Sep-! ' tember 27. 1009, the son of Dr. and! j M is. Ernest Z. Truesdell, of Bethunc. Being a most exemplary young man | it was freely predicted when he first announced that he would lead the ticket. He has a wide family connection and a host of friends throughout the county. His grandfather, the late D. M. Bethune, for whom the town of Bethune was named, also represented Kershaw county in the legislature soon after the name of that place was changed from Lynch wood to Bethune. Young Truesdell entered Presbyterian College, at Clinton, in 1927, and was graduated from that institution in the the class of 1931. He was a member of the Alpha lA'imba Tau social fraternity and of Chi Beta Phi honorary national scientific fraternity. He was captain of the boxing tenm and was the State bantamweight champion, and in 1931 won the featherweight championship of the S. A. A. U. held in Atlanta. Was a member of the Freshman track team in 1928 and the Varsity track team in 1929. He was secretary and treasurer of the senior class and secretary an<l treasurer of Block P. Club. On October 2, 1931, he was married to Miss Sara Lee Heustess, of Society Hill, S. C., and they have a young daughter, Sarah Isabell, bom October 10, 1934. Mr. Truesdell is a deacon in the Bethune Presbyterian church and teacher of the Men's Bible Class. He is now Worshipful Master of Lynchwood Masonic Lotlge No. 197, and Worthy Patron, of Stlitune Chapter Order Eastern Star. He has been a teacher in the public schools of the county for the past three years and is popular with pupils and patrons alike. Representative James R. Belk. James Roddy Belk, senior member of the delegation, both as to age and service, was born in Union county. North Caroline, near Monroe* Novem-i ber 17, 1867, the son of William Ellison Belk and MarjfrAime Belk. At the age of eight Ipfs parents rnovod to .Lancaster county, where he received his early education, amounting to a "high school" of his day. His father was a farmer and early in life young Belk became engaged in the lumber industry. He moved to Camden about twenty-five years ago, where he was foreman of the Dayid-.son Lumber company. After this company discontinued business he formed the Belk lumber company and by hard work, keen business judgment and strict attention to business, has been very successful. He is now a I member of the Camden Lumber Cont-j puny, being associated with E. B. j Mobley, enjoying a goodly share of the lumber and coal business. I Mr. Belk was first married to Miss Mary A. Hammond, of Lancaster, there are two daughters, Mrs. Minnie McDonald and Mrs. Herbert Williams, of Columbia. A son, James Leroy Belk, fell a victim of German bullets in the Argomve forest in one of the last fights before the Armistice was signed. His body remained in France for three years before located. It was later brought overseas and given a military burial at Kershaw. The seventeenth post of the American Legion formed in iSouth Carolina, bears the name of James Ledioy Belk. He enlisted as a member of the Kershaw Guards, Company M., and was serving as a lieutenant in the Third Division when he met death October 16, 1918. His second marriage was to Miss Trwnnie Cooper, of Columbia, and they have a young daughter, recognized as one of the brightest pupils in the Camden high school. Mr. Belk offered for election in 1930 and led the ticket by a handsome vote, again in 1932 he was elected in the first primary. In 1934 he was nominated in a run-off primary. The first year of his election he was made a member of the important Ways and | Means committee, where he has served continuously since and no doubt will I*; placed on the same committee for another two years. He has served faithfully and with* his genial disposition and a knowledge of affairs of state* wields a powerful influence in the legislative halls. "Sunshine and Cloud" This will be the theme for the address before the Men's Bible Class next Sunday morning. The subject will be carried over from last Sunday. !Let the men all rally for a big: turn-out on this first meeting of the New Year. We shall have 100 per cent. Remember at the Methodist church at 10:00 a. m. The general Sunday school will be conducted by the superintendent in the regular order. Special collection will be taken for the Epworth Orphanage. Presbyterian Church Services Sunday, January 6. A. Douglas MoArn, pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian church announces: Church school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11:18. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated at this service. Vesper service at seven p. m., telling the story of Martin Luther with colored sterioptioon slides. The public Je cordially invited to all these FlIlftlBT , J lirttfr *g 1 tv-TJ-" Communion Service Sunday Next Sunday will 'be the first service of the (New Year. We want to beg-in by celebrating the Holy Sacrament of our Lord's suffering and death. We shall observe it in a different way. We shall endeavor to put new and added emphasis on it. We trust our people will be present and help start our New Year in the right way. We 'beg for a congregation-wide communion. " "What "Does The New Year Mean To Me." This wlil be the theme for the evening service at 7:30. We also hope to build up our night attendance, beginning with this first night service.?C. P. Wimberly, Pastor. - ** Mass At St. Mary's Father Murphy announces that Father Christopher O'Sullivan, formerly at Charleston, has been assigned IbBt Mary's Catholic Church, on Lyttleton street corner of Pine, k. Mass will be said there every Sunday pen** at U o'clock. \. _ County Boy In Marines Herbert F. Proveaux, son of Richard H. Proveaux of Blaney, wiho entered the U. S. Marine Corps in February, 1?82, at the Savannah district office, recently received promotion to the rank of Private, First Class, while serving with the marine guard on board the battleship Wyoming. During his service at sea, Proveaux has visited all the principal ports of the United States and Europe, besides many cruises to tlhe West In- j dies and Central American ports. The Wyoming ia now in port at the Philadelphia navy yard. Those Health Seals < It is still not too late to send in the dollar for the health seals or to return the seals which you were not able to buy* You are encouraged to do this at once. Send all checks and sela to Ear. F.. H. Cradghill. Tboae who a agisted with salting the a sals ana eqwasted to torn in their ispwii and money as soon as ia convenient. - - - -i. r-- - -1 ! .. - . - ? v- -? ' -j?-" j ; _--y -? Eugene H. Dibble Good Colored Citizen On Thursday of last week at hi? home 808 Lafayette street oceurred the death of Eugene Heriot Dibble, one of the oldest and perhaps the best known colored citizen, df Camdem He had been in failings'health for a number of years awdi Ma- death came peacefully, though somewhat unexpectedly. - , 1 he funeral services were held from his late residence Friday* afternoon at 3;30 with his pastor Rev. C. C. Key-molds, in charge, agisted by ltev. J. W. Boykin, Kev. W.' X. P. Roseborough. Rev. Howard read "Crossing the Bar" and Rov. Miller of Sumter pronounced the benediction. Appropriate music was furnished by the Community dee club and a solo was rendered by Jessie Din kins Wright. Eugene Dibble had been a member of Trinity Methodist Church for more than fifty years, serving first, as a trustee and1 later aa the treasurer of the new church 'building fund. He held this position uwtil his physical condition became too impaired to permit him to serve longer. He was a regular Sunday morning communicant and contributed us long as his health permitted. Although born before the turbulent days of the 'War Between the States he nor hie parents were slaves. The exact date of hie birth was May 12, 1855,-which occurred in Camden, he being one of a family of seven sons of Ellie tNaudin and Andrew Henry Dibble. Other brothers were: John Moreau Dibfcle; Andrew Henry Dibble William Smith Dibble, Wyatt Waudin Dibble, James Laurence Dibble, Rufus Dennis Dibble. Ohly three 8U7 oeT OTy H-' Wy?tt ' Niuniin R?fu? JJibble. r^-.wy Satlie IWbecc* ?? l?*1 who *lwthe follow- wf M aijrive: j<??phtao Dib. !Jr Herk,t :Eiii? ..ar-r-^^ Ajjdrew fienry Dibble James Laurence Dibble His James (Laurence Dibble is the Browning IW. of fni , Vt of thi* city and Atlanta I mversity, Atlanta, OaT some years ?fc* a 'teacher Z Browning Home, but at present teacher for Kershaw county, ill under the supervj^' of th&cw^fl Superintendent of education. W 'Dr. Eugene II. tho past fifteen with the John A. ASH Hospital at Tuskcgce InstRute ina^S'%^ 'bnma, serving first as Assistant geon-in-Chief. For one year he served as Chief of the;' Service at the United Statesment Hospital No. '91 located kegee, Ala. Later in 1P24 he majde Medical 'Director of Institute and Surgeoiv-in-Chief oJiE;?||| John A. Andrew Memorial Hospitaj^^K a position which he now holds. also holds the position of Special Con^^ sultant of the United States Public SS Health Service of Tuakegee Institute. ^j? Harold L. Dibble conducts a grocery business in Hack<*n0ck, N. J. Dr. Andrew 'H. Dibble is engaged in the private practice of Medicine in Warrertton, Va. ,JSju , -. Eugene Dibble began business in January, 1877, on lower Main street when that section was .the main business center. Ha retired "fifty years later and during that time acquired valuable Main and DeKafb street properties, good farm properties, besides some valuable 'Main street property in Sumter, (S. C., which was deeded several years ago to Ma daughter,Ellie Dibble Palmer. He also* owns his commodious two-story, nine room residence in Camden, He always lent hia influence for the good of the commtwAty in which he lived ami was held M high esteem by both races. Though be seldom mentioned it, Dibble oerved as a member of the iSouth Carolina General Assembly during the year 1875 to 1870 from Kershaw county. He was buried in the family pk>t in the colored cemetery here. The Monk of Wittenberg." ? The story of Martin Luther's life and great work will be told with the eld of steriopticon slides at the vesper set1 vice Sunday evening at seven* V oVilock at the Presbyterian church. Every i one is invited. CaMdhl Boy HoMa Office MdKoe Boykin, the son of Mr. and M^?swton C.-Boy?u, it ctf the Grays at the Peasandea Wtwton, Mataadhua-V ? | . .1 ...