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REMEMBER?JUNE IS "GO-TO-CHURCH-MONTH " GO EVERY SUNDAY! The Camden Chronicle gffl? I ^B^SSBSS? I ...J I. I .1,1 ...... J I || I ! M I I I 1 L I LL- ? L J- - - VOLUME 47 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935 , NUMBER 9 National Journals I Praise Kate Course The May issues of "The Spur," "The Sportsman" and "Polo" dfcvoted I pajjefc <>r pictures and comments of |(|)e Carolina Cup and Sprlngdalo I Course hi Camden. These are na {iPDaJly-Known publications devoted I to sports and each year they give I Camden wide publicity. I In "The Sportsman" we And: I *Jn the past six years the Carolina Cup meeting has become one of our leading Hunt races. Starting with a I handful of spectators, these races now attract a tremendous crowd. There I were cars there this year from thirtyI eight different States, its location, management and the untiring person111 efforts of Mr. Harry I). KJrkover guarantee its success. The Carolina Cup-has always required a very high class or' horse to win. In 1930 it was won by Noel Doing's Ballast, 2nd; in 1931 by the Mill Creek Stables' I Sea Soldier; In 1932 by Mrs. SomerIviile's troublemaker. In 1933 Dick I Mellon won it with a classy young lady named Pink Tipped, and last year it went to Mrs. Proctor's Charlo teer. So look over these horses, If you contemplate going down to win the Carolina Cup, and leave your pigs at home! There has never been a better race meeting run off anywhere than this, and I am sure it will be the same every year." From Polo Magazine, this comment I appears: "It would be difficult for followers of hunt racing to overestimate the importance of The Carolina Cup meetling. There might be reason, In fact, for setting forth the claim that The Carolina Cup has become the most important race of the year, it gets Ithf new season off on the right foot, it eneotirages those who could be disI appointed by the hungry character of other early meetings, it brings! ionii ..oh year more and more horses of front rank, and it gives every type! of horse and own. r a sporting chance. I hat hunt racing owes an increas- ! ing debt to the Carolina Cup meeting was demonstrated in certain terms on .March 3u of this year when a well fi/Jed card of six races was run off to the satisfaction of the most ex^ cUng critics, in perfect weather, be forethe widening eyes of race enthus futs from many parts of the country. WThe courses?flat, brush and timber? *ere ideal. The atmosphere was farming and hospitable. "Those who have never seen the Camden layout may find it difficult to understand .this apparently extraordinary enthusiasm. Those who have seen it will understand and appreciate t e simple cause for so unequivocal a statement." [Needed Rain Falls I On Only One Farm Kingstree, S. C., May 16.?Neigh ors of Dewey Rodgers, who lives Kn t!" IJeulali community, Williams urg county, are wondering what it Is ,i:is l'iat they have not. Recent >. while farms on every side of A r. Rodgers were parching for rain, a m\\pr fejj 0n Rodgers farm, m.-ting the moisture" of the soil, \!' ufarnier8 express It. 1 - r P-odgers* neighbors" were luciin *"' " think that was just a chance li?)Ur' a days ago while r- nnxiously watching to clouds '"p"s of getting rain, the clouds E?, .' ' r'^ht over the neighbors' !, s and poured forth their conagain upon the Rodgers farm., ""'eting the moisture." V( ti,no the neighbors talked It " among themselves and decided an 1U>t ^U8t "chance." Natu v 'bey are wondering! I Methodist Church Services 1 A|>!i to say that I expect to meet > appointments next Sunday, be|t'7r with the Men's Bible class ict " a ni" morn'n? preaching sera^11; 15, and the evening service h m 1 not announce the 's f?r any of these services.? h Wimberly, Pastor. f I AN APOLOGY aii^ ' I1 %V0Git TIle Chronicle, like other papers, receives a flood lir"c'es from individuals, firms, Isn P"rntions and promoters of all "fts seeking free publicity. They n"'1" by mail and wire. Unfortu- 1 I j,' ' N ,a8t week we Inadvertently I vov i "V "8 a tel?Bram from HarI to i orTlan- of Atlanta, which had i i.o ? Wlth an advertisement of 1 |an 0fln Nitrate which has never I the r,'.'1 *n thls PaPer- K '8 not an , y ?f this paper to allow loth JnWftrranted attack upon an| now advertla?r and we realize 1 timi, paper has been vlc teu.JL' We do not c?ncur In the |paKe ofnithr|eproduced on the front : reRpp, !?. ,Mt week. We 1 Kret the occurrence. I 1 ??? Closing Of Schools Begins June 4th j The Camden City school# will finish the year's work on Tuesday, June 4th. 1 he exercises attendant upon the closing will begin on Sunday evening, at 8:30 o'clock. Itev. A. Douglas McArn will preach the annual commencement sermon to the high school graduates. in addition to congregational singing, selections will be rendered by the High School Chorus and the Camden Choral club. Monday evening, at if: 30, the graduating class will celebrate "Classify." The program will be handled entirely by the members of the graduating class and will he somewhat varied from the utfoul style. This too is held in the high school auditorium. Tuesday morning in the auditorium at 11 a. m., a program for the grammar grades will be held. The members of the seventh grade who are promoted to the high school will sit on the stage at this time. The exercises will consist of musical sclectlons, reading of honors, recitations and declamations. A special feature of the program will be a brief address to the members of the seventh grade by Rev. J. B. Caston, of the First Baptist church. The final exercises of the year will be held on Tuesday evening in the high school auditorium, beginning at 8:30. This year the seniors will be seated on the stage dresed in caps and gowns of gray. The program will be based on the usual type with variations which will allow of more students participation. There will be no annual address to the graduates this year. State high school diplomas will be delivered to all seniors who make the grade, and in addition several will receive certificates in art. The number enrolled in the graduating class is forty-seven. Files Application For Liquor Store Here Among the applications filed for retail liquor licenses announced as having been received by the state tax commission at Columbia Tuesday, is found the name of Elihu Schlosburg, Main street, of Camden. Mr. Schlosburg Is the first Camden citizen to make formal application for a license here, though there are others contemplating making applications. Mr. Schlosburg 'is now conducting the Rex Billiard Parlor on east DeKalb street. The present law does not allow any other business in tfie same building with a liquor store, so the vacant store room south of the Rose's 5 and 10 cent store is being put into shape for the proposed new liquor store. Others making application are N. Curtis Crolley, east Dekalb street, Camden, and C. R. Bowen, E. T. Bowen and W. D. Sanders, Church street, Blaney. Mrs. Frances Stokes Dead Mrs. Frances Stokes, age 67 years, died at her home on the Bishopvllle road this morning. She is survived by her husband, J. H. Stokes, and two children, Mrs. W. F. Rodgers and Mrs. M. B. Rodgers; one sister, Mrs. H, C. Watson of Lee county; two brothers, H. C. Arrants of Kershaw; M. J. Arrants, Detroit, Mich. Funerai services and interment were held at Cedar Creek church, I^ee county, at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. AH of Mrs. Stokes' family were at the bedside when the end came.? Sumter Daily Item. Death Of Mrs. Mathis Lenora Caughmau Mathis, 87, widow of Richard Mathis, died at the ( home of her daughter, Mrs. Clair Corbitt, in the Spring Hill community last Thursday, following a two months' illness. Mrs. Mathis is survived by three ( daughters. Mrs. Clair Corbitt, Mrs. R. D. Hancock and Mrs. Leslie Lee of Spring Hill, and three sons, Ben Mathis, Leonard Mathis, of Sumter and Claude Mathis, of Spring Hill, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Change Of Management Jinimie Starr, of Columbia, has leased the building and equipment of Thomas' Coffee Shop, East DeKalb street, recently operated by Sancken's Ice Cream company. The business will be called "The Sweet Shop" and Mr. Starr will have direct management. Tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, be- ' tween the hours of 6 and 6 o'clock, ^ he will serve a complimentary cup < of Sancken's Ice cream to all visitors. Celebrated Birthday i On Sunday, May 19th, Mr. and Mrs. t Andrew Webb entertained at a picnic ( dinner, at their home in the Antioch section of the county, in honor of ] the birthday of Mrs. Webb's mother, Mrs. Clara Folsom. Around forty guests were present besides the lm- J mediate family. A bountiful dinner ; was served. , s.y* ?. _ Progress Dinner To Be Held June 5 The second monthly progress dinner of Kershaw county is to be held the first Wednesday In June, which is June r?th, ut 7: JO p. in., at the FourH Clul) camp at Shamokin, seven miles north of Camden just off the the Lancaster highway. Matters of vital importance to the county's welfare ure to be discussed, considered and acted upon, and it is desired that every leading citizen of the county who is interested in the welfare, development and betterment of Kershaw county to be present and do what he can for the good of our county. Many tliinK? are taking place in a big way now and it is necessary tor us to be active und alert if we are to secure for our county what it is entitled to ami to take advantage of tlte opportunities being presented from time to time. This is especially true in light of the tremendous expenditures being made from Washington. A number of definite undertakings are now under way in the county and others are to he started very soon. Through tile continued cooperation of our leading and thinking men it is believed that we will accomplish a great deal more for the good of file people of Kershaw county. The last progress dinner was considered a great success, it having been c^ie means of getting a benefit program definitely under way with an organization of men responsible for tin* accomplishment of certain objectives. It is imperative that tills work be followed up if greatest good is to be derived. Therefore, every man in the county who is interested j in the welfare and betterment of the county is invited to attend this meeting and help. A chicken dinner is to be served by tiie Farm Women's Organization of tiie county at the Four-H camp at a cost of f?0 cents per person. Tickets to this progress dinner may be secured from the. County Agent's office or the Chamber of Commerce office in Camden at 50 cents each. Every one who plans to attend is requested to secure his ticket as early as possible so that we may know how many to expect in order that the ladies may make necessary preparation for the dinner, requests Henry D?. Green, County Agent; Camden Pilot Hurt In Airplane Crash Christopher C. Vaughan, substitute clerk at the Camden postoffice, and also employe of The Chronicle force, had a narrow escape from possible death and serious injury when his Fatrchild Challenger plane was wrecked Sunday afternoon In a forced landing. Mr. Vaughan has been using his plane for pleasure and passenger carrying for some year and a half and this was his first accident of any kind. He was flying over a point near Shamokin when his engine went dead, presumably from a stoppage of gas. In attempting to set the plane down in a field the machine stood on its nose and turned over. Mr. Vaughan escaped with several cuts about the nose, a cut on his right hand and several body bruises. His machine was badly wrecked. His friends arc delighted to know that his injuries were not serious and he is again at his accustomed duties. Antloch School Exercises Commencement exercises at Antiocli school will begin with the .Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, May 26, at 4 p. m. Rev. A. M. Jones, of the Spring Hill Methodist charge, will deliver the sermon. On Tuesday, May 28, ut 8:30 p. m. an operetta, "Over the Garden Wall,'' will be presented by the grammar school In connection with the 7th Grade Commencement. There will be no admission charge. On Friday. May 31 at 8:30 p. m. the high school exercises will he held. The address before the graduating class will be made by Mr. Clemson W. Wilson, of the State Department of Education. Members of the graduating class are: Sara Alice Branham. Arthur Robert Holland, Jr., Richard Wallace Holland, Resale Lee Joye and Marlon Adam Shiver. Major Bauskett Transferred to Boston Atlanta, Ga., May 21.?Major Wil-! Mam T. IJauskett, Jr., Cavalry, who resided in Camden, S. C., prior to entering the service of the Army, is relieved from further assignment and luty with the 13th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas, effective on or about June 10, 1936, Is then detailed as Instructor. Cavalry', Massachusetts National Guard, Boston, Massachusetts, and will proceed to Boston, Mass., and report to the Commanding General, First Corps Area, not later than June 30, 1936, for duty.Major Bauakett was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant, Cavalry. June 17, 1917. He la a graduate of the various Army Service Schools. Game Bill Will Be Help To Sportsmen A bill which should be of great interest to all sportsmen uiul conservationists wu? passed by tho general ' assembly and sent to the governor for his signature during the cloving 1 hours of the session Just over. The bill provides for the creation of a game and fin it commission coin- 1 postal of aix members, one from each congressional district. The governor is empowered to appoint these commissioners with the advice and con- 1 sent of the senate. Two of the nletn- ! hers, are to be appointed lor one year, ' two for two years and two for three 1 years and their successors shall be ' appointed for three years. Meetings of the commission shall be held at least quarterly at places 1 selected by the commission. No sal- ' (tries are to he paid the commission- 1 is hut they will receive a per diem for and mileage for travel, such pay- { meats hot to exceed $ion per year for each commissioner. It will be the duty of the coinmis- 1 sion to continuously Investigate game 1 and llsb conditions of the state and ' counsel and advise with the chief ' game warden, particularly as to enforcement of the laws looking to the conservation, protection and replenishment of game and fish and shall 1 make an annual report of Its activities to the general assembly and recommend legislation and other action bv the generul assembly in its 1 judgment conducive to the conservation of wild life. The provisions of this act are to ' take effect July 1, 1935. This bill is part of the legislation 1 advocated and sponsored by the South Carolina Fish and Game Association. ' All sportsmen will recognize in it a i step in the right direction. 1 The protection and develpoment of ' our natural game resources will probably be the signal for a real enthusiastic meeting of the State As- ' social ion when it meets in Dillon the latter part of this summer. Men's Mass Meeting The men's bible classes and the put- 1 pits of the city churches were sup- ' plied last Sunday by laymen from the Columbia Business Men's Evangelistic club. At the Haigl&r Theatre that 1 afternoon about 90 men attended a service put on by the same group. That evening a well attended Union service was held at the Baptist church 1 and a forceful talk was delivered by Mr. C. H. Baldwin. All who attended 1 the services were deeply impressed with the earnestness of these laymen in charge. On next Sunday afternoon, May 26, a group from the Columbia club will return to Camden and will hold a second service at the Halglar Theatre at 3:30. An urgent invitation is extended to every man in Camden to nttend this service. Fashion Show _ Program Tonight The Home Economics Department of the school are planing an interesting program for tonight at the Camden School Auditorium. Dance steps arranged by Jean Plyler, music furnished by Paulette West and Dally Jackson and plot for playlotte presented by Jean Plyler... It Is the idea of the Home Economics Department to show you in an entertaining way their work accomplishment this spring. All dresses worn In the playlette and modeled by the girls were made in their Home Economics classes. The public is cordially invited to these exercises. The program will be as follows: { Dance, Afternoon dresses?Susan i Team, Ann M. Clarkson, Lesta Davis, I Ellen Salmond, Pauline Baker, Pearl j Bradley, Velma Morris, Ruby Player. | (Dance steps arranged by Ellen Salmond). Playlette: "The Million Dollar Girl," Cast: Judith Barke, Lesta Davis; Harry O'Neil, Anne M. Clarkson; Maxine Barke, Jean Plyler; Rachel, Grace Rhoden; Shop Girl. Neta Kirkland; Mrs. O'Neil, Ethel Evans; Pinky and Pansy, Pauline Baker and Betty Holland; Maid, Pearl Bradley; Models, Home Economics Class. Dance, Sport Costume?Grace Rhoden, Neta Kirkland, Lavada Parker, Jolynn Hall, Rena Broome, Myrtle Williams, Jean Plyler, Rhetta McIxiod, Regina Goodman, Lucille McLain, Lena Corbett, Dally Jackson. Presbyterian Church Services Sunday, May 26. A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school, 10 a. m.; morning worship with anthem and sermon at 11:15. No vesper service. Tho j^Srt>lic is cordially invited to these Rervices. tee Cream Supper Three will be an Ice cream supper Friday night, May 24th, at tho home of Mrs. F, L. Thomas for the benefit of Bethany Baptist church. Tho public la Invited to come and help in a worthy cause. Sandhill Section ' Best For Crapes Columbia, S C. With the pro potted lbjuor law under discussion at every turn and a dry public wondering how long it will be before the cocktails find Kin fizzes flow IcKully across the ounters in South Carolina, many have turned their attention to an inlustry that promises ti great return for the state, now that It has been legalized by the legislature. That is that wine industry, which lias its foundation in grape growing. South Carolina's sandhill section, exicndlng clear across the state, is recognized tin* country over as one or the best grape-growing areas anywhere. So It is not strange thu,t a number of big wine manufacturers have their eyes on the state and are looking toward the sandhills for possible locations to establish wineries. Fred I'. Abbot, agricultural agent >f the Seaboard railroad, in a recent letter to J. Hoy Jones, agriculture commissioner, said that grupc growers of the state stand ready to cash : in on their crops. South Carolina soil will yield from two to (our tons i?f grapes an acre, which bring from $ ?() to $125 the toil. Certain areas in the I'ee Dee section and around Aiken have'already targe vineyards producing good-sized crops unnually. (Jovornor Olin Johnston has let It he known that he wants the Honor law properly enforced and limited to n year so that the legislature next year could pass permanent legislation based on the lessons of a year's Lime. For that reason he said that lie did not approve the legalization of manufacture because, it would not be fair to allow a man to invest in a plant and then close that plant In another year with another law. The governor has said ull along that he considers the Virginia store plan the best he has studied thus far. Camden Boy Wins Naval Appointment! Word was received hero lust Friday j that Daniel J. Carrison had received in appointment to tho United States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Young Carrison, tho son of H. O. Carrison, Jr., cashier of the Commercial bank "of Camden, received his preparatory training at Marion Military institute, Marion, Ala., and won the naval appointment from Alabama, but was not allowed to qualify on account of not being a resident of Alabama. Carrison enlisted in the navy and was assigned to the U. S. S. Colorado, which is now in dry dock at Bremerton, Wash. It is interesting to note that the commander of this battleship is Capt. William Ancrum, U. S. N. Incidentally he waB the first man from Camden to graduate from the academy, and Is an uncle of Daniel CarrisoH. Wednesday Carrison will depart from the. West coast for a leave of a few weeks and will enter the academy early in the summer for the session next year. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church for week beginning Sunday, May 26: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastbr, J. B. Caston at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "Convention Echoes"; evening subject; "Overcoming Fear." Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The pastor will hold a conference with the young people at the close of the evening service. It Is hoped that all the young people may attend this conference as matters or unusual importance will be discussed. The public is cordially Invited to attend all these services. Attended Columbia Meeting Jerome M. HofTer, of tho HofTer Company, of this city, was among fifteen or more optometrists of this district who attended a meeting of the South Carolina Optometrists Association held in the office of Dr's. Elm green and Polntell, at Columbia Wednesday night. They enjoyed an instructive lecture by Dr. Wottenlng, a visiting optometrist from Rochester, New York. Services At Grace Church Services as announced by Rev. F. H. Craighill, Jr., rector of Grace church for Sunday, May 26th will be: Holy communion. 8 a. m.; church school, 9:45 a. m.; men's class, 10:20; morning prayer, 11:15; Sunday school in old Court House at 3 o'clock. ThV young people of the church are to meet at 8 p. m. Baptists Have Supper The members of the Camden Baptist church held a get-to-gether supper at the Masonic dining room Wednesday evening which was a most delightful one. -A feature of the evening was several songs by Rev. and Mrs. George B. Bo bo. J Personal Message Vetoes Bonus Bill Wellington, May 22. ? President ivooKt'Vt'lt warned congress in vetoing 11,0 P?<???an bonus bill today that it enacted into law it would Invite "an ultimate reckoning in uncontrollable prices and in the dost ruction of the value of savings." Such a result, he declared, in an unprecedented message he read to the house und senate, -will strike most cruelly those like the veterans who* Bt!.!? l? b< temporarily benefited." "The first person injured by skyrocketing prices Is the man on a fixed Income," he said. "ICver.v disabled veteran on pension or allowance is on a fixed income. This bill favors the " able bodied veteran at the expense of the disabled veteran." NVelatb is not creuted nor is it more equitably disturbed by tills met bod. A government, ilk,. uri individual, must ultimately meet legitimate obligations out of. the produc-' tion of wealth by the labor of human heingH applied to the resources of nature. "10very country that has attempted the form Of meeting its obligations which is here provided has suffered disastrous consoqnonces." Mr. Roosevelt declared the benefits that hud been extended to veterans might he measured by the fact that $7,kOu,000,000 had been spent in tiehalf Of them up to the end of the last fiscal year, not Including the amounts received by those on relief. 11,, spoke of "liberal legislation for disability and for death compensation," by which, ho said, 11,140,000 men and women hud been benefited. "Generous provision has been made for hospitalization, vocational training and rehabilitation of veterans " Mr. Roosevelt declare,.. He said payment of the soldiers' bonus with new currency under the utinan plan would mean paying si . 000,000,000 more than the present value of the soldiers' adjusted compensation certificates. It Ih a new straight gratuity or bounty to the amount or ?] 000 000 ?0o." he said. "It destroys the insurance protection for the dependents of the veterans provided in the original Plan. For the remaining period of ten years they will have lost this Insurance. 'This proposal, I submit, violates the entire principle of veterans' benefits so carefully formulated at the time of the war an<T also the entire principle of the adjusted certificate settlement of 1934," House Overrides President's Veto Washington, May 22.? Swiftly overriding I resident Roosevelt's forbidding veto warning of "disastrous consequences," the house today repassed the I atmnn bonus bill and sent the now money pian to an almost certain death in the senate. The representatives voted, 322 to - X, to make the $2,200,000,000 measure law over the presidential veto. 1 he huge majority, many more than the two-thirds needed, was rolled up only minutes after Mr. Roosevelt nersonally had assailed the "deceptively easy method" of paper money payment before a Joint senate-house sessioi^ and overflowing galleries. 10,8 nrst personally-delivered veto message of history drew throngs that packed the capital to overflowing. Rift except for notables and their w ves, most were forced to be content a KHmPBe of the chief executive Ro ng to and from the capitol, and with snatches of applause, which echoed through the corridors. Despite the almost instantaneous house action, the most deliberate senate decided to wait until tomorrow to consider the presidential message, which, with the house, it had heard "ay 'printing-press money" as an in vitntion of "an ultimate reckoning in uncontrollable prices and In the destruction of the value of savings." Second Prize For High Jump Five negro youths from Mather Academy of Camden, participated In he intercollegiate track and field meet held at Hampton Institute. Va on May 18th, In which thirteen negro lCt tT\*t0?u Part' and Fred Williams, of the Mather squad won second place meda1 for intorscholastic high jump. T hose who composed the squad w?ni Wore G,bb8 DuUose, Fred W l lama, Johnnie Williams, "Skeeter" Williams and Carl Aiken. All five qualified to enter the contests, which was considered quite an honor on account of the fact that as many larger I schools entered and had a large percentage of athletes to draw from. Man's Bible Class The pastor and teacher will meet the class next Sunday morning and we know he will have a message for us. Let all the men be on hand promptly. We do not know what his subjdet will be, but he never disappoints us. So be on 1sij< Moore, Secretary. % r niTiiiTpri...