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II SEALS ON YOUR CARDS, LETTERS AND PACKAGES. THEY HELP A GOOD CAUSE! The Camden Ohronicle VOLUME 47 >- ^ C<VMDEN, SOUTH CAROL!WA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1935 .11,1.1 UiJXXJJU NUMBER 40 Kirk wood lo Upen Saturday, January 4 (By WJllUm Uarrard) Tbe Kirk wood, Camden's largest reEuU?i hotel, aT. which Karl P.. Ahuut, [' |i 0wu?r, opens Saturday. January 4. with every indication of the best seasL in many years. A large amount ofwork Jbaahflfiii .^one on tho two Kirk wood golf coursm, laid out by Walter J. Travis, which are said tq be In the finest condition ever. These were opened for play Monday, December 23. Members of the H&lglar Club of Trenton, Lk." j- oiake up one of the group of [ golferH who will return to Camden i i]|is season td play on these courses, others being forty golfers headed by John Ilayley, of Albany, N. Y., and another golfing group of which W. N. Smith, of Albany*, is the leader. These two Kirk wood courses, with the two garefleld courses adjoining the Court Inn, which are open for play the year v- round, furnish sporty golf for CamL - den visitors. Riding will he, as usual, one of the main diversions at* the Kirkwood. L. jl. Hramlett, of Waynesboro, N. C., has already arrived with a string of : ljorses. Two new associate managers will be at the Kirkwood this season?D.' P. Johnston, with Hie Updge Hotel in Washington, for r. number of' years, and Kenneth W. Foley, p^mg^Tm (he Forest Hills Hotel, New Hampshire, for the past two L years. The first iiripoftant polo game of the season will be the opening game in the match fpr the John Devine Cup, to bo held on the afternoon of Sunday*, December 29, between the Town and Country teams of the Camden Polo Club, of which Lyie Phillips, polo coach at Phillips-Andover Academy, Andover, Mass., is manager. Polo is an Important game at Cam den, having been started in 1898. A number of International stars have I" played on Camden teams, such as Gerald Raiding, today rated at nine goals and Becond in the polo world, only to Tommy Hitchcock, the world's only ten-goal star. Balding was manager of Camden's team in 1938, and 1 received much of his fast-play experience at Cam<leu???. : ...... Christmas morning the first formal * drag-hunt of the Camden Hunt was held, of which Mrs. Dwight Partridge, of Great Barrington, Mass., is master, i with Harry D. Kirkover, of Buffalo, N. Y., as field master. Mr. Kirkover is chairman of the committee of Camden's noted Spridgdale Course, over which the Carolina Cup Steeplechase raceB ure run. Early reservations have been matje at the Kirkwood by sixty former guests who are returning, and the following new visitors: Mr. and Mrs, William C. Downs, - of Brazil, -South America; Mrs, Eugene W. Candidas, of Ntt# York Otty; B. C. ("lasso and eight friends, of Manchester, Mew Hatapfehlife; Dr. add Mriri. Joseph P. Eld son, of NOW Ydrtt Olty; Mrs Donald Ridge*ay, Of NdW Yortt city; Mrs M. B. Safford.-of Washington; Dr. QeOrge W. MatheSoS,1 Dean of St; John's UniVetslty, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs, B. U Coche, NdW York Bus Drops Through Open Draw-Bridge Hopewell, Va., Dec. 23.?A passenger bus plunged through an open ; drawbridge, carrying at least thirteen I, persons to their deaths in the icy waters of the Appomattox river yesterr day. L No passenger lilt was kept. The only moans of identifying the victims ' *as through* relatives or recovery of I bodies, lying in twenty-five or thirty P feet of water. The driver tentatively identified as L G. A1 ford, of Five Points, Wake bounty, N. C., carried the tickets with ; Mm into the river". Tho Atlantic Qreyhound bus, enl route to Raleigh, N, C., left Richmond *'ith twelve passengers. Whether ethers boarded it before the disaster not known. The drawbridge had been opened to permit passage of a tug and barge. I The bridge attendant,7 Lacy McNair, *Md he was looking down the river ^.*hen he heard tho bus crash through - guard gate ted foot from tho bridge. I jerked my head around to see ; J at In the world was happening," rjto said. "Just as I tnrned, I saw the rmi8 start its downward plunge. It **8 a terrible sight and I will never ' torget it to my dying day." _ Women and children were acreainrvtog and i could see them all falling forward us the bus rolled over." Small Paper This Week f Tl?e Chronlqle, like many of the Weekly publications, comes to its riad^ thls week in abbrelvated fortC^H ^consistH of only four pages. The en^ force took holiday Wednesday and / 8 a(counts for the small paper. It H 1 be back to Its usual size on Jan^ 3 The Ghronksle takes- this j/thod of wishing all a Happy and viperous New Year!' John Wilson Hurt Rjohn Wilson ' waa injerod M6UK* morning when he slipped down Noted Artist Here For Visit! (By William Garrard) To devote his time during the hPil-tMy ttt drawing und painting Southern negro types in and near Camdeu, Alexander lacovleff, notable among the artists who painted jtouraU tor the French liner, Noriuaudle, and teacher of drawing and painting at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arte, arrival at the Hobkirk Inn Tuesday. Mr, Ia^yleff's. visit-Is due to Miss Frances Adele Savage, of Caipdoii, an art student at the Boston Museum, becauae of her deacriptlona to Mr. lacovleff of the ^quaint and unique negro types in and near this, the oldest of South Carolina's Interior townsf Mr. Iacovleff's fame as dn artist was established internationally uomo year# ago by the voluminous series of drawings und paintings of nativo types made by him while on expeditions into Northern Africa, and Asiatic expel ditions across the Gobi Desert and through tho Himalay&u Mountains under the late Georges-Marie Haurdt, , ttquncod. by M. Andro Citroen, French motor magnate, .. .vv '* Mr. *fSfcoVloitv JiAs" bad many notable "exhibits in-the United States as well as abroad. Art critics are lavish in praise of his work, many of them designating him as the world's greatest living draftsman. Mr. lacovleff was born In Russia and trained In the art academy of St. Petersburg (Petrograd).i His eloquent drawing is attributable to the rigorous discipline of the pre-Revolution art school there, says William Germain Dooley, art critic of the Boston Evening Transcript. Following his natural inclination to the study of ethnological types, he had left for China on a traveling scholarship from the Czar just, a month before the outbreak of the Bolshivist uprising. It was the series of sketches which Mr. lacovleff did then which attracted attention to his talent, and caused Georges-Marie Haardt to Invite him on the African and Asiatic expeditions. It is expected that Mr. Iacovleff's drawing of the old-time South Carolina negro types at Camden will have even more appeal to Americans than those of Chinese, native Africans and Central-Asian Mongols, and the results of his visit to Camden will be awaited with interest wherever fine and' true artistic delineations is appreciated. Store HoWjed; Qerfr Sfaggpd Approximately $100 was stolen from the ddmbindtltm grocery Store and poatoffico operated at Wateree by Joe Bates, brother of Senator Jeff B. Bates, after an unidentified man slugged the clerk, Bert; Cunningham, 80, | at" 10': 30 o'clock last Thursday morning. Alone In the store wheii the robbery occurred, Cunningham 'said that he was bending under the counter when a man, weighing about 165 pounds approached him, and asked, "Do you rup the postoffice?" ' Cunningham said that he was replying In the affirmative, when something hit him. He was found unconscious several ^minutes later by Elijah Murray, \?ho had entered the i store to make a purchase. ' "I don't know what happened," Cunningham said. Investigation disclosed that approximately $100 In cash belonging to both the postoffice, located In the store, as well as the storekeeper's money, was missing. Cunningham was not injured seriously ? ' After examination by a physician, Cunningham returned to work. No trace of the robber or the missing money had been located this afternoon. ,u>' Investigating the case are Sheriff T., Alex Heise and Deputy Sheriff J. T. Starling. Joe" Bates, owner of the store and postmaster, was in Spartanburg on business when the robbery ocourred.?Thursday'? Columbia Record. Baptist Church fiiprvfeas ~ - The following services are announced for week beginning December 29 at . the First Baptist church: * Sunday school at 10 o'clock, wit|i C. Ti Baldwin, superintendent in charge. Pnblic worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. gaston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "The Liife Beyond." Evening subject: "The First Christmas Service." B. T. Friday <nr?at*g *t *46. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening j* 7:10. Th?|j id.jgflrtUjly invited to tit?I all the services of this church. Kershaw Senator Introduced Bill On December IX In tbe senate Bunator a. IT, 4Xwuln#Um --*bill In the senate almost Identical with the action finally taken by the general assembly at their closing session held last Friaay. The text of the bill wlff be found beloV: "Be It resolved by the general assembly that the governor of this state be, and he Is hereby requested, to at once disband the militia of the State now called Into service by his proclamation, "That there be elected by the General Assembly of this State at once a managing board consisting of five (6) members to tako charge of and control the Highway Department of this State until permanent laws bo enacted for the government and control of said Highway Department. That this board when elected, be, und they are hereby, vested with all power and authority now yosted in the Highway Commission. "That said board be elect6fl"*for an .indefinite term, and to oxprie at that vWhoi the General Assembly of 'Vfira State shall by permanent laws provide operations and control of the Highway Department of this State. "That the books and records of the Highway Department from and since October 28, 1935, be turned over to the State Auditor and as by him directed ; he by him kept-" intact for a speedy and efficient audit of the same, from and Including October 28, 1935, to the date when said books and records are to him delivered, and that a copy of said audit be furnished the Governor, the Lleutnant Governor, the Chairman of the Finance Committee and the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. "That the approval of this Resolution by the Governor shaH signify his acceptance of the same, and that he will at once disband the militia of the State called by him into service without any delay whatsoever; and the disbandment of the militia shall not be delayed until after the election of the five managers by this Act provided to be ejected, but shall be at once declared and accomplished. Kills Banded Dove Ernest R. Early ahd John Early, of New York, who are guests at the Hobkirk Inn, accompanied Harvey Davis, on a dove Bhoot Monday, and the party got eleven birds?among the number was it banded one with the huthber 307,867 on its leg, requesting the fiUde* to notify Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. The blind also shows that the bird was released lri 1934. "llie party were members of the Camden Quail Group and Were hunting on lands in the Arttioch section. The fcaioWlU* 1b from the Walterbono' Press and Standards ' 'dn December 14, Paul Smith killed a very large qriall with battd off leg; This bird was killed 2 miles sodth of Green Pond and on band are "C. P. 1935 No. 261." C. H. Smith; of Green Pond, would like to know where this bird was let loose." ? - ?... 7 ii? . , , ^ One Lady Dies; Another Rescued Miss Elizabeth Hughes, 75, a retired school teacher, of Vine street, Hammonton, New Jersey, died at the Camden hospital Christmas day, from shock received in an automobile accident Sunday when the car in which she was riding skidded and went into Lynches River near Bethune. Mrs. Rubye Belle Brown, a nufse from the Atlantic City Hospital, is in the Camden hospital suffering from a fractured pelvis, broken leg and internal injuries, but not fatally injured. The two ladies were enroute to Miami, Fla. The car went into 20 feet of water and although badly injured Mrs. Brown escaped from tbe car and swam a long distance to a log*where she was rescued by another party of tourists who were traveling eloee behind and who were carrying a canoe on their car. The canoe was put into the river and the rescue was made by this method. The accident happened in Chesterfield county and the coroner of that county will probably investigate theaccldent here Thursday night. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, December 29, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school for every age at 10 a. m. Morning worship vlted to these services. 1 ? 1 i ? f i l hi , Chosen Alternate Captain J. B. Jacobs, a ThornweU orphanage boy, was elected captain of the Presbyterian college varsity football team at a recent meeting of the letter men of the eqnad. William Thoaap oh, of Qemrtan, wis nhossa altsraate captain.?Clinton Chronicle. , gMl' Project Fatal To Wild Life I ,sr fi. P8S,U,-TI?? conPotion Of tti(? mucn (JlBCUBbiBd Barifeo^Cooper Power Project would be k eer? Wow to wild life, according to a J&Wft JmUeila OX the National Association of Audubon Bocleties. The association states that thla project would be in fact one of the moat potent siugle lot-yea of destruction ever let looae against the wild life of South Carolina. ' What would these adverse effects upon wild life constitute? The shutting ofT of the normul flow of the Santee from u maximum of 368,000 cubic feet p?r HeCo?d to 600 cubic feet per second, us proposed, would cause the waters to become heavily saline for mllea inland. This condition would destroy the present abundance or natural duck foods; would gruduully RIIJ the extensive primeval stands of cypress, pine and gum; and utuuly ruin tho entire lower basin so fur as most if not all of its present bird, mammal and tlsh population is concerned. What of this present wild life population? u is such a good wintering area lor surface feeding ducks?Mallards, Black Ducks, Widgeon, Pintails and Teal-?that an estimated $2,000,OOO.OOO has been invested in property within the Santee basin, chiefly by clubs and individuals Interested in the sport of wildfowling. The cypress swamps are the natural habitat of mauy typical southern species, birds that are extremely rare In the country ?b a whole, deer, bear, and one of the purest strains of wild turkey in the United States. Tho loss of this habitat would very likely mean the loss of certain species that have no other wilderness in which to retreat. The Federal Refuge at Cape Romalne, near the mouth of the Santee, which has tfecome one of the most important sanctuaries in the south, would unquestionably suffer and lose much of fts effectiveness. 1 he claim has been advanced that Ohe two powor reservoirs will be ideal water-fowl sanctuaries. These artificial bodies of water will have a depth of 70 feet, and a regular rise and fall that will preclude the successful growth of food plants. Even diving ducks would not go down 70 feet, If there were food at the bottom, and river ducks would be no more at home than oh the heaving Atlantic. The Audobon Association urges all those interested In the preservation of our wild life and wilderness areas, those who recognise the tremendous values of these to the state, to make vigorous protests against tho SanteeCoqper River Diversion Project (P. W. A. Ddcket No. 4826), to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary Of the interior Haold L. IbMer, and Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkihs. <Jt asks South Carolinians so disposed to protest to their representatives in Washington. Man Dies Hete From Revolver Bullets I Allen R. Melton, 49, died at the Camden hospital on December 14, from pistol wounds said to have been inflicted by a man named Amerson, a Lee county school bus driver. Little could be learned of the affair except that It happened at Wlsacky, in I^ee county, and is said to have, been caused by Melton remonstrating with the driver because he had put a sou or Melton off the school bus. Threa bullets are said to have taken affect. Melton la survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Nellie Q. Blackwell, and several children. The funeral was held from Hermitage Baptist church on December lo, conducted by Rev. B. S. Broom and interment was In the church yard cemetery. . Hit-and-Rnn Car Kills White Man Jack Morgan, middlo-aged white man met almost instant death early m?ming about 1 o'clock when 5^ruc^ V a hit-and-run auto driver. The man was riding a bicycle and was discovered by Lieutenant Brfce of the Cassatt CCC Camp who brought the injured man to a hospital here, but he ..was 'dead before the hospital was reached. The accident happened on Federal Route Number Ode near Woodward airport. Morgan -teataa +> wife- and several ctrHdrerxr.? Record^OfThe Gins '?-There werq 15.920 bales of cotto>n ginned in Kershaw county from the orop of 1955 prior to December 15, iMS, as compared with 12,534 bates 4 to December 15, 1954. accordtef to records compiled by O. R. 8. ment ****** u C" - Camden Baby Wins In "Better Babies" I By William Garrard) ?liwii"iinj litiniwiri hi fmiiimiii distinctive winter colony who are patrons of the Children's Horn*- of CamslfiJU which takes caxa of~4wuatiulWe white orphaned children, are greatly pleased because one of the orphaua, Hunan Allison, 10 months old, was awarded Ural prise in a "Hotter 11a* bles" contest held at Columbia, s. C., In which 205 babies partlcipulod. The little orphaned ft rat-prise* winner was the only child eutorod from un institution, all the other bubles being from privute lioinoH lit Columbia and other Bouth Carolina towns. The prise was $25 in cash uud u silver cup. The Children's Home of Camden, supported by voluntary contributions largely donated by winter residents, lias beeeu in existence for bIx years, uud is suld to bo among the loaders of such Amerlcun institutions in the percentage of adoptions of its littlo gills and boys. Many Of these adoptions uro made by foster-parents of wealth and culture living in tbe North*! and Hast. Active umong the Home's support*, era are the following members of the board of managers: Mrs. John Dovine, of New York city; Mrs. W ,L. Wright, of Hempstead, L. 1.; Mrs. Wooods Robinson, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Mrs. George II. Cook, of Trenton, N. J.; Ward C. Belcher, of Lakevllle, Conn.,?all of whom are winter residents of Camden. Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld, of Camden, Ib chairman of the board, and WAfren H. Harris, of Camden, is treasvttier. Another baby who was a winner among twenty-four others who receive prizes was Austin Moses Sheheen, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. A. M. Sheheqn, of Camden. Store At Liberty Hill Razed By Fire Friday night the Mackey-Jonos Company store at' Liberty Hill burned to the ground and the building tdgethor! with the stock of goods burned com-] pletely in less than one hour. About $10,000 worth of merchandise was destroyed,, and only partial insurance was carried on the building and stdek. While the firm is known as the Mackey-Jones Company, Mr. R. C. Jones, Sr., is the sole owner of this business and he bat been in business In Liberty Hill for years. For thirty years the firm has been known as the Mackey-Jones Company although Mr. Meckey retired several yean ago. Cottbh on g nearby platform, was saved as a nearby resident; Mr. Clements, saw the blase and moved the qottoa before the flames spread to it Mr. Jones hair not made any-definite arrangemehts as to (rebuilding but he Is thinking of building a brick store in place of the wooden structure which burned.?Lancaster News. Potato Contracts January 6, 1936, has been set for the closing date to make application for potato contracts. Anyone who expects to grow Irish potatoes for sale will have to have a contract In order to get tax free exemption certificates to sell their potatoes. The tax is 37 1-2 cents per bushel. There will not be any rental payments on the potato contracts, but it will pay you to have a contract in order for you to sell your potatoes without paying ,Jthe tax. It will be necessary for only the ones who grow Irish potatoes for sale to make an application. Uf)ion Meeting at Mount Plsgah The. Kershaw BaptlBt Associatlonal Union meeting wlllbe held with the Mount Plsgah Baptist church Saturday, December 28. The meeting will begin at 10 a. m. All the churches in the association are urged to pend delegates. A large congregation Is anticipated., The pastor and congregation are delighted to have the association meet with- our church. We Will give the best entertainment possible. ?Luther Knight, Pastor. Tha Christmas 8esla. The Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association Is most anxious to get in returns from all seals and bonds by January 1st. If you have not yet sent tn your dollar for the seals sent you please do so now. Organizations and individuals who plan to take One of the Health Bonds please do SO at once, 'ihe money derived from seals -??4-bonds vriH be spenrtH KOTsBaw County In an effort to control and prevent tuberculosis. Money for bonds and seals may be sent to Miss Lai Blakcney and Miss Sarah Wolfe at Camden; to Mrs. Fred Culvern at Kershaw, or to Rev. J. N. T. Keels at Bethvne, Miss Elisabeth Zemp, of Washington, D. C., Is spending the holidays With SVF pafefits,'Mr. and tfri. J. '? Zemp. ...... ....?1sMB Temporary Bill Ratified Friday bla. ...jjflL... II tWHWH?y highway control act Vvaa rallhed by tho general assembly and signed by . Governor Qlin Johnston today iu cop* eluding a truce In South Carolina's highway wjjr. The act w?? ratlfled at 12:26 p. 111. and reached the governor for his slgnature within the hour. It set up au ex-offielo Huperviaory board of atata officials to direct the highway * department through ita chief engineer and Hecretary-troaaurer aluco the governor demobilised troop* who had hold it for aeven weeka. lloth branchea then udopted u concurrent reaolutlon by Hep. Calhoun . Thomas of Heuufort, for einu .die adjournment of the uxtrn aesalon at I p. m? received the governor's linul mesHuge, aud adjourned. The aeuato auspoudwd at 12:59 and the house at 1:07 p. m. " The governor, who convened the seasion to establish an executive highway agency after lie hud ousted an antagonistic commission, said in his message to the departing legislature: "You have had to grapple with a most trying problem. There have been many differuncos of opinion, and there will doubtless over bo such. Jlaviug finished successfully und admirably your labors, you uro noyf ready to return to your respective homes. [ wish for each member iv very merry Christinas." k Upon motion of Sonutor Laney of Chesterfield, the senate voted wlahof) for a merry Christinas to the governor. Every proposal for reHtimlng tho loglslatlve session before January 14, the date for' convening the regular 1930 term, was voted down or bloolfr od as tho lawmakers turned homeward for tho holidays. The house rejected, 4& to 34, a proposal to recess subject to the call of the presiding officer and tabled a resolution to reconvene January 7. Senate objections blocked ?a roso-j lutlon by Senator Sims of Orangeburg to reconvene December 31 despite Sims' explanation that other emergency legislation might be necessary if the temporary setup could not qualify to receive federal road funds. Doth Governor Olin Johston and the general assembly made concessions to terminate a deadlock that had threatened to Bhut down the Btate highway department entirely. The governor, while keeping out a highway commission he had ousted, agreed to defer the enactment- of permanent^ highway reorganisation bills until the regular legislative session January 14. The legislature, successful in its stand for Withdrawal of troops who had held the road bureau since pct<? her 28, recognized a question as to the title of the commissioners to office since the governor had brought rem crv?V proceeding against them and did not seek their reinstatement. in a rapid' series of moves, Governor Olln D. Johnston dfemobltsed national guardsmen with whotn he seised control of the department in October, the house papeed a bill providing for a temporary board of control, .the senate wncurred^ thq governor signed the bill, adjournment followed. . The measure provides for a tem-_ pordry supervisory board composed of Btate Treasurer IB. P4. filler, Comptroller General A. J. B*atUe and F. 0. Robinson, secretary of the state sinking fund commission. Actual adminIfcfratibh would be delegated to J, S. Williamson, chief highway engineer, and O. P. Bourke, veteran secretarytreasurer of the department. The nmasure also authorises the ' depart* meat to draw on the state treasury for loans to operate until a supreme court injunction freezing \ highway funds?granted, after Johnston's military coup?is dissolved. The measure (toes not prejudice court actions of members of the old state highway commission, against whom Johnston has fought for many years, In appeal fjroiji his order ousting (hem. Likewise, it leaves the way open for permanent highway legislation at the regular session of the assembly starting January 14. ?The house acted on the measure yesterday afternoon, and the senate passed it with the minor amendment* shortly before midnight. The two bodies were to moot.again this mora*. ing for the hoqse to concur in the j amendments, and sine die adjournment was expected to follow rapidly. To Ban Drinking At Games Columbia, Dec. 23.?Without a dissenting vote, we. student body of the Unlvorslty of South Carolina went Oft < record recently asx opposing public drinking at football games held under the auspices of the University, and requested authorities to take . the , necessary steps to abolish the. practice. 4 Supporting adoption of the resolution, Thomas F. Mauldin, president of the student bodymtfd'The University of South Carolina student hndy giti v-*"r criticism from oatelde sources. Anyone between the ages of 16 arid' 30 who walks down the streets or around the football field a little too drunk . J is pointed out as a University student, whether or not the person In question has ever been peer the University. It is up to us, as studefiu, to attempt to give the public JUfrir.Mtf jwrt pins;.; 'tare of what goes on on the Universe I ity campus." * ' "> . . * y