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Imkmrnrnrnmrm^mammasmmmmmmn-? *'. 'j. ' i,"1 -?i--.--m.??i.-j-lxji?im'j^ gap ,j_j . m x-n ft' . ' . . ,.i jjujiuj.111 n i iiiiiij-gB-Bg-gggggaa VOLUME 47 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. MflPAY. JANUARY 3, 1?3? NUMBER 41 I' } After the drag-hunt New year'* morning, the first hunt breakfast of | the 46*?o? wan given tq members of the Camden Hunt by Mr* and Mrs. Lament Dorolnlck, of MlUbropk, N. Y., at their estate, "Talnter Housed Twice a week during January, und I three times a week during February and March, members of the Camden | ro Hunt follow the hounds through the 13,000-acre pine woods reserve. Mrs. Dwlght Partridge,-of Great Barring- , tou, JMass., is Masfftr, in^flfarry D. Klrkow. of Buffalo, N. Y.,-is Field Master. I ' Those attending the breakfast included: .Mr. and ^ Mrs. 'Ward C, Belcher, of Lakeville, "Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Roecoe Bonsai, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chase, Middlefield, Conn.; Mrs. Lucy P. Deans, Bedford Hills, N. Y,; Mr. and Mrs. McKee Graham, Sowlckley, Pa,; Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. DuBose, Jr., Camden; Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Graham, Camden; Mr, and Mrs- Rodney S. Jarvla, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Watson Pomeroy, Jr? Millbro'ok, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs, Harry D. Kirkover, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. ~ ylSjillgBt; Avon, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. j I). Walter Mabee, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght Partrfdge, Gfceat Barrlngton, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Rhodes, Vineyard Haven, Mass.i Miss Ruth Richards, New Yorlt City; Mrs. Woods Robinson, Sart * atogfc Springs, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Tucker, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Miss Jane Swords, Morristown, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. John L. Weeks, Morrlstowh, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams, Tulsa, Oklahoma; ^Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wright, Hemstead. Jj. I.; Randolph Duffey, Middelburg, Va.; J. North Fletcher, Warrenton, Va.; Thomas M. Waller, Warrenton, Va. ' ' . ! Camden Polo Story In The Transcript If yj* * The Boston Evening' Transcript, of December 24, carried the following Camden polo story, sent by William Garrard;. " "Lyle Phillips, coach of the polo team of PhillipB-Andover Academy, Andover, Mass., and owner of the White Mountain Polo Ranch, Whitefleld, N. H., has been appointed manager and coach of the Camden Polo Club's teams, and has arrived with Mrs. Phillips and their two children,. "Under the guidance of David R. Williams, owner of the Mulberry Plantation, new president of the Camden Polo Club, and with the coaching of Mr. Phillips, who has turned out some crack teams at Andover, the Camden teams are expected to give a good account of themselves in their match games after,January 1. A series of games are to he played with Augusta and Winston-Salem, and '<)ther matches are to be arranged between January 1 and April. \ "Mr. Phillips brought his string of ten polo ponies. The ponies belonging to It. Watson Pomeroy, of Millbrook, N. Y., and Winchester W. Keith, of Baltimore, have already arrived, and it is expected that the own-x era will be hero during December.* "As preliminary to a series of twoou^of-three between Camden Polo Club teams composed of local players for posBessioiy of-the "John DeviAe Cup," garaesy between "town" and "country" teaVns have been played for the past eight Sunday afternoons. The cup is given by Mrs. Devlne in memory of her husband, the late John Devlne, of New York."_ Camden Polo Team To Go To Augusta The Camden Pololeaves here Saturday afternoohfor Aa$usta where they will play a game with the Augusta team at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon if for *AtynwteBwiU No. 1; Major Frank. Royse. No. 2; ? 4lm?te Mtwmlcfc, No. ft, and Oaptala Corncg at No. 4. T^he Camden team, wlll^be repreeento okay a return engage ymfr* ; .. ' .T , . played en ~St>nday, January ' W. W. Hoxou, . Chairman oi "t r??7- ? ^,7 ^ ] Emerson Death Remains Mystery A number of odd circumstances sur-1 round the death of Tillman (Mac) hfrnemon who wag found dead Saturday illght about 8 p. m. on the road between the Flat Creole high school and the Townley Redfearn peac)} farm. J. D. McLeod in searching for the boy who had left the filling station about t,hree quarters of an hour previously ran over his body which was lying In the road. j 'Young McLeod who Is a student at Cleinaon college admits. rupulnjL-over I tw tidy hift newfts not traveling at I ? fast rate of speed and the au-j thorltics are puzzled because of th? fact that Emerson had suffered buch sevtfrb injuries. One arm was brok-j en, a leg broken, his neck broken with injuries about the head. A mark across his body was suspected of being made when run over by McLeod. Young Emerson who was about 20 years of age had been drinking and when he left the filling station near the Flat Creek school,/seepied to have I been considerably under the Influence of liquor. For that reason McLeod set out to find him as the snow was then falling. He went down the I road leading to the peach orchard and then came back without seeing anything of the boy. He made another trip going a little further th^l second time and ran over the dead body of the boy on the second trip. He came upon the boy lying In the snow before he could stop or avoid I striking the boy. j Coroner Van Hegler Impaneled a Jury late Saturday night but nqfl enough evidence was secured to con-1 elude the inquest so that it was post-1 poned. On Sunday Sheriff R. A.J niackmon and Patrolman Styles wentto the vicinity to find out "What they could about the matter but they were unable to pick up much 'information of value. Young Emerson Is said to be from Kershaw county and for some time I has been employed by James McLeod who operates the dairy and peach J farm of W. T. Redfearn. j Officers' Porting on tfie 1 case. They suspect that Emerson j was struck and killed by a bit and | run driver.?Lancaster News. ) Rector Departs For New Duties To begin his duties as curate of 8t. Bartholomew's Episcopal church. Park avenue and 61st street, New TofkH Rev. Francis H. Cr&ightll, Jr., fori three years rector of Grace Episcopal J church, Camden, left here by motor! New Year'B eve, to stop vvith his fath-j er at Rocky Mount, N. C., on his way | North, v-. I Mr. Craighill represents three generations of Episcopal church ministry In both his father's and mother's families. His father, Rev. Francis /Hrj Craighill, is/rector of the Churchfot the Good Shepherd, .Rocky Mount, N. C. His grandfather, Rev. James J Brown Craighill, was canon* of- the Episcopal Washington Cathedral, J V|ashington, D. C. Mr. Cralghill's ipother is a daughter of Rt. Rev. F. F. J Reese, Bishop of the Diocese of | Georgia, Savannah, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Craighill will reside In New York at an apartment at 1230 Park avenue. Mr. Cralghill's successor in Cam- J den has not yet been selected. ( Two Held In Jail As Robber Suspects John White, 24, and Tom Collins,! 21,. both negroes, are being held in the Kerahajw county jail as robber suspects; -Thdfr arrest came after a half dosAtkgreaifiences in Camden had been entered'and since that time no | more residences have been entered. | The sheriff's forces have not been able to joonneqt them with entering any of the homes, but they tell con-| -fllcfpg statements about thefts, and I of court. J John White has served several chain j sang and puullmUlaiy sentences and] is known as a notorious thief. Tom Collthfe* record Is none too good either they X 1 KHto son farm, just south of Camden, klllS. a large eagle 1 Heaviest Snowfajft* Of ScampArrives The heaviest snow ami sleet fills in five years swirled down on the Carollnas Sunday virtually paralysed the IMedmont region's highway traffic with a coating five to twelve inches thick, delayed rail traffic and served as a windfall to hundreds of unemployed who were put to work with shovels. Coining a week after the season's first fall, the snow caused cancellation of wafty*. Jma. Iine.j?chedul$8 *n tlifc "Piedmont Highway departments of the sister states rushed crews to the principal arteries in the hoik> of' clearing travel routes for commercial and private motor vehicles wUtfir the Sabbath's inactivity, but travel South Carolina highways was frankly advised against uorth of Columbia. The snowfall, while heavier as a whole throughout the Carollnas was not as heavy in central South Carolina as a week ago when a uew high since 1914 was set In Columbia. South Carolina's outlook was for clear weather' Tuesday, but in North Carolina it was expected to continue cloudy. Tlie heaviest fall was reported by telephone from the ranger'b cabin atop of Mt. Mitchell, in Western North Curolinu, where the blanket was inches thick and the temperature miff? inium eight/ A , j Unofficial snow depths by were reported ps follows: Greenville 12; Spartanburg^ 11; Anderson 10; Rock Hill 10; Greensboro and AsheVllle 6; Durham 7 and Elizabeth City 5. 1 \ % Wilmffngton reported heavy sleet and rain blasts and Charleston had rain and heavy fog. At Charlotte where street car service was discontinued 300 men and 30 trucks were out at work clearing principal thoroughfares yesterday afternoon and city officials arranged to double the crews and trucks for all night-work. Reports to the highway department at Raleigh indicated the western hal? of the state witnessed the heaviest fall rail gln? lha f five to 13 Inches at Brevard, N. C. : Railroad trains generally were only slightly behind schedule. Officials said all crews had been warned to proceed with caution. Carolina Coach company officials at Raleigh said they "hadn't run a bus all day." Another operator paid the buseB were hours behind sehedulp, but the drivers had bten told "Drive carefully; we don't care when you get there." All main line bus schedules operating out of Charlotte were cancelled but impeded service was maintained on a few side lines. At Columbia bus service' vTas rdv tarded, many trees damaged and some \ telephone service interrupted* Because of obstacles besetting toilets traverwas at & minimum and accidents we?e few. Taxi drivers at Durham, N. C., and Anderson increased their ra^hs with the heavier demand for service. Airplanes were grounded throughout both states. A small hsliing vessel was towed to safety at Charleston after It had bechme disabled by the weather. In South Carolina rain froze and encrusted limbs of trees while in some places the fall of sleet exceeded that of snow. Temperatures throughout the Piedmont area were in the low 20's. Church services werp suspended in many places of worship. Sunday was the tenth consecutive day the temperature had remained below freezing at Raleigh?a record unequaled since 1917. - . . : v|. Former Citizen Dies In Atlanta ' The ' following is'taken from the Atlanta iourtipl of December 26, relative to a fonfifcr Camden citizen -?"Funeral services rorEdw'Srd If. McCandless, 83. who died Monday a* Ma residence. 1040 Peachtree street, were held WedA&fcay at Spring Hiitr Rev. W. W. Mettimlnger officiated and interment was in West View Cemetery. V "' A ^ A whlent of Atlpnta smy-sev?r years, Mr. McCahdless pl^ayed^a leadb (Airliner Crashes; 7~ Twelve Pimple Die Lxmdbii; Jun. r- Crane equipped ^?kh worked in 13 fathoms of Medljbrruiictiu water off Alexandria, Kgypt, might. attempting to raise the Imperial Airways ifner, City of Khartoum MUd find tin* bodies of 12 vloitims of If New Year's eve tragedy?one of ?em a imturiil|*ed American. J Two bodiof?both unidentified? wore recover y Hope was abandoned for nlhe pas* ^nnKera and three members of the brew, who plunged with the plane be* heath the sea a few minutes short ^Pjt>aroutly with all three motors dead. billy survivor, Pilot Vernon CJorry 'Wilson, was in a critical condition Aboard H. M 9. Brilliant, which took him from the water. | The Amerkan was James C. Luke, fi7, Philadelphia, an oil engineer, lent s w the Anglo-Irahian Oil contpany by foe 10. n. Badger and Sons company, Boston. He was on his way from London to Basra, Iraq. | Two wonn-n were among the other pa ssengers, all but oue of whom were Britons. The ninth was an Italian. \ Pilot Wilson, who was in th.e water for live hours before the Brilliant found him, was too weak to he questioned as to the cause of the tragedy, UW worst Imperial Airways accident Afa*two years. , i The admiralty, however, said in a statement the crash apparently was due to a I i t hffte^^opgines cutting out." ? - 1 '? ii 11 i?sp ' Heyward Blackmon * Dies Of Pneumonia Bethunc. Jan. l.-'-W. Heyward lackmon. 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. 4fc. P. Blackmon, of the Shamrock community died at his home Frjklay after a brief illness. He had come home for the holidays from a CCC camp, Irtd contracted pneumonia, which roved fatal within a few days. He was educated at Clemson Colj^ge and taught for awhile. He was A splendicf* young man and very popular, having hosts of friends. nobn, conducted by Rev. Caston, Rev. J. E, Williams a^d Rev. Mr. Bradley. Intdnnent was in the church cemetery^' Pallbearers , were boys from the oP??C camp. The floral tribute wast lovely. ;.v [ Surviving are his parents; five sisters,<Mrs. J. P. Williams, Misses Lorene^ Doris andWayne Blackmon, Bethunes Miss ?HlTy Blackmon, Columbia; two tbrothers, Lewis Blackmon. Kershaw l^U Blackmon, Fort r " ; .?<" ,1 Allows More Time For Tax Paynfeht , Because of bad weather over the sjate and hazards of travel, time for payment without penalty of^ktate t&Xes has been extended through January lj, 1936, according to A. J. Beattie, comptroller general. ... A penalty ; of 1 per cent was due to become ef! fective January 1 but the state official said he had notified county treasurers to keep their books open for collection of taxos without penalty through January 11. After that date the penalty of 1 per cent is to be Imposed, Mr. Beattie said. Arrests Man For Sumter Robbery j ~ ! Austin, Tex., Dec; 37.:-<A man booked as Roy Lee Turner., was being held [here today for authoi^tles in, Sumter, 18. C? where Turner Is wanted for alleged participation in an attempted holdup in November; 1934. Turner Is charged with a part in the attempted robbery of the Clareraont hotel at 8umter Which was frustrated when olflcer W. G. Klrvin shot and killed'John Wider alleged accomplice of Turner. *v A charge of interstate transportation of a stolen automobile has also b^en brought against Turner by the Federal government. r : ? Motorlsf Has ifogftfkr escape ? ' While coming to, Camden from Mul11ns Friday night, Abbott Ooodale, who Is in the floral business in that place, had A-Tno? remarkable escape from serious Injuries when his caf struck Joe. a curve near Jtntlock school Large Crowd Will Attend Meeting ' A very large1 crowd of farmers la expected to attend the annual meeting of the Kerahaw Production Credit Aaaociatlou nerving the counties of Kerahaw and lairtC&at'er, which will be held at Kerahaw in the high achool auditorium oh January 4, at' 2:30 o'clock, according ty A. C. llradham, secretary. At thle meeting the uqpual reports Of the officora will be made and two directors will bo elected. One of the speakers will bo E. C. Tiddy of the Production Credit Corporation, of Columbia, Not only ft>e all tho members Invited and expected to bo proaent at tho meeting, Mr. llradham auld, but a most cordial invitation ia extended to all non-members who ure interestod in aecuriug a short-term credit for production purposoa. "Our association is anxious that every farmer in our territory ahull have tho opportunity of knowing of tho credit service which we huvo to offer," Baid Mr. lirubhum, "and we alao are anxious thai they shall attend thin annual meeting to see how the business of the association is conducted. "Wo will have complete reports of our year's work at the meeting and our members will be acquainted with all tho details of our operation. It is the policy of our association to keep our members thoroughly pouted. "We feel proud of the record which wo have mude in the two years in which we have operated. Our buainesB the second year showed a very substantial growth over tho ilrst year and we are anticipating another substantial increase next year as more and more farmers learn of the services we have to offer." Former Camden Man Greeted By Knights Mayor J. H. Osborne, commander of the Camden C1rTfnmandary Knights Templars sent a message of good cheer to John B. Phelps, grand com-State^ Florida Miami. Mr. Phelps Is an old Cdmden man and is well remembered by the older citizens of Camden.' He has been unusually successful in the business world and has gone high in Masonary. His letter to Commander Osborheis at follows:- ; -J. S < "This Christmas has brought me much happiness, but your telegram, coming from the members of the Commaodergr added that neoesegfy touch to make it t?e happiest of all ChrisV znaaes. "Camden and iti citizenry shall always hold a warm ipgt ln my heart and I feel that I have" been signally honored by your Commandery. you please express to each and all my sincere appreciation. "May Uhe New tear bring happiness and prosperity to all." . ?? The 8eal And Bond 8ale The program of the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association in the new year will depend , on the money received from the sale of Christmas Health Seals and Bonds. Through the sale of these bonds and seals It is quite possible to have a whole year program for the prevention and control of tuberculosis in our county under a skilled worker. We urge evory one who has not yeL^ent in his dollar for the seals to <fo so at once and all organizations and individuals who can to take on% of the Health "Bond*, Money for seals and bonds 'may be sent to Miss Lai Blakeney and Mips Sarah Wolfe at Camden; to Mrs* Prod Culvern at Kershaw; to Rev; J. N. T. Keels at Bethune. ^ Maxwell MoseKey^s Held for Kfflfrg Man In an Inquest jurf called Monday night by Coroner Julian B. Rush in the death of Jack Morgan, victim of of last week, held M^w^U^Mos^ey as the driver of the death ear. There tiirbe negroes fiTthe par at the tlmej of the tragedy. All are said to haveadmitted that they bad been drinking at the tuny" the Woodward airport. He tr suvviv? force worked wp the 748 Persons Qn Kershaw Projects " Columbia. Dec. 80.?Figures released by Lawrence M. Plnckney, state WPA administrator for South caroUna. show South Carolina leading the twelvt Htates of Region three In the matter of putting people to work on WPA projects. Regional figures gave South Carolina a rating of 108 per cent of It* quota with 32,5:10 persons formerly on relief rollH now actually at work on projects. ' South Carolina's quota is 30,000. Originally tho state's quota was set a at 26,800, which was exceed^ fore the lime limit expired. Washington |hen increased the quota to ' 30,000, whirh wub reached a few lays later. This state was the only one of Region three rated in regional reports as having exceeded Its quota. With approval by the comptroller general oi the Upited States of the emergency educational program for South Carolina, Lawrence M. Pinch- ~ imy, state WPA administrator, has announced that this project Is being operated the same as others under WPA, commencing January 1. After thut date, Mr. Plnckney said, checks for all pay rolls of the e'ducaiionhl ?rojeed will be prepared by tho treasury disbursing office at Columbia, exactly us other WPA pay rolls are handled. ? fK This assures prompt meeting of ' v these pay rolls In the future, the administartor said. A total of 748 persons, formerly on relief rolls, were employed on WPA projects In Kershaw county, as of December 28, It has been announced by Lawrence M. Plnckney, state WPA / administrator at Columbia. This number, Mr. Plnckney said, included 493 men and 205 women. The 14 counties in District 3, in- ? duding HJershaw, are employing 6,665 men and 3,489 women, a total of 9,144 persons formerly on relief, ao* cording to the state admin intra tor. In Marine Corps Savannah, Oa? Dec. 80.?Charles S. Nicholson, Jr., of Bethunf^. h^sVettlisted in the United.; states Marine Corps through the Savannah recruiting headquarters, it ift announced hy Major C. S. Nutting, officer in charge. Nicholson was immediately ' trane-' not definite known where he aill| be sent from Fgrris Island. Mfmy men are selected for aviation, radio, clerical, music and other specialist*' schools on completion of preHnMttjtry training. Others are assign- ^ ed to shipThnd 4lV'tI^ Mr. Nicholson is a graduate of the Bethune high scliool, class of j$36. S. Nicholson, Sr., of Bethune. v Vaoancles for the marine corps are how being filed at. the SavannSh*;af^ flee, Major Nutting said. Applications will be mailed to high school grad: uates upon request. Arms Of Victims Locked together Mulling. Dec. Tb? . bodies of Vester Jordan . and Ernest Prpctor,. th? 3ai.5??^' ; The bodies were found about dne hundred yards below the bridge and ^when-found the arms ofljie two jfOttng men were locked together, evidently having attempted to aid each other in getting frottrtta* water. The todies were taken to their home ih/Hx>rnh county for burial yesterday. Carlisle Floyd, the third young than In swimming out. was discharged from The foUowirig services are announcJ. 13. (TifltOn At 1 %1C rnJ m riwi 14. OA 7 % At A A ? 1U A? Oil) aHQ I %ap .