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VOLUME 47 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. MflPAY. JANUARY 3, 1?3? NUMBER 41
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} 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
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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
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W. W. Hoxou, . Chairman oi "t
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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
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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.
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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.
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^ 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."
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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
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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.
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? 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.
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