The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 10, 1936, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
LOOKING BACKWARD
Taken From the Files of The Ouwkle Fifteen tsd Thirty Years A(f
' ^
HKTKKW YKAE8 AGO
January 14, 1916
Mm. Nancy A. Myers. with wide
ttttUUmt lluU, dim llL L'uiUJHibBl
Colonel John Caawell, of Boaton,
?< Mm> . spending tLu s4Aaon ai Court
Inn.
Harney Young, 23, well known young
man of WestvfHe. dies. He had been
unable to walk for six years. ,
Ixjdge of Klks organised in Camden.
Mrs. Bailie Hampton Bowers, widow
of J. W Bowers dies, her death following
closely that of her husband.
Bhe was 42 years of age and bad two
children ill with pneumonia at time
of her death.
T. J. Idpacomb property of 564 acies
in WVtit Wateree sojd to Joseph Shebeen.
Kmma Gamble. wife of James
Brooks, well known colored truck
driver for Khamc Brothers, dies at
her home in Kirk wood from pneumonia
"Night on Broadway," Price and
HormeUis Greater New York Ministrels
and HenJjecked Henry," scheduled
to appear at Camden Opera
house.
Kev John C. Crouch dies at St.
Matthews after a service of forty
years in the Baptist ministry.
Live Oak Camp publishes resolu- \
tiort!- of resiK'Ct to memory of Cuthben
Clarke.
Forest New scrim - married to Miss
Clara Gardner at Bet.bune.
Pretty ceremony at. <?ra? < cliunli '
unites in marriage l?a\id Greer IVr-1
kins to Miss Vivian Kollock Yates !
Fdward Gibson married to Miss Ola ;
Mathe w a of the Cantey section.
' C Hoffman and Mir-s Alberta
Mickle, <>f l^otigtown .? < < turn married
Jesse Carter and Mi-s Lizzie Bush,!
I
<>f Pontiiif. married m Camden.
I> K Melton and Miss Kdna Mr
Lain. (>f Camden. married.
l>r .1 C. FV-arce who had been ptuetiring
inecli< ine at (jraniteviile, announces
lie will locate at K'-r.-haw.
. . .
THIRTY YKAR8 AGO
J tnumry 12, 1906
Dr. E 8. M ( Do* shoots and serloua
1y wound* J. Hasel Wliborttpoon, manag*r
of J.am aster Mercantile coin
MAY* ....
Ed 1 Hi via was aboi and instantly
killed by ToUi' McNnlr at Elliott in
Iam county,
Kirkwood, suburb of Camden, taken
into the city limits of Camden.
I). K. Fletcher, carrier on route No.
1, out of Kershaw, dresses up as Hants
Claus and plays the part to mauy
children on his route.
Mrs. M. Hautn give* delightful re
ception to number of ladies at her
home on North Hroad street. In honor
of her daughter, Mrs. Kamlnskl, of
New York
Sam Hinson and Miss Pottle Hin
son, of the Ant loch section married.
C. J. Shannon, Jr.', W. A. ttoqkln
and John T. Stevens form pannership
to conduct general mercantile business
at Che raw.
Hakery of John K McDowall sup
posed to have been set on fire for
the third time.
Fire does damage on second floor
of Hank of Camden building and
Springs and Shannon cotton platform
1,. T. Mills elected superintendent
of Presbyterian Sunday Scoped , and
John T. Mai key. treasurer.
\V. (J. Wilson eW-cted superintendent
of the Camden Itaptisl Sunday S? l.ooi
Kershaw tJnards announce that they
\s ill give a supper "U birthday.
Wofi't Sell To Drunks
Denver. Dec. 31.? The Pargo Oil
company, operating 17 filling stations
in Denver, announced a New Year
resolution today not to sell any gasoline
to drunken drivers Violation of
t!m rule will be cause for immediate
dismissal, officials said.
Six passengers were landed safely
and 122.Oou cubic feet of helium gas j
were released at Miami. Fla . when
tlt4' pilot of a Goodyear blimp smellid,
smoke and made an emergency
landing.
Dies At Great Age
*v\utn' Rena Ancruni. aged negro
woman. regarded as Orangeburg's oldest
resident, died at her home here'
yesterday afternoon. She is said to
have reached the age of ll" years ? '
Orangeburg Times-Democrat
Lieutenant General Hunter K. Liggett.
T>. World war hero, died in San.:
FnimiMo on Monday. He served in
the Lnited States Army for 42 years,
and was commander in France of the
first American expeditionary forces."
He was retired in 1921.
1 STATEMENT I
The First National Bank
OF CAMDEN, SOUT HCAROLINA I j
At the Close of Business December 31, 1935 | I
Condensed from Report to the Comptroller of the Currency I
RESOURCES j
Loans and Discounts $ 89,192.76
Overdrafts NONE |
Banking House and Furniture and Fixtures 33,807.78 I
Real Estate Other Than Banking House 21,542.43 !
Bonds 341,607.60 j
Cash in Vault and Due by Banks 394,318.02
Other Assets 1,492.10 j
TOTAL $881,960.69 J
j LIABILITIES |j
j| Capital Stock Paid in $ 60,000.00 \ j
1 Preferred Stock 15,000.00 j }
j Surplus and Undivided Profits 18,131,56 j|
j Deposits 788,553.83 I
I Bills Payable ? ". NONE , j I
j Dediscounts NONE j j
jj Other Liabilities 275.30 I
TOTAL $881,960.69 |j
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
I DIRECTORS I
C. J. SHANNON, JR. M. H. HEYMAN C. J. SHANNON, 4th I j
R. N. SHANNON , WARREN H. HARRIS W. A. BOYKIN |
S. W. VsnLANDINGHAM ? M
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ij
$5,000 Maximum Insurance For Each Depositor !
THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTY I
Nothing New Heard
At Emerson Inquest
The inquest into the death of Tillman
Kmerson who found dead in
the road near Fiat Creek sometime
between 8 and 8 p. in. laat Saturday
night wan concluded laat Wednesday
evening and the verdict of the coroner's
jury was that Kwierwnn ram* IQ
his death as the result of being struck
by an automobile driven by an uuknown
party.
Kmerson is said to have left a Oiling
station near the Flat Creek high
school about 7:30 p. in . Saturday
night. He was said to have been
drinking and soon afterward J. D.
m< i<>ft sought to find him. driving
down the road toward ltedfearn's
iteach orchard. He came back and
drove in another direction before going
down the road toward the peach
orchard again. He ran over the body
of Kmerson on the second trip he
told the Jury.
Shortly after Kmerson left the filling
station an autoist passed him on
the road and this .man said that Emerson
threw up his hand as a signal
that he wanted a ride but he was not
picked up.
When the body of Kmerson was
found an arm and leg was broken,
his neck was broken and his head
showed injuries.
Young Kmerson who was about 20
years of age was employed as a truck
driver for James Mc!>eod who operates
the dairy and peach farm of W.
T Redfearn. His home was in Kershaw
county. ? I-ancaster News.
Word tomes from Stockholm to the
ff?-ct that the people ot Sweden artvery
angry' because of the retried
bombardment of the Swedish Red
truss unit serving in the ltalo-Kthioptaii
war zone, as the result of which
sew-ral Swedes were killed.
When two firemen were carrying a
woman down front a third-floor window
during an apartment house fire
ln Jersey City, the ladder broke. The
woman was killed by the fall to the
ground. The firemen suffered injured
ankles.
It is predicted that soon there will
be lO.V'Ou actors, playwrights and designers
on the W. P. A. rolls over the
country. Ruby Bae. a "fan dancer
of Minneapolis is No. 1. It is said
that there are 200 stranded showtroupes
in the state of Texas.
The Mississippi river at Greenville.
Miss., nad a thin coating of ice across
its surface Monday, for the first time
in the memory of the municipal terminal
superintendent.
: Bethune Girl Marries
Baltimore Chemist
Bethune. Jan. k.?Mr. and Mm. J.
M. Clyburn announce the marriage of
their daughter, Kdith aud Harold
Hamilton McCollough, of Baltimore,
Md., December 21, at Kill cole City,
Md. The impressive ring ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Thomaa
N. Dickens, paator of the Methodiat
church of Elllcote City. " The hrtde
was becomingly attired iu a lovely
rust costume with black accessories.
Mrs. McCollough is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clyburn of
this town, where she has lived until
a year ago wheiT she went to Baltimore
to go in training as a nurse.
By her vivacious manner, pleasing
personality and charming friendliness,
he has won hosts of friends who will
be greatly interested in the above announcement.
Mr. McCollough is the elder son of
the Rev and Mrs. 8. M. McCollough.
of Cherry Run, West Virginia, A
chemist by profession, be has been
, connected with the Morrison and Hutn'
ilton Chemical Company, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, for the past eight
years.
After a honeymoon in West Virgin
ia, the couple are making their home
at 1633 N. Calvert street, Baltimore.
The bride's many friends regret that
her marriage is taking her so far
from home.
Miss Lizzie Kate Davis has gone
to McColl where she has a position
in the schools of that town.
The town extends a welcome to Mrs.
C. S. Floyd and children, Ermine and
.'Carlisle, who have just come within
i the last few days to join the Rev. C.
S. Floyd, new pastor of the Methodist
I church.* On account of illness, Mrs.
' Floyd was unable to tome with her
! husband when he took Charge of the
work in the fall.
1 Woodrow Seegers, of the United
; States Army, now stationed at Fort
1 Moultrie, has been a recent visitor
. to his mother. Mrs. Bessie Seegars.
; Mr. and Mrs. D. I>. Clyburn and
young son returned this week from a
visit to Mrs. Clyburn s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Coker. Easley.
Mr and Mrs. G. II. Haney and chiljdren
went to Hamlet, N. last week
| to au?-nd the funeral of Mrs. Haney's
J brother-in-law, Donald Bradshaw who
Diied ol pneumonia.
! The Kev. Mr. Pittman, of Blackstock
tilled the pulpit at the Baptist
church last Sunday morning, preaching
at Shamrock in the afternoon and
^.t Timrod in the evening. I
Marion McDowell, of Tampa, Fla.,
| has been the guest of his grand parj
ents. the W. A, McDowells.
Mrs. Maud Watts is visiting her
[ daughter. Mrs. II. G. Hiers. in Bamj
berg.
j Miss Ruby Pate, of Columbia, was
j the recent week end guest of the
| C. C Pates.
Lamar Jerman is visiting his parI
eiits. the Kev. and Mrs. W. V. Jerman.
I Mr. and Mrs. Grady Smith and children,
of Bishopville, were Sunday
guests of Mrs. Bessie Seegars.
Miss Ix>ulse Tiller visited relatives
in Mayesville during the week end.
The reopening of the Bethune
schools scheduled for January 2, was
postponed until Monday, January 8,
on account of the heavy snow and
extreme cold weather.
Miss Alice McDonald spent the week
end at her home near Clyde.
Miss Mary Myrtle Raley. of Mt. Pisgah
was the guest for several days
of Miss Juanita Pate.
M. C. Mason spent Saturday night
and Sunday at the home of his father
in New Brookland.
Miss Annie Vaughn Mungo visited
relatives in Lancaster during the holidays.
Circle one. two and three of the
Presbyterian auxiliary held their January
meetings with Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell,
Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough and Mrs.
C. C. Pate, respectively.
Dr. Eldredge Baskins. of Baltimore,
has been here for some time looking
after his business interests.
The members of the B. Y. P. U. had
a delightful party at the home of Miss
Lula Horton recently. Entertaining
games were enjoyed by the young people
and refreshments were served during
the evening.
Had Pleasant Meeting
One of the outstanding events of
the Christmas holidays was a Christmas
part> spon so red by the Mt. Pisgall
Home Demonstration Club. Our
president, Mrs. C. W. Holley, presided.
Welcome was given by Mrs. W.
F. By rd Respouse by Roy So well.
Christmas song Roll call and minutes
of last meeting by the secretary,
Miss Olive Raley. Christmas story
was given by Miss I>ever. 'How We
.Should Spend Our Christmas" by Mr.
Williams, high school teacher. Reading
by our history teacher, Miss Joe
Graham 'I Wonder" by our school
superintendent. John Lee. Jokes by
our agriculture teacher. Fred Langford
The room was beautiful decorated.
carrying out the Christmas colors.
Mrs. Roy Sowell and Mrs. Y. T.
Byrd ha<l charge of refreshments. The
guests were served by Misses Nannie
Van Catoe. Ethel Catoe, Dorothy Horton
and Lexy Sowell. The party was
enjoyed by all.
Herbert Santley. 55. and his stepmother.
charged with the slaying of
the husband and father of the pair, at
or near Trenton, N. C., submitted second
degree murder pleas at New Bern
on Tuesday. The son was sentenced
to 15 t^20 years and the stepmother
to 10 to 18 years in state prison.
Six persons are dead and 20 Injured,
several seriously, as the result of a Are
when a Christmas tree burst into
flames at the Tillage meeting house
ut Reykjavik, Iceland, lfany of the
180 children and 30 adulte attending
the party, escaped the burning
building through windows.
Biggest News Stories j
Occurring In 1935
i i HMUItr-T. ^ ___
New York.?With the new year edltore
have begun thinking over the (
crowded news see nee of 1935 and to |
pick out the ^biggest stories." i
Earl J. Johnsou, news director of
the Uuiu-d Press. Hat# theae, In the
Order of their importance:^
1. The Hauptmanu trial.
?. 2. low mIUI at ion of NRA. .....? ;
3. Assassination of Huey Dong.
4. Italo-Kthiopian war.
5. The deatha of Will Rogers and
Wiley Pohl
6. Supreme court deciaion on gold.
7. Dramatic death of Queen Aatrid
of Belgium.
8. German rearmament.
8. Flight of the China Clipper.
10. Death of Kingaford-Smlth.
Other big stories, in Mr, Johnson's
opinion, were the North Chiton autonomy
movement, the Britiah jubilee,
the duet atorma, the maiden voyage
of the Normandie.
Barry Faria, editor of International
News Service, offers this list as representing
the concensus of I. N. S.
news editors:
1. Italo Ethiopian war.
2. Huey Ix>ng assassination.
3. Supreme court's gold clause decision..
4. Invalidation of NRA.
5. Conviction of Hauptmann.
6. Crash of dirigible, Macon.
7. Deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley
Post.
8. Signs of business recovery, following.
President Roosevelt's announcement
of a "breathing spell."
9. Florida hurricane.
10. Inauguration uf Trans-Pacific
air mail service.
A consensus of Universal ?cr.ice
editors resulted in this selection:
1. I talo-Kt hiopian war.
2. Hauptmanu trial.
3. Deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley
Post.
4. Invalidation of NRA. ,
. Huey Ixmg assassination.
. Stratosphere flight.4
7. China Clipper flight.
8. Florida hurricane.
9. German rearmament.
lu. Crash of Macon. j
International News Photos sent out j
pictures recently to clients to illus-!
trate the various selections of biggest !
stories. With the exception of the
Rogers-Post crash, they included cov-1
erage of the events listed above and
the following: j
Roosevelt's veto of the bonus.
Weyerhaeuser kidnaping.
Earthquake in Helena, Mont.
Death of Dutch 3<;htiltz.
Inauguration ?f Phillippine independence.
Give Your Dogs
A Break In 1936!
The Gamecock Field Trial Association
will hold its first amateur trial
Tuesday. January 21, 1936, Sumter,
South Carolina, on the Cane Savannah
Plantation, beginning Tuesday, January
21. 1936.
The drawing will be held Monday
night, January' 20, 8 p. m., at the
Board of Trade. Entries close night
of drawing. Send your entry In as
soon as you can.
Comfortable quarters will be available
for your dogs and plenty of good
wholesome dog food will be furnished.
Horses will be available on the
grounds at the very" nominal rental
of $1.50 per day. bring saddle if possible.
A barbecue dinner will be
served by Blandlng and McKnlght at
McRae s Mill Club House. Plenty of
territory, plenty of birds, plenty of
dogs and a fine bunch of sportsmen.
Carolina Masner, 34. inmate of an
asylum in Maryland, was permitted to
go home to spend a month with her
mother, at Laurel. Md. While there
she suddenly picked up a rifle and shot
her mother. S3, to death.
Beware Coughs
from common cplds
That Hang On
No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your cough, chest cold
or bronchial irritation, you can get relief
now with Creomulsion. Serious
trouble may be brewing and you cannot
afford to take a chance with any-"
thins less than Creomulsion, which
goes right to the seat of the trouble
to aid nature to soothe and heal the
inflamed membranes as the germ-laden
phlegm Is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies hare failed,
don't be discouraged, your druggist is
authorised to guarantee Creomulsion
S&SSW
bottle. Get Creomulsion right now. (Advj J
THE OLD FAMILY DOCTOR*^ ^
H? Sccmp To B,Olupp?,r|n# To 1 h? 1
H*rm Of Tho Communiti,,.
The Oxffney ledger ,h. "1
old-faobtoned doctor who .dried ui! I
on to become . (peclalUt hoi,*.,
temp out bl> kind and perfaepe WM
not too viae In doing ao. ?fU)r al| *"
begin, to appear that the .peclaiiJ:
"?f fl?W ?? hlioat to bt or.ni.,, ?
Approximately 86 per cent ol ,1,1
the mftrtiril graduate# today are hr?J
coining specialists or surgeons a<v I
cording to statistics that have
gathered on thc'subject.
There la a grant field today for ,h? I
old-fashioned family doctor. Thorn!
anda of American children have eaiL
ly remediable handicap and mimoot 1
are Buffering from anemia, chronic
digestive Impairment^ rickets, rheura.
atlsm and other ailments that come I
within the province of - the gen^t 9
practioner.
Beetd# all that, the old-fashioned I
family doctor Is an heroic figure anil
we hate to see him pans from oar ^
midst, to be supplanted by a Orfck
young man who sits in an office five I
or six hours daily and refers you to'
someone else if your ailment is "not
in his line," - ' ,
The family doctor has played an I
important role in the upbuilding 0f I
American civilization. He has f0l- 9
loweoMhir widening frontiers, Jn remote
corners of the world he has hung 1
out his shingle and he has been found
ready, in the dead of night or the grip
of winter, to take journevs to minister
to man s tweeds in' his dark I
hours.
He has known roads where his horjM 1
had to swim and has fought blizzards
tii reach the cot of suffering. He has I
sat for long, agonizing hours through I
our crisis of life and has helped his 1
neighbor to defeat poverty to pay his ]
modest bill.
Twenty miles into the blackest mid- 1
night to bring a little baby into the j
world or ease an old man's last terrible
hours of suffering?these have 9
been his experiences and he has '9
known us all. seemingly, all through 9
life. !
There is a field for him, certainly, 9
and not only medically, but in the eyes I
of the spirit.
Knows His Radio
Aunt Fannie: "Aren't you going to 9
say the blessing, dearie?"
Machine Age Child: "This food fas 1
coming to you through the couitesy
of God Almighty."
+JtrY held by~the Dollce 9
he UnZCh,ty' * J' af,er 1
he killed his cousin, aged 6 vears 9
the hna?mfmer' and cr,Uc?J1y slashed M
the child s father.
TAX RETURNS
Notice is hereby given that tht Ap I
ditor's Office will be open tat recetr* 9
lD* Tai Returns from January 1st, 9
1936, to March 1st, 1936. All persons 9
owning real estate or personal prop
ertv must make returns of the snnte 9
within said period, as required hr-rM
law, or be subject to a penalty of H"9
per cent.
The auditor will be at the places I
and on the dates mentioned below is I
persons for the purpose of taking tax H
returns:
Raley's Mill?January 14th.
Bethune?January 16th and litb. . 1
Kershaw?January 23rd and 24th.
Liberty Hill?January 21st.
Westvllle?January 28th.
Blaney?January 31st.
All persons between the ages of 21 j
and 60 years, inclusive, are required 9
to pay a poll tax, and all persons be* 1
tween the ages of 21 and 30 years, <9
inclusive, are required to pay a Road 1
tax. unless excused by law. All I
Trustees, Guardians, Executives, Ad*
ministrators or Agents holding prop 1
erty in charge must return same, 9
Parties sending tax returns by mail
must make oath to same before some j
officer and fill out the same in proper
manner or they will be rejected
B. E. SPARROW, j
Auditor Kershaw County.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All parties indebted to the estate
or B. Joe Carlos are hereby notified fl
to make payment to the undersigned. 9
and all parties, if any, having claim* 1
against the said estate will present 9
them likewise, duly attested, within j
the time prescribed by law.
SALUE D. CARLOS, 9
Administratrix.
Camden, 8. C., Dec. 23^9$^ _g|
POP COLDS I
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Liquid-Tablets HEADACHE* .1
Sslvs-Noss In 80 mlnutaa j
Dp?pa ^ J
How Calotabs Help Nature 1
To Throw Off a Bad Cold
lUTMnre but found In Ottohibl ftl
nod valuable aid In the treatment '
ct ooMa. They take on* or two tab- >
Ida tin fleet night nod hi ill flu
third or fifth night If needed.
Bow da hafto Nature
throw off a cold? rtratjSalotafaa to
nandabla of all
flvrao rlfunetry the lnteatlnal tract of
the germ-laden mocua and ton 1 nee.
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