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The Camden chronicle ? ii ~~j ; H : VOLUME 41 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, ISM NUMBER 44 ? ' ? ' - - 15?srp~l*f adr At Skeet Shooting (By William Garrard) Despite almost galb winds, in bright sunshine, skeet shooters made- good , scores at lb* Sunset Cl?b Sundfcy afternoon, with J, w. o. Boykin leading with 23 out of 25 made with a .410 calibre gun. Exceptionally good scores were made by a group of skeetshooters and t <juail hunters at the Hobkirk Inn?H. B. Marshall and Jervis Spencer, of Baltimore, and Dr. James P. IJuyl and C, K.<Granger, of.Pelham, N. Y., and , G. .IL Budett. Of Eugiewood, N. ..J. Other skeet shooters were': Mr. and Mrs. McKee Graham, Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Graham, Mr. and Mrs, J. Rodney Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey T. Barnes, Dr. J. Dodge Peters, It. M. Smith, Jdr. and Mrs. W. L. Weeks, W. L. Dominick and his guest, Leonard Palmer. Arrivals at' the Kirkwood liotel were: Miv and Mrs. Thomas F. A. BIbby,, of Now York; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Irving, of Indian Book,, Maine; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Evans, Rock, villc Centre, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Elliot It. Fowls, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.; Mrs. Dana C. Wakeman, Glen Ridge, N. JLJ Arrivals, at the Court Inn were: M. W. Wigle, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Colebrook, Rochester, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Phillips, Middleburg, Va. Mrs. John Kirkland Weeks, of New York and ltumson,. N. J., arrived Tuesday for the season uh the guest Of her mother-in-law, Mrs. John L. Weeks, of Morristown, N. J., at her winter home, "Bloomsbury." Thirty members of the younger set met her at a cocktail party at "Bloomsbury" Tuesday afternoon. -Monday evening Mrs. John L. Weeks gave a dinner at which those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Kirkover, Mr. and Mtb. Bolivar D. Boykin, H. Grainger Gaither, Mrs. David Stone, (daughter of Mrs. Weeks) and John Huffard, of New York and Charlottesville, Va., guest of the Weeks' Miss Ruth Richards who has been in New York for the past week conferring with Miss Virginia C. Gildersleeve, dean of Barnard College, regarding the Greenleaf Villa school which Miss Richards has donated to Camden, returned Tuesday. She said Miss Raymonds Neel, of Millburn, N. J., teafcher in the Ethel Walker school, Simsbuftr, Conn., would arrive in <Camden Saturday to help direct the Greenleaf Villa school. - Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Marvin returned to the Hobkirk Inn Tuesday after a brief motor trip through Florida. Mrs. Samuel Russell, of Lakevllle, Conn., returned Tuesday to her winter home, "Millbank," after motoring through Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Blodgett, of New York, arrived Saturday at the Court Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Sherburn Prescott, of Greenwich; Conn., left Sunday for Charleston after a brief visit to Col. Clark Williams, of New York, at his winter estate, "The Cedars and Pines." Mr. and Mrs. Prescott visited Col. Williams previously lu December. . Saturday Dixie Boykin and .Alexander Clarkson were hosts to members of the younger set at a cocktail party at the Sunset Club. Some remained for dinner afterwards. Those present included: Miss Wilhemine ' Klrby, Miss Frances Thord-Gray, Mrs. David | B. Stone, Mrs. Matthew." Ferguson, I Mrs. Lucy P.' Deans,- Miss Nancy Haas, Miss Susan Kennedy, Miss Dolly Singleton, Mrs. Charles Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Beams, Jock R. McLean, Randolph Duffey,' J. North Fletcher, Thomas M. Waller, T. H. Somerville, Hamilton Somerville, Clarkson Rhswe. Rowland Palmer, of Amelia and Millbrook, N. Y., is a guest of Lamont Dominick. Miss Fredericks Bush, of New York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. D. Kennedy. Mr. ahd Mrs. William R. Bradley, of Greenwich, Conn., arrived Saturday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. Walter i fciabee. - - ? Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning January 26 at the First Baptist chinch: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. T. Baldwin superintendent in charge. Public worship coad uoted by the pastor, J- ^ ll:l^a. m. ^d^^ Aged Trees Victims Of Fierce Winds ? , Notwithstanding the fierceness of the winds of Saturday night and Sunday morning, the trees of Camden and property suffered small damages. Several stately oaks, pines and elms were uprooted ou parks, streets and private property, but it did not compare with the vast damage of several years ago wheu the ground was soaked from continuous rains. Property damage was small./ Some fences were blown down. On south Broad street, a place used as a negro picture Hhow'h&4 the. ffopt <?f the building blown out and a debris of bricks fell to the ground, littering the sidewalks, resulting in a smaU amount of damage. One of the chief sufferers from the severe winds of Saturday night and Sunday was the Jackson Outdoor Advertising Service, with headquarters this city. A 'total of 42 largo billboards were flattened to the groUud, entailing an estimated loss of $2,500 with no insurance. The torrential rains of Saturday night left many low places flooded. H. A. Brown, who keeps the weather records for Camden and vicinity, reported a rainfall Saturday night of 2.2b* inches.' The Wateree river was on a rampage, reaching a height of 32 feet at its highest point. Water was running over the roadway on the Cuindert-Sumter highway near the city limits, but tjLys road was never closed. In fact none of the roads in and out of Camden were closed and traffic was uninterrupted. So far as 1 he Chronicle lias been able to learn, cattle and hog owners had ample time to get their property safely to the highlands without loss. I There were but few Interruptions in telephonic or electric service as no wires were blown down, and the small i delays wore quickly adjusted, thanks to an efficient organization of both systems. ^ Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church There will be services at the Mt. 1 isgah Baptist church this coming Lord's day as follows: Bible school at 10 a. m. Church worship at 11 a. m.- The subject will be: "A Volunteer For Jesus." The B. T. U. meets at 7 p. m. The public Is most cordially invited to worship with us.?Luther Knight, Pastor. ijf/ ' t:' thffada Pfitibyierlah "churoh Sunday, January 26, A?_Douplas Me* A in, pastor.v Cjiurch school for every ?e at iff aL m. Morning worship with sermon at 11:16. Congregational meeting after this service. Church | night service Thursdays' at fcCven-thirty p. m. Third Sunday in Belmont Plan. Every one is cordially invited to the services \pjf this church. - ? ? Funeral 8ervicea For Mrs. Rose Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy B. Ross, 59, who died at her home in I Blaney Sunday afternoon, were conMhicted at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Blaney Baptist church by i the Kev. W. S. Cromer, pastor, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Caston, the Rev. T- A. Snyder, the Rev. A. B. Kennedy, the Rev. A. S. Lockee, the Rev. A. L, Willis, the Rev. M. C. Padgett and the Rev. J. P. Isenhower. Mrs. Ross was a member of Blaney Baptist church and leaves many >e! lat,ves and friends to mourn her passj ln?-?Tuesday's Columbia State. Will Provide New Service The Southern Railway is now working out plans and expects to put Into effect over its entire system free pickup and delivery service on all less I than .carlo&flji freight shipments, effective February 1. This arrangeI ment will provide store-door delivery and pick-up service to all patrons located within corporate limits.. Those patrons who operate their (JWn private trucks will be allowed rebate on tonnage hauled, on basis of amotfnt paid oontract delivery trucks at the I different tnmria This service will also Include freigVt to and from private homes as well "as business tiouses?Including both Wateree and Hermitage Cotton Mills. It la said that In all probability the Southern will let this hauling out*to local truck owners on bids. The service will extend all over the Southern ayrftem, from New Orleans to Washington, and will alto apply to the Southern's affiliated wwm (.hiiTig uftggOn lit OMlIIMM DJT I Mil II Negro Child First^ In Highway Accident Iren Kelley, four-year-old negro girl, wuh victim number one in highway casualties reported in Kershaw county for 1036, The child died early Tuesday night at the Camden hospital, where ehe^ad been carried after being crushed by truck laden with heavy logs, belonging to W. I/. Abernathy, of Lykeelan^ In Richland county. The driver w&s Roy Henderson, and witnesses said he used every ef| fort to keep from striking the child. The accident happened near the city Umite. on tho pfljBden-Columbia highway. The child was carried to the hospital where it was treated by Dr. George A. Rliame, who found that it hud received crushed legs and a concussion of the brain. The driver of the truck had a narrow escape from death himself when he jununed on tho brakes to the heavily laden truck. Some of tho huge logs slid forward and rammed through the hack of the cab and Hendson had to crawl out of the cab from underneath the logs. The truck was forced from the road. A coroner's jury held an Inquest Wednesday morning and as there were no witnesses rendered a verdict that the child came to its death by mischance. Progress Dinner Friday, January 24 There will be another progress Dinner at the Hotel Camden, Friday, January 24, at 8 o'clock. This is to urge every farmer o^'Kprshaw county and every citizen of Camden to attend this dinner as many timely topics will bediscussed. You may secure your tickets from the following: L. P. Thompson, Liberty Hill; Ivoring Davis, Bothune; H. B. Taylor, Kershaw; J. D. Watson, Blaney; and the County .Agent's office. We plan to have three guest speakers. Anniversary 8ervlees Sunday Rev. J. W. Boykin requests that we 1 again remind the friends and public I of the anniversary services to be held at Mt. Morlah Baptist church, corner I of South Broad and York streets, SunI day, January 26. This is in celebraI tion of seventieth anniversary of the I establishment of this' church. As usI ual the pastor and congregation extends a cordial Invitation to the white J friends to Join with them in this oeleI bration. At 3:30 In the afternoon I the anniversary address will be dt I livered by John R. deLoach, Camden 1 attorney. ' 4 . jil - j Drops Dead On The Road I \ Joe Dinkens, 50-year-old negro farmI er of the Cantey Hill section, died I suddenly abotit nine o'clock WednesI day morning while enroute to Camden. I The man driving *hls mule was bringj lng a load of wood to town, and, as j is often the custom on a cold day, ] Dinkens - was walkihg behind the waI gon, when he was seen by school chilI dren to topple over. By the time they 1 could get to him he had breathed his 1 last. Coroner Julian B, Rush lnvestlI gated but found 'that an inquest would I not be necessary. j Exchange Club Meeting I The Camden Exchange Club held its I weekly meeting at Hotel Camden on I Tuesday, January 21, with President A. W. Humphries presiding. ] The entertainment feature ^was in charge of Lewis Lee^r Clyburn and Gene Pearce, who had as guest speakI er, Btate senator George K. Laney, of I Chdsterfleld. Senator Laney was introduced by J. Team Gettys* and made I a most interesting address on the South Carolina school system and followed with a few remarks on national security legislation. . Robert Addison .. Killed by Automobile I a 1 The Chronicle received a belated I news story of an automobile tragedy I In which Robert Addison,'a 24-yearold negro, lost his life New Year's L morning new Lugoff by a hit-and-run I driver. ? It Is said that Addison's car and another car driven by colored people had had a rear end collision and Addison had parked his car off. the high^ way to find out the extent of the damage. An automobile said to bears Georgia license headed south, struck Addison and badly broke him up. He was carried to the Camden hospital unconscious and died a couple of days later without regaining consciousness. While the witnesses obtained the lb o* the; mot ddant no iraee of the death car has The "Virginians" To" Put On Horse Show (By Willlum UurrartD Between 75 and 100 horses, In fourteen classes, will make "The Virginians" horse show February 15 the most elaborate yet held by the large group of winter residents whose riding and hunting activities are at Mid* dleburg and Warrenton, Vu., prior to the Camden season. Plans for the show were made by the committee in charge, consisting of Raudolph Duffey, Middloburg; J. North Fletcher and Thomas M, Waller, of Warrentou; Miss Wilhelmino 8. Kirby, of Bedford Hills, N. Y., and Warrenton;' MIbb Viola Winmill, of New York and Warrenton. According to preliminary reports, among the exhibitors will bo Alvln T. Untermeyer, Randolph Duffey, Mrs. Marlon - DuRont . Somervllle, Mrs. DwiglH Partridge, Henry Frost, Jock R. McLean, F. Ambrofce Clark, Miss Wilhelmine Kirby, Miss Frances Thord-Gray, Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, Thomas H. Somervllle, Richard K. Mellon, Miss Viola Winmill, James Ryan, Mrs. Raymond Wolfe, Mrs. Lament Dominiek, Charles DuBose, Jr., J. North Fletcher, Thomas M. Waller, John M. Schiff, Ward C. Belcher, Charles (J. Knight, David R. Williams, Mrs. David Stone, and thq Kirkwood Bta bios. The classes will be: Best steeplechase type, model hunters, three-year olds," bridle path hacks, open jumping. working hunters, green hunters, middleweight hunters, lightweight hunters, hunters not to Jump, ladles' hunters, pair class, touch and out, teams of three hunters. Three ribbons and a trophy will be given in each class. Otto Furr, pf Middleburg, is to judge. Grand and Petit Jury Were Drawn Tuesday Grand and petit Jurors were drawn Tuesday?the grand jurors to serve ,.for the year and the petit Jurors to serve for the first week ofNthe criminal court, or general sessions court, which will convene Monday, February 10, with Judge 8. W. G. Shipp, of Florence, presiding. The first si* named on the grand jury list are holdovers . from last year. The lists follow: Holdovers?Joseph M. Smith, J, B. McCoy, R. A. McDowell, A. L. McLeod, Camden; W. F. Byrd, Jefferson; fA. B. Kennedy, Logoff. Grand Jury?George A. Creed, T. P. Brown, 8. W. Hogue, W. L. Banders, Bugene T. Pearce, Camden; F. N. Gay, rW. P. Sowell, C. T. I Faulkenberry, W. R. Taylor, Kershaw; J. B. Branson, Cassatt ;G. W. Rabon, N. P. Gettys, Lugoff. J-h 't- Flret Week Petit Jurors* W. L. Stokes, Jr., C. H. Barrett, W. H. Halle, F. M. Mayer, L. B. Campbell, A. C. McKain, W. R. NelBon, J. R. Lang ford, J. J. Talbert, W. B. Rhoden, H. L. Smyrl, W. L. Goff, Camden; Paul B. Jones, J. L. Taylor, J. H. Watson, H. B. Williams, Jr., R. W. Seegars, Joseph A. Taylor, H. P. Vincent, H. B. Gaskin, Kershaw; J. T. Ross, Norman K. Rose, J. D. Bailey, A. T. Huckabee, R. A. Maddox, Blaney; Brnest Dowey, A. B. Kirkland, R. M. Ford, John A. Wood, Lugoff; B. N. Holly, D. Bubanks, Bethune; J. T Davis, Oscar Truesdole, L. C. Clyburn, L. D. Broome, Westville; L. A. Horton, Cassatt. '.i Midway Club Gives 8hower The Midway Home Demonstration Club gave a kitchen shower at the homd of Mrs. H. C. McCoy for Mrs. J. J. Young on Friday, Janpary 17. Some of the Cassatt club members were present. We all had a lot of fun playing games after which, Mrs. Young was led into the dining room, followed by the members to unwrap her packages. She deceived many useful presents ^tor the kitchen and she wishes to thank each and every one that has showed her kindness since her home burned December 20. The hostesB served a sweet course: As To Gin Certificates , The following telegram has been received by County Agent W. C. McCarley; '^Effective midnight February 1, all sales of certificate poundage from National Pool will cease. Local and out of county transfers may be continued until further notice.?C.. A. Cobb." ? ... - Attending Federal Court W. T. Holley, of the lit Piagah section, hsa been drawn to serve as a petit Juror at the term of the United States Court which convened at Ofcarv fteeton, Monday, January 20. Mayor Osborne Will Stand For Reelection The election of municipal officers comes in March of U?1h year, ami in conversation with, Mayor J. H. Osborne Monday we asked him If he would be a candidate for re-election this year, and he stated that he would be.' He has served two years in' this capacity and, as it hus been,, fofr many years, an unbroken custom to give a mayor a second term without opposition, there will very probably be no opposition t& our present mayor who has made a conservative und most conscientious oxccutive. And so far us wo have been able to learn, there will hardly be any opposition to aldermen. D. O. Houfeel7 alderman from Ward Five, in a special election, was nominate*) without opposition to succeed T. V. Walsh, Jr., who resigned when he went to Cheraw to make his home. C. C. Whltaker, 8i\, alderman from Ward Four,, who wsh desperately 111 for a time, Is again hack at his post. He has served in this capacity under other administrations, being a most valuable member. Camden Man Loses Brother By Death Conway, Jan. 19.?Aeneas Wilton Barrett, 56, hardware merchant / of Conway, died at his apartment at the Klnston hotel shortly before 1 o'clock Sunday morning after^aTT illness of several months. He was a native of Sumter county. Coming to Conway 32 years ago he organized with associates the Perry Hardware company later purchasing the entire stock and owning same at his death. Years ago ho was a member of the city .council. During his term the electric lights were installed. He was also fohnder of the People's Building and Ijoan Association ami served as a school trustee. For more than 16years he was a deacon of the Kingstop Presbyterian church, serving in | this capacity until his death. He was recognized as an outstanding civic leader at Conway and throughout the county. * He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mary Atwater, of Bynum, and Winston-Salem; a son, A. W. Barrett, Jr., of New York; two brothers, W. W. Barrett, of Camden, and Jamie Barrett, of Sumter. PlanB ShapingFor -The Birthday BaU With Dan Mackey in charge, and with J. H. McLeod as chairman of the executive committee, it is expected that the President's Ball, for the benefit of the Warm Springs Foundation, to be fbeld the night of Wednesday, -January 29, at the Armory# wilPhe 'a great success. The hope is it will be. as big. a success as the President's Ball last year, the proceeds from which are said to have been larger In Camden than in any other city the size Camden in America. The dance committee from the American Legion is helping in the sale of tickets, and with arrangements for the President's BaU. Those on the committee are Karl Ros^borough, F. Dess (loodale, Jack Whltaker, Sam Karesh, Marion Williams. Miss Barbara Hickox is chairman of the ticket sales committee, on which are Misses^ Susan Kennedy, Nancy Dempster, 'Caroline Richardson, Alice Robinson, Mrs. R. M. Kennedy 3rd, Mrs. Matthew Ferguson. Lee Mays is chairman of the floor committee, on which are Grady Parsons, R. M. Kennedy, III, Paul Duffey, Moultrie Burns, Joe McKaln, Walter Wooten, Joe Shannon. l'( Waldo Lamotte's ten-piece orchestra, will play at the President's Ball. On the following night, January 30, there Will be an old-fashioned square dance at the Armory. Four fishermen lost theljr lives off Bluff Shoals, N. C.t last Monday, probably by the capsizing of their boat. The bodtee were recovered.? ' BANK ROBBIRY AT AIKEN . j At noon Thursday the radio broadcast a bank robbery at Aikan which took o'clock that I morning. Fiveipen dHving a Ford V8, bearing a Tennessee license, hold uf. a bank?; getting-ft,860Twenty-one customers were In the bank at the time of the hottf*up? No shots were Bred but the witnesses testified that the men were ' ts/a 11 a r saiarf assd lyyAi 4%yn msa* vt"11 mww n?? iwt iiiv ' 'rj -m Funeral Held Here ? For Rehired Banker j News was received Tuesday of tho death of Douglus -Blanding DeSausHure, of Atluntu. Mr. DeHaussure was born lu Camden, sou of Mujor Henry DeSaussure, who was killed in tho Confederate war, near Richmond, and hia wife, Mary Reynolds, daughter of Y Dr. George Reynolds member of prominent Caimlen families. After Wie war Mrs. DeBausaur,e mov- ? ed to Bewanee, where she entered her four soiib in the University of the Bouth, and all of them became successful buslnegauien later.- lilon ding DeBauaaure entered the First National Bank of Atlanta and u few years ago, after having served- f?U years us an officer of fhat bank was presented h medal and retired <pu full puy by the bank, lie was u gentleman of the old school, polished in manner and considerate of every one. Mr. DoBaussure married Mary Catb- . erlne Ancrum, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ancrum, of Camden, and she survives him. She is ill in Atlanta and was unable to altoiul tho * funeral. The body of Mr. .DeSaussuro reached Camden on the Southern railway0 at 10:25 Wodnosdax-mox'utng and the rnnei'al?party wt-iit dlrecil^ to tho cemetery, whurr services were in charge of the Uov. Douglas McArn, who acted in that capacity due to no * Episcopal minfttcr being in Camden ' 4^ at the time. Mr. DeBaussure is related to the Reynolds, Champion, Blinding, Chestnut and other fumilles of Camden. The pallbearers, all nephews, who served in Camden were: Alexander ?tfggg Clarkson, Blanding Clarkaon, Thomas Ancrum. Willis Cuntey Boy kin, Charles DuHose, John DuBose, all of * Camden, and W. C. Boyd and Dick * Bingleton of Columbia', and Rivers Spencer of Rldgeway. Drive For Funds Children's Home ? ? ' ~7 "jgUB We wish again to far in ,advance [ call your attention to the fact that I the collection of' funds for the maintenance of the Children's Home on v v Y'Y-; Fair street of this city will be put on the latter part of February at about the usual time. We feel that we are fully entitled to call out the most generous contflbutton from . the citizens"ofthis county owing to the fact that this Home last year found more homes for' children, has been operated at a lower cost per child, has been maintained in a better and more home-like spirit than ever before. The physical condition of the Home was never better than It Is at the present time. We have re1 . celved great benefits from our garden which has been enlarged from tirhe to time, and we have been able to add a small amount', to pur reserve fund which we are trying to build up against suoh time that it may, be badI ly needed. Our reserve fund this year has been augmented by the very generous donation of $1,500 from the estate of the'late Samuel Russell. We will have the* usual organisation to . go for the collection of these funds at the proper time, and we ask for a generous response from the people of South Carolina ^ind we believe can [be justly proud of this institution.-? [The Children's Dome, Margaret J. .MayHeld, President. 1036 Cotton Contest j The South Carolina Manufacturers o Association has announced that they--? I will sponsor the five-acre cotton improvement contest tor 1086. They [have agreed to donate $8*600 premium money for thi/ contest. The purpose of this contest is to improve South Carolina's cotton staple length and quality. I Any .farmer in thls coudiy can enter I either one or two five-acres In this contest. In order to enter he will have tt> agree to plant a variety of cotton that will produce at least one I inch staple under favorable weather conditions. x He will also agree to keep accurate records on the five-acre j contest plot. We would like to see a large nurn her of our farmers enter this oontest ffl and there is no good reason why some I lot them in this cpunty should not [win, at least part of the $8,000. ^ I Anyone wishing to enter this conlteat should get in touch with the counI IrJean JDavta:Clark, 10-yeAr-old daugh