The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 28, 1936, Image 1

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" - 1 '* Birthday Plate Won by Bostwick Entry (By Staff Correspondent)' with a rather small but none the leu's enthusiastic crowd of horse lev 0rs, among whom could be seen many well known faces of unknown individuals, familiar with the years *ti Camden's revived turfdom, the annual ' Washington's birthday race meeting was held at the Springdale course here this afternoon, again reflecting honor to the men who have made possible the restoration of this great , sport in South Carolina,__ J No serious Injuries resulted, and while \he track was somewhat slow, it was In remarkably good condition, especially considering the fact that when the sun rose the morning of the race, the course was white under a blanket of snOw, causing postponement of the hunter trlalB scheduled tor Friday till Sunday. By race time the turf was dry to a depth of an inch or two. . ' | Fugitive, Mrs. G. H. ("Pete") Bostwick's 10-yeaiM>ld chestnut gelding, piloted by Randolph Duffey, lived up to his name and Anally ran away from the field in the feature event, the Washington's Birthday plate, in a beautifully nin and ridden race, lit which the Wioa6r..and Ward A. Wickwire's Lucier, piloted by Raymond Woolffe, fought it Out neck and neck till the final Jump or two. ~H After the snowfall of Friday the crowd seemed a little leery of assembling for the race, the impression that the meet would be called off seeming to have become rather widespread. Fifteen minutes before post time only a- raere.J^ usual assemblage bad put in an appearance. ' - \ But the day itself was ideal for such an event. The sun shone brightly, yet there was sufficient snap in the brisk breeze to prevent any possible criticism of oppressiveness. And the girls were there in all their colorful glamour of spring, of which more will be found in other columns and other dates, ."Twas not ever thus with the weather, however, for before, the string of entries had filed to the post for the initial event, the forecast had become,, "partly cloudy" but there were no showers. ^ From the outset, in the third event, | the featured Washington's Birthday' plate, the race divided itself into two divisions, Fugitive and Lucier, in the lead, and Carletop H. Palmer's Ghost Dancer, Noel Lafag np, SndJohn JL. Thomas's Lady Zelda battling eight to a dosen lengths" behind' for third and "also ran." On^ the back stretch the Bostwick entry" ran away from bis competitor and distanced him ftur or five lengths, but at the turn Woolfe brought his mount's head up to his rival's flank. Lucier, however, was jumping high, and Btralghty on the last couple of fences, losing ground heavily, and Fugitive outjuinped him and outran him and extended his margin to seven lengths at the jjnish. Thetime was 4:29.6. The first race, the "Kamchatka," a lmlf mile on the flat, was split and run as two separate events,v ,four horses in one and five in th6 tether, there being eight scratches among the original 17 entries. It is not known who acted as Kihg Solomon in determining possession of the plate offered by D. Walter Mabee. ' First, by a length on the soft track, in the first flight, was Escape, R. K. Melion's with J. E. Ryan up, while Burwell Boykin's Anacoo, the favorite with the locals amonggalleryr which had led half the distance, was second. E. Jennings rode hRm P?t? Bostwick brought in the Masked Knight third. The time was 51.6. Despite great nervousness before; the start, which, with the fractious11088 of other entries delayed the flag' for several minutes, and caused a, i-ouple of mounts jp be left at the post while a couple of others galloped by. the starting point. Anderson Fowler's File Away, J, Eady up, raced home four lengths ahead of the- field in the second .division, in the good tiihe of 50 flat. Second was Paul Mellon's Sea Ghiefr-ridden by -Regan' Mcfflnnoy, and Carroll K. Baarfett brought up Mrs. Marion duPont Somerville's Fovarade from faV ih'the rear to capture third. The first jumping event, acfcond on the card, the Cherokee brought the ambulance on Xho field when A. Mt Hirsch's chestnut mare. Crystal Dawn, rolled over in a somersault at the last jump on the -fiiflj Ihp, Wsllach lying still on the track^jrHh up and gmtioped to the fiMrfj^toTtour Shore had bis own way in the Cherokee for the second time in succession, having won last year in the good time of 2.56. Today he came In by himself half a doten lengths ahead of the field. Taking the lead from the start and taking each hurdle as if it were the list, the seven-year-old bay gelding was pressed ,only once, when Henry W. Frost, Jr., of Middleburg, Va., but of South Carolina hor^ racing extraction, brought up Mrs. J. B. Ryan's Aughrim Boy, but was shaken whon the Ryan entry pecked badly lit a hurdle in a manner which would have caused many riders to lose both horse and seat. Young Mr. Frost however, retained both, and seemed headed for second place, but was distanced by Mrs.- Somervllle's Manna Blue, ably ridden by Noel Lalng. Rocky Shore's time was 4:04. The fourth event, the "Mulberry Steeplechase," two miles for nonwinners over brush, developed into probably thh most exciting and colorful event of the afternoon's card. The silks in this event were all bright and distinctive, red, white, yellow and blue being conspicuous. Henry Ffest sent Mrs. Simon T. Patterson's Hal Dale, which he also-trained, into an early lead followed l>y Col. F. 8. Greene's Drill Master, . Miss Page Lewis's. Spartan Lad, ridden .by Noel Xalng And" Meivuie H. Bearns, Jrt's Syriac, ridden by J. Leonard. On 'the back stretch Hal Dale was slightly ahead of Syriac,-which had come forward from last place, while Drill Master had fallen behind. Midway the stretch, however, he once more began to pick up, seemed to lose ground on the next jump, then to forge into third again, putting Spartan Lad in the tear Then the two taibenderp were neck and neck over... several; jumps, hut the Lad was again last at the judges' stand, with Syriac in the Jead, followed by Hal Dale and Drill Master. j At th* next fence, however, Sy riac j lost his rider, putting Hal Dale lni the fore. On the back stretch. Lalng gradually brought his mount forward in a bitterly contested race with Harry Frost on Hal Dale, the two mounts | standing neck and neck till the Anali Jump into the stretch when Spartan Lad gradually pulled away to win in a thrilling finish, lew than a length separating the leaders' noses. ^ went down hc^a^hwp. and Jay still, horse was done for. - Apparently however, only his wind had been knocked put and In a few moments he was up amid a round of applause from the gallery. - Theflfth event, the Initial hurdle rate, "The Bloomsbury," likewise produced a decided duel between Royal Thomas, Raymond Woolfe on, Mrs. Lewis A. Park's gray, and Noel Lalng on his own Navarino, with Mrs.- Mar ion duPont Somervllle's Macroome threatening in the early stages. The leaders gradually drew away, and , a seesaw resulted; first one. then the othpr taking the lead,, In the final sprint Royal Thomas came homo two lengths ahead amid the cheers of lovers of the gray. Mrs. Carroll K. Baasett's Herroro, ridden by |4r. Bassett wag'third. The last feature on the Card also featured two excellent horses and two of America's leading gentleman Jockeys, in a bout of honors, O. H. "Pete" Bostwick on his Deserter, son of Man O'War and Off Color, and winner in the United Hunts meet at Belmont Park, flghting.lt out-with Regan McKinney on B. S. Voss's Stunt Filer, which har twen in the money every" time he has ran. Bettors were tak" !ng Deserter against the field, sortie giving six to five odds, and until the final strides it seemed they had not gambled in wshr. But J. E. Ryan had Stunt Flier in excellent condition and in tfte* last 100 yards he gradually pulled away to' win by a bead. And tbe crowd cheered. John Duffey brought in L. R. Stuyvessant's Harem Noney for third place. The time for the seven furlongs was L84. Camden Hunter Trials. . Entries of Mrs. Robert C. Wlnmill, of Warreaton, Va., Miss Wllhelmine S. Kirby, of New York, and Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, of Camden, took' first places. Sunday in the annualHunter Trials run before a throng of approximately 1,600. i'-** Mre. WlnmHVsU PyTFey place<Oiryt iin the lightweight class; Miss Kirby's Royal Reveler won the blue ribbon of the heavyweights, and Mrs. Bassett's Caprice led the field'in the working hunter division. -WRKUri Happy Chance we^to^the team entered by^Etoa Tourists Stopping In TheCarolinas Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 22.?Pouring down from the Ice-bound North a flood of tourlet tr^de is inundating the historic and picturesque Carolina# In n movement hitherto unrecorded In the annals of touring, according to a report received at Carolina Motor Club headquarters here from the travel bureau of the Chicago Motor Club. The Chicago Club report Is based 0% a survey now being conducted in the south by, a club road car. In explaining the tourist trek into North and South Carolina Bert Vanderwarf, "manager of the Chicago Motor Club travel bureau said: "For tbe flret time in the history of the automobile, people are In large numbers beginning to realise that they have mlBBed much of beauty and downright grandeur in hurrying from starting place to destination with only the thought of getting to their objective point on_ scheduled time, "The old dVdef\ls changing. The Carolinas have been among the first of the states to experience the changed psychology of travel. On their way to Florida, mid-western motorists, particularly from Chicago and other parts of Illinois and from Indiana are stopping in the mountains and sandhills of the Carolinas. They' are invading centers such as Tryon, Asheville, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Camden, Aiken, Charleston and other winter resorts. They are learning?many of them for the first time?that' history was written in these friendly hills; that Francis Marlon, Baron DeKalb, General Greene and other revolutionary war heroes consecrated the ground with noble deeds." The ruote taken by the Club car ! was via Louisville, Knoxville, Asheville, Charlotte, Pinehurst, Camden,! Aiken and on to Charleston. In the Carolinas the itinerary was arranged by the Carolina Motor Club and the guests included J. E. Bulger, a director of the Chicago Motor Club and editor of the Chicago JMptor Now? and John A. Jenkins, automobile and travel editor of the Chicago Daily News. r . W| . ' Horse Show Phuis Two-Day Exhibit The Camden Horae Show no elation announce plana for their twentysixth annual Camden Horse Show to be held on the Cherokee Club proper-' ty, on the 19th and 20tb days of March. The committee In charge is as follows t President, J. North Fletcher; vice presidents, 'Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, David R. Williams; secretarytreasurer, Mies Frances Thord-Gray. Others on the committee- are: Mrs. Dwlght Partridge, Mrs. C. P. DuBose, Jr., and Ralph W. "Chase." The prise.list has been sent to the printers. The classes will consist of: Model hunters, green hunters, lightweight hunters, heavyweight hunters and middleweight hunters, two new hunter classes which have been added are: working hunters over outside course and owner's class in which horses have to be ridden by their bonailde owners. Handy hunters, touch and out and open jumping. A new feature of the show this yvar will be three classes for five galted horses, one of which will be an open flve-gaited class, fine harness class and combination class. Others are hunter hacks, road hacks and child rep'9 horsemanship. Corinthian and hunt teams will be shown over the outside course. Lewis Waring, of Jlumson, N. will judge all classes. . Mrs. Msry Holland Dies Mrs. Mary A. Holland, 83, died at her home Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock after an illness of several Weeks. * * _ She was a daughter of the late James and Amanda Jane Holland. ~~~ Funeral services were held at Beulah Methodist Church, near Camden at 3 o'clock Wednesday, conducted by the pastor, Rev. T. W. Godbold. Interment was in the church cemetery. j Surviving are the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Dave Robertson, Mrs. S. E. Rogers and Miss Delia Hoilund; Ed. Holland and R. T. Holland. The big lancing tourney at Cameron, scheduled - for last Friday, was postpohed until next Friday^ on account of the bad weather. There were 36 entries for the tourney; which is open to anybody who oan ride a horse ] and tilt a lance. |T.-J. Cunningham Dies At Chester | Chester, Feb. 84.?Col. Thomas J. Cunningham, 8t>, former postmaster of Chester and former president of the South Carolina State Fair and formerly widely known in polttieal circles of this state, died here this af! ternoon after a week's Illness of hardening of the arteries. Today was his birthday. . b Colonel Cunningham at one time was Chester county supervisor. For many years he engaged in farming on a large scale and took a great in* I terest In raising cattle and sheep. He [was a close friend of the United | States Senator Benjamin R, Tillman | and was a member of his military [staff when he was governor. He wsb likewise a close friend of former Governor John G. Richard*. During the i^lllcharda administration he held an office in the state highway departtnent. V Colonel Cunningham was a member of the Red Shirts. ? ,> p* He was twice married, first to Miss Sunie Mobley and some time after her death to her cousin, Miss Emma Mobley, now Of Columbia, who survives him with a daughter, Mrs. D. Breun, pf Nashville, Tenn.i a brother, J. Q. Cunningham, of Camden, and (a sister, Mrs. Louis Perry, of Spartanburg. Colonel Cunningham was a native of Liberty Hill section, a son of the Plate William Cunningham and the late Rebecca Jones Cunningham. He 1 was a member of Purity Presbyterian church here. .He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. He received his appointment as postmaster during [the Wilson administration. [ Owing to his prominence in state political circles, he held a number of I important positions from time to time on varldus state commissions and committees at Columbia. Colonel Cunningham had often been praised for the excellent constructive wprk he performed for the State Fair when he served as president and at other .... V;v;,x; , ? Pageland Boy Wins In Contest Colombia, Feb. 24.?Hasel Tadlock, Of the Pageland High School, won first place in the state-wide cotton) contest sponsored by the F. F. A. Chapters and the Chilean Nitrate EdIticatioifial Burehfi?H?., tot students in Vocational Agriculture. Hasel I made 1,000 pounds of llrit cotton per acre on his acre and half project. He I is also winner in his district and the I two prises netted him a total of $75 cash. The six other district winners as announced by W. H. Garrison, assist* jant state supervisor of Vocational I Agriculture, w^re Ralph McElveen, Olanta; Paul V. Spencer, Gaffney; L. I Carlisle Fulmer, Stonoy Hill; Oarnett I Still, Williston-Elco; Edwin Barrinjeau, Hebron; and CI arence Lay, KeoI wee. The district winners receiviff 1125 oach. I In addition to winning the Btate prise of $50 and the district prise of $25 young Tadlock had a profit on I his acre and half of cotton of $212.10 so that the project was quite a proI fltable one for hintf. His total expense was $47.40 and his receipts, not I counting money, ^mounted Young Tadlock selected for htTPTOject an acre and a half of good loam I obll. He applied 000" pounds oi high rgrgde complete fertilizer and 50 lbs, of natural Chilean Nitrate per acre before planting and side-dressed with ir>o pounds of Chilean nitrate per I acre en June 15. The cotton was planted on Afcril 28. Hasel used Kvilds number three as his variety. W. G. Entrekin, adviser of the Pageland Chapter of Ftiture Farmers of America and teacher of agriculture in the Pageland school supervised the project i Blaney Man Takes Two Car Thieves RaymdwL Brown and Willie Kegrse. I were captured at 8:80 Mondaywnornftng when T. W. Laney, who operates a garage at Blaney, observed them 1 trying to enter a building. lie took I them in charge and held them until Sheriff J. H. McLeod could come for (rtfcm. They were tiding in a Ford V-8, 11934 model, which it was learned they bed stolen from E. G. Connelly, at fSlria*,'B. C. The car wak not dam* j^ed. The sheriff rf^lendale ^conn New Highway Kill Approved by House (From Saturday'* State) Standing sturdily to their guns and battHng down every effort to adjourn, supporter of the socalled- Btatt-PoagJohnson highway reorganisation bili drove it through the house of repreaentativee yesterday and sent U ou to third reading by a vote of '48 to 86. It took 81 roll oalla, aeven of them on motions to adjourn, before the measure was. safely conducted thru the stubborn fire of attack, and the hands of the clock warn-pointing at 4:85 p. in. when finally the house was allowed to adjourn over until''next Tuesday. The house met at 10 a. m. and stuck doggedly to its task of "getting some highway legislation thru." The sergeant at arms passed around potato chips and pages dispensed sandwiches and soft drinks as the lunch hour canle and passed; Governor Johnston sat in the hall for probably an hour or more, coming in (at different times; the gallery spectators faded away, leaving for home and dinner; but the house stayed on until the bill's supporters had their way. Passage pf the measure was generally considered as a victory for the anti-governor faction, though on some of the roll'calls, men known to be close to the governor in his bitter i fight on the highway department, voted with the winners. ^ The nearest to defeat the supporters of the bill came was on amendment offered by J. M. Moorer, Colleton and M. F. Bush, Aiken. It provided that the chief highway commissioner he elected, by vote of the people, In the general election, and that he hold office two years. I Here, squarely before It, the house had an opportunity to show whether or not it stood with the governor in his wishes for a highway commissioner elected by the people. Solomon Blatt, Barnwell, made a motion to table the amendment. The interest was keen; every vote was watched closely. By the vote of 47 to 46, the Blatt motion prevailed' and the ariiendideht wal tabjj&d. It left election of a chief highway commissioner In the hands of the highway cofnmlssloa as at- present. Defeat of that amendment was conclusive evidence that supporters of the bill were in majority and they drove relentlessly ahead. >x First before - tb^ house when the bill came up, was an amendment to the original?bill. - The original pre^ vided that the highway commissioners?14 of them?be elected by legislative delegations from t^he counties comprising the several Judicial cli* cults. This amendment offered by Ben F. Adams, Richland, M. B. Abrams, Newberry, L. W. Coker, Darlington and W. Clyde Graham, Florence, provided that the fourteen ' commissioners should be elected by vote of the people; the commissioners would elect a chairman, who would be the executive head and receive a salary of $8,600. There would be no chief highway commissioner. This amendment would have allowed the people to vote and was in accord with the governor's expressed wishes that the legislature allow the people to elect the commissioners. Motions to continue the bill; to adjourn; to table the bill, made bjr H. C. Godfrey, Spartanburg; o. Baddy, Florence, and W. Fred Ponder, Spartanburg, were defeated by votes as follows ^ 38 to 37,- 63 to 38, and 68,-to 26. Mr. Baddy pointed out That it was snowing and some members had to go. > The bill, as introduced,'tout one section setting up a ' new - scale of am tomoblle license fees, that section however, was stricken out entirely, as the house had already passed a bill cutting license fee* sharply. Adopted was an amendment to the effect that commissioners elected should no^ take office until courtageHon, relative to old commissioners, had been adjudicated. The house took the position that old commissioners should not be legislated out of office. ...Also adopted was an amendment that cpmmissioners elected from the odd numbered circuits should first hold office for two years, and those from even numbered circuits, four years. In this way. the commission will not be composed of enttrely fresh men. hut will always have on iusame holdovers, Who will have had expertence in the office. AnoUieF'ffmendment adopted, proposed by 8. O. Baddy, Florence, provided that commissioner? wm be allowed to vote by proxy. Many Parties Given Here Over Week End v Mr*- ,<ucy Heaim gave a luncheon on Sunday before the Hunter Trials. Among her guests were: Mr and lire. W. B. RuthrgUff, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 0. Wlumtll, Mrs. Allen Bakewell, Miss Emily North King, Mrs. James Allen, Mr. and Mrs.1 Dwlght Partridge, Mr. and Mrs, O T Klrby. -"Mr. aud Mrs. Ruthrauff of Red Bank, N. J., gave a tea at their cottage at the liobklrk Inn on Sunday after the P?lo game. They have aa their bouse guest, Mine Hope darings, p'f Red Bank. Mjv-au4 Mrs. McKee Graham, of Sewlckley, entertained at luncheon at their home on Sunday before the Hunter Trials. Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Klrkover bntertalned at luncheon on Saturday before the races. In honor of the owners and riders for the afternoon. Mrs. Margery Letta, famous goller from Chicago, haa been the guest of Mrs. Lewis Parks at the Hobklrk inn over the week end. Allen Case who officiated at ".'the races on Saturday and Anthony Per ret Smith, of Toronto, who rode In the races, remained over Monday to get in some shooting with Boliver l>. Boylrin. Algernon Craven, of Charlotteaville. Va., who Is a Steward of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, officiated here on Saturady and vaa one ot the judges at the Hunter Trials on Sunday. He returned home yes* terday but will return later with Mrs. Craven for the Carolina Cop races. ' ' SB . Mrs. Simon T. Patterson, of Plita. burg( Pa., will be at the Hobklrk Inn from March 7 through the Cdroitna Cup races. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll K. Basset* gave a dinner party at the Klrkwood grill on Saturday night after the feces. Among their guests were: MIsb Wilhelmine Kirby, Miss Emily ifforih King, M|b8 Viola Wlnmill, Miss Virginia Wlnmill, Miss Frances-Thord Neva M^nton, Mrs. Nina Caridr Tabb, Miss Nancy Mllburn, Miss Betty Macy, Miss Florence Ruthrauff, Miss Hope Gatlngs, Thomas M. Waller, Randolph Dnffey, w. Burling Cocks, Isaao Cocks, Barney Balding, Regjan MoKInney, Anderson Fowler and Noel Lain*. .Henry Frost gave a tea on Sunday afternoon after the polo match. Lieutenant Commander William Shannon Heath, of Annapolis, who? has spent this week end with his sitter, Mrs. Khetta McDowaU, gave a tea In her honor on Sunday afternoon at the Green Leaf Villa. Miss Alice Robinson, of Saratoga Springs and Camden, entertained at a dinner on Saturday night at the home of her mother, Mrs. Woods Roblaton. Mr. and Mrs, Charles G. Moller gave a small cocktail party at their home on North Broad street, Saturday afternoon, in honor of their guest. Miss Perclval, of Boston, Mass. ?. Miss Caroline Richardson was hostess at a buffet supper on Monday night honoring Mr. hnd Mrs. Richard Rleger. To Meet With Pine Grove 1 The Kershaw County singing Con* vention meets at Pine Grove Baptist church on Sunday, March 1, at 2 80 P- ?. Take Highway No. f* ?? Camden, across Wateree river,, then Highway No. 34 to Robon's Cross jftado. -Tum- ish. And-chngfth ? ??.* ?"* All alnger. cordU^T vlted to attend. L. p. Baker, preel * " ~ ? ' ' / i " *" ;y was adopted, it provided that when <S?T a county has a right to have a highway commissioner. for they are to be < elected by county rotation, the comaatlonn?r i# It b? named *y the delegatlou from that county, it waa intw>duced by Representative C. E. Salnt-Amand cf Cherokee and others. mititoA wagon* ~ J- p- Monngo, Darlington" and J. Wiley Brown of Lee. It would have abolished ^ highway ii t^ta t0day and would hayo ?BtabjgfiM^_ji,eperUftcat of stat* finder tha attorndi general and'the adjutant general. ESgEEaerSS of tke Mn,.saa a matter ot potior" tfato ^ 'ht B""on had '??'?! '?r S rtanb H- 0 Godfrey,