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I r '/' The Camden Chronicle ? i CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. PRIDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 1936 NUMBER 40 Credit Association To Meet In Kershaw The annual meeting of the Kershaw Production Credit Association will ho held in Kershaw at the high school on Tuesday morning, January 6, at 10 o'clock, according to an announcement by W. T. ltedfearn, president of the association, who states that every member of the association is expected to be present this year. At the annual meeting complete and detailed reports will be mude by officers of the association on its operations this year, director will be elected and plans made for continuing the efficient short-term credit service the association has been offering the farmers of this section. Last year there was a splendid attendance upon the annual meejting and this year Mr. Iledfeam says the association hopes that every member will be present. He says that the officers of the association will not bo satisfied with anything short of a 100 per cent attendance. If there is any question about the operations of the association or any information about the short-term ci edit service which the association offers that Is desired by anyone It will be supplied at the annual meeting of the association, according to Mr. ltedfearn. The Kershaw Production Credit Association serves Kershaw and Lancaster counties and this year made 477 loans for a total of $126,000. Hazel Trapp Dies In Antioch Section Hazel A. Trapp, 65, died at the home of his son Baron C. Trapp in the Antioch section on December 18, after a brief illness. Mr. Trapp made his home in Caindon with his brother, 13. D. Trapp and left the morning before his death to spend some time with his son. Survived hv two sons, Baron and John Trapp, and three daughters, Mrs. Norwood Law of Lake City; Mrs. George Davis of Antioch; and Miss Beuluh Trapp of Camden. The funeral services were held Saturday at Antioch church, by the pastor. Nearly 30,000 Killed By Cars In 10 Months Chicago, Dec. 7.?The National Safety coutfcil marked up its 1936 traffic death total to 29,850 today? for the first ten months?and calculated that at the same rate 37,000 would die before January, 1937. That would be a new all-time high, exceeding the record 37,000 of 1935. . In the first ten months of 1935 the death count was 29,680. Statistician R. L. Forney announced that pedestrian fatalities increased 2 per cent, Including a 10 per cent advance in the number killed between the ages of five and fourteen. Deaths in other kinds of vehicle accidents declined 1 per cent. In October the safety council's records showed 3,930 fatalities, compared W[lth 3,850 in October, 1985. It was the sixth consecutive month in which the toll exceeded that of the corresponding month of 1935. k.. 9 Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning December 27, at the First Baptist church: Sunday .. school at 10 o'clock with W. O. Wilson, Jr., superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B/Caston at 11:15 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "Peace." Evening subject: "The Pure In Heart." B. T. U., Sunday evelng at 6:30. Prayer meting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this chiirch. White Man Gets Throat Cut Duncan Rogers, a white man, had his throat cut Saturday afternoon by Arthur Bradley, also white. The affair happened near the store of H. O. Burns, at DuBose Park. The sheriff investigated the case, but neither men would do any talking and Rogers said there would be no prosecution on his part. Rogers was carried to the Camden hospital where his wounds were dressed by Dr. A. B. Whitaker. Freak Ear Of Corner , v L. . Shiver, of the Antioch section brought to our otfkfp last week a freak oar of com that he came acroea while husking his corn. It had the appeeraqas of a twin ear?Joined together at each end, but upon dote examlaartoa it s*o*e?> the cob had aplit. It^waa^of the Coker'a Ellis seed .. . ^ A * 'ir1-. H V / MEAT 8ALE8 HIGHEST IN PA8T 6 YEARS, CHICAGO EXPERT8 SAY Chicago, Dec, 18.?The meat packing Industry, the nation's blggoat business bused on value of products, had the best dollur sales volume this year since 1930, reliable unofficial ertimutes disclosed today. Posted authorities agreed that packers' sales topped the 1935 turnover, estimated at $2,750,000,000, which was the best since 1931. Kales in 1931 totaled $2,770,048,000 and in 1930 reached $3,627,783,000. The industry 'had its biggest production volume in two years. EmployJ nient in packing plants, as a result, is now the highest in almost two years. Production and consumption estb mates indicated the Industry did about 13 per cent more "work" the first ten months this year than in 1935. * Farmers sold more livestock pounds for which they received estimates indicated the increase in more cash. Reliable preliminary cash paid producers was substantial. Packers' operations had to be step-J ped up to process this increase \ol-j ume, lifting employment throughout the industry. Consumers ate 13 per cent more meat the first ten months than they did the corresponding 1935 period. Consumption per person in the United States of only the meat and lard processed at federally inspected plants increased from 69.1 pounds to 77.5. Packers produced a billion more pounds of meat and lard. The institute pointed out that production and consumption last year was abnormally low, mainly because of the sharp reduction in market supplies of hogs. Last year the per capita consumption of all meat was the smallest on record except in 1917. j ' I Two Die In ! Auto Wrecks '1 wo automobile accidents in Sumter county over the week end resulted in the death of two negroes and injuries to four other persons. Saturday afternoon Has Bennett, Rembert negro, died at the Tuomey Hospital as the result of injuries received when the truck in which he was riding ran into a ditch near Dalzell after a collision with a car driven by Mrs. Leonora Specter of West Viiginia. A son of Bennett's riding', in the ti uck with him suffered minor i injuries as well as Mrs. Specter and i her daughter. Both the truck and the automobile, were coming in the direction of Sum-1 ter when the accident occurred. In i some manner they sideswiped each I other when the West Virginia car at-1 tempted to pass the truck. Bennett' died from being crushed by log blocks falling on him when the truck ran into the ditch. A coroner's jury yesterday morning returned a verdict that Bennett reached his death as the result of an automobile accident Yesterday afternoon Robert Washington, Silver negro, died from Injuries received when the car in which he was riding turned over near Paxville. - Billy Brigge, of Manning, also riding in the car, suffered serious chest injuries. His condition this morning was reported to be satisfactory at the hospital here where he was taken for treatment.?Monday's Sumter Item. Oyster Tells Of Hard Winter Ahead Boston, DOc. 9.?A "terrific" winter, the "toughest" since 1918, is predicted by Captain Cobus Kwaak, for sixty years an oyster man in Great South Bay, Long Island. It s going to be a horse and pung, red flannel, earmuff winter?what I call a sawtooth winter," he says. "When it comes to tellin' what kind of winter we're going to have; eysWft don't have to guess. I been watchfn' the action of these oysters off Blue Point for nigh on to sixty years. "Judgin' the way these Blue Points have fattened up and are -dnugglin' down deep into their beds, we'll have worse cold than we've felt in years, as much snow as we saw in '18. "When everybody is wonderin* who's going to be president, oysters are no smarter than some other folks, But when it comes to tellin' what klfid" of winter we're goin' to have, oysters don't have to guess?they they Just know." t : ? | The Cape Verde Island packet Frank Brainardf #as abandoned in the North Atlantic by her orew and six passengers, all being taken aboard the tanker Nancollte. The packet was left to the sea a derdUct. The loes of the ship and cargo totaled fS1 OfO. Crew and paeeengntfwm In MNP * ?, Pool Resources To Popularize 'Chase New York, Dec. 22?Thirty-*!* men and women, leaving the success of Vi?1'" ?v??<in*-nt to the luck of the draw. have pooled $90,000 in an effort thla?country? 8le?^haaln? ?* ?? '? h?M?a,lZ|ln? the BI>ort noedB torgar and better balanced field*, the national steplechaae and hunt uHaoclutlon today announced the formation of syndicate to bring thirty six proven Jumpers from France with each subscribr paying $2,500. Ownership of the horses will be determined by lot on month61 NftW York ear,y 110X1 , J.he first of Its kind since 1034 will bring to this country three abiM ? i Jun,PerH of uniform bv LWii? ,mVo boen Purchased ,y,.tho Marquis de salnt-Sauveur, Do.d Derby ? ttg?nt in France, and outstanding European authority on breeding. Formation of the syndicate was in charge of a committee consisting of Harold Talbott, A C ! Most wick and F. S. Von Stade. reeders and records of the horses will be unknown to subscribers until V Ve,IUoiU 1>urk- January be made' r! ?me lh? druw'"K? will i arrive,!'? u hor?eB a, c expected to airive u week earlier. Such part of the fund not expended I in the purchase and shipment of the I va'lue01^ WlM be U8ed to '"crease the bv fh 0f.f "r80B wh'ch will be offered 1 by the Belmont Bark, Saratoga and Aqueduct associations to the subscrlp-, tlon horses. The fund is expected to be close to 116.000 wlth ,wo s?ch Ne'w8 Yo?kdtUleduf?r ?aCh 0f the three ehase racing". ?n0uctlng Bt?0?,o. The horses also will be eligible for all hunt meetings, including the Marynd cup America's counter-part of the grand national. We expect this to boom steeplechase racing In this country" said Henry W. Bull, president of the as sociation. It not only will bring new blood into the sport but will furnish i ncentive for other sportsmen to en ! tcr theii horses in events other thin at hunt meetings." The racing associations have prom Bed (here will be no race with ?' *??lu?' of 1. ss than $1,200, except m selling whili* Makes will l,e re' nit" in ,,M 'non>- H also should '( ult in wlm h more attractive races <?>r (he lienors for it wj)1 (,o ' ^ ?r three players opposing i top-notch performer " Subscribers include: "George H l ete') Bostwick, James Butler Mr ,F' :Vnbr"se Clark. Stephen Clark Jr., Victor Emanuel. Thomas ntcluock Sr. Mrs. Vadlm Makaroff, w I Rulh"uff. A. G. C. Sage. Henry IV.,Sage; J?hn Schiff, Evander if Schley, Mrs. Dodge Sloane. U,uls K Stoddard, Jr.. Harold Talbott, Alvin Lt tcrmyer. Mr. and Mrs. John Ha? E Wirtfn ?Se Whitnpv' Joseph >V Idenei and Mrs. Robert Win-1 throp. all of New York. J Frederick Byers, Pittsburgh; Wllam duPont, Jr., Wilmington, Del HaLer^W^ ^ flnd Alexande^ Hagner, Warrenton, Va.; Deering Howe J. W. T, Martin and Dr W?U WonyiCkaB' 0BaItimofe; Ernest H Woodward, Camden, S. C.; Bayard ton"?? and Ji?hn R' Macomber, Bosben w!,0rK^ Wldener and Camp.1 ben weie, Philadelphia; the Raritaih' stable, owned by James Cox Brady J *nl\eri SchI?y' Barnardaville, N. wichanConn0rge L' ?hr8tr0m' K-fT,?oV?.ern?L has returned to aft?r ?Pendln? a few days hunting and fishing in Florida. His fishing was somewhat of a failure but he had a good time. ' Popular Editor 1 Weds Blaney Girl 1 Of much Interest In South Carolina t Is the marriage of Miss Julia Dgxma Monroe, of lllaney, to Charles Willis Hlrchmoro, of Camden, which wus I solemnized at high noon yosterday in Columbiu. The Rev. John H Wohb, j 1). 1)., pastor of thy First Baptist , church, performed the ceremony at his homo on Pendleton street In tljo presence of a few close friends of ( the couple. < The bride was becomingly attired in | a/Toyal-blue wool suit with gray uc- , cdssories. She also wore a corsagu of pink roses. Immediately nfter the ceremony the ? bride and bridegroom left for their wedding trip and upon their return | will make their home in Camden. Mrs. Dirchmore, daughter of Mr. 1 and Mrs. J. G. Monroe, of lllaney, at- ' tended Newberry College and the Unl- I verstty of Soutli Carolina, and she j has been teaching in the public ] schools of Richland county. Mr Dirchmore, son of Mrs. Charles 1 NVhitaker Hlrchmoro, of Camden, and 1 the late Mr, Dirchmore, was educated t at the College of Charleston, and is | a member of PI Kappa Phi fraternity, j New Theatre Will , Open Next Monday ; The Camden Theatre will open *' Monday night, December 28, with Myrna Ixjy and William Powell in l "^fter The Thin Man," said by critics j to be the best production of the year ?even better than "The Thin Man" 1 ?which was voted the best picture < produced last year. t The new movie house is modern In ( every respect and is equipped for the , comfort of patrons. The auditorium Is 31 by 109 feet, with a seating ca- ' pacity of 55^?the gallery is elevated 1 with a seating capacity of 100. The chairs have spring cushions and upholstered backs?mahogany finish. In the projection room there are two of the very best latest superSimplex projecting machines and the sound is produced by Western Electric, Mirrophone System- this being the second installation of this new re- ' ,ii'( dueer in tills state. 1 The theatre has a handsome Neon illuminated ntanpn-t in front. \ Itich , adds much to the attractiveness of:1 the building the lighting fixtures are I 1 y Yoygt and were made to order especially fo meet the needs of tills j theatre. The screen is of the Walker Silvertone type?being'*very easy on the 1 eyes and making projection clear. Thomas Dee Little is owner and manager of the now the&tre and promises to bring to Camden only the very latest first-run pictures. The cost of the new theatre is ap- 1 proximately" $40,000 and would be a 1 credit to a city many times the size of Camden. Mr. Little has received congratulatory telegrams from several of the stars of moviedom?including Joan 1 Crawford, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Jeannette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, William Powell and Myrna Loy?wishing him success in his new enterprise. Mr. Little will also continue to manage and operate The Halglar The- 1 atre on south Broad street. Assisted at Funeral Rev. J. B. Caston went to Taxahaw Tuesday where he assited Dr. Wade Funderburke In conducting the funeral of Dr. Id&llne McManus, A professor in Duke university, who died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge McManus in Taxahaw om I Monday after a two months Illness. HOMES WITHOUT SHRUBS LIKE UNFRAMED PICTURE8 A picture without a frame 1h (ororn. A farm home without trees, shrubbery, Iuwmh and flowers 1h e\en uore abandoned to u friendless atmos?b?re. The farm home and the farm biiHiiess are ho closely related that the juccuhh Of the latter 1h reflocted In ho former, nays F. L. Mulford, hortl ulturlHt of the Bureau of IMaut Iniuatry. For thlw reason he recommends a definite plan for roads and walks; the home vegetable, fruit, and lower gardens; lawns and ornainental shrubs and trees. All are necessary parts which n.ay be united Into a pleasing, homelike ttmosphere, with trees not only used is windbreaks, but us a frame or background for buildings. Shrubs are needed to partially hide foundation \ lines and knit buildings to the sur-l windings,' define boundaries, and icreen unsightly objects. Lawns should be spacious and pleasing, but not so large as to make their care jurdeusomo. In carrying out a lawn, shrub, and reo planting program, Mulford tau l lions, only native plants and those * now n by trial to thrive in the local-j ty should be used. Beautiflcation of the farmstead may be undertaken in the fall, as it is dur-| ng this season that many evergreens uid shrubs can be transplanted. An uitline of planting plans inay be obained In Farmers' Bulletin No. 1,087 jntltled, "Beautifying the Farmstead." This Is for sale at five cents a copy iy the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. rhomas W. Sharpe Dies Of Injuries '1 homes Welch Sharpe, f>2, of Cus<att. who was injured in an automobile accident here about tt month ago, lied in tlie Camden hospital Friday night. I" uneral services were conducted at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Salem Baptist church In Orangeburg county by the Itov. Sam Danner, assisted by the Rev. Hammond. Surviving are, his widow, Mrs. Alice Stokes Sharpe; two daughters, Mrs.. Sadie Mae Poole of Pelion and Miss Lucille Sharpo of Columbia; one sister, Miss Viola Sharpe of North; two brothers, J. E. Sharpe of Orangeburg, and E. O. Sharpe of Columbia. The funeral party loft the ^ornegay Funeral Home here at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Young Baby Dies Blshopville, Dec. 23.?Funeral services for Robert Eldon Saverance, Jr., three-weeks-old son of Dr. R. E. Saverance of Pamplico and the late Ida Louise Cunningham Saverance, who died in the McLeod infirmary Saturday night, were conducted at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cunningham, Sr., Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. He was laid to rest in the Bishopvllle Presbyterian cemetery by the side of his mother who preceded him to the grave Just three weeks ago. - He Is survived by his father and one sister, Margaret Louise, of Pamplico. * ? Li- ?J HUM Making Highways Safe For Traffic Columbia, Doc, 21.?A program of rout! unci bridge modernization along with grade crowning elimination la now in progress under the direction of the state highway department, all dobignod to make the highways wafer for the high-upend truffle which they carry and bring the roads, constructed in the early era of rood building In South Curollna more in line with thoHo of the present day. Captain J. M. Martin, construction engineer of the highway department, In discussing these improvements, pointed out that the present day standard road is four feet wider than some of its earlier predecessors, which wore considered 'the last word" | at the time they were laid down. All I new roads uru being constructed tweni ly feet wide, whereas many of the j old roads were sixteen feet. Widenj ing of those old roads Is underway now, Captain Martin said, three feet i being added to each side, giving them a total of twenty-two feel from shoulder to shoulder. Highway bridges are coming in for their share of attention also. Soma of the older bridges which were as narrow aH sixteen feet, are being widened to twenty-four feet whllo the standard width of all new bridges is now set at twenty-two feet, though on some Bocondary routes there are son)o bridges twenty feet wide. Some of the spans are being rulsed abovo high waters, where dainogo has occurred In the past. Mnny grado crossings, death traps for numbers of motorists, have been eliminated. Twenty-two of the crossing elimination projects have been completed; there are fourteen more under construction while plans have 'been completed for six and plans nro being drawn for h!x others. South Carolina's |lrst super-bighnvav, right \ four feet wide from shoulder to shoulder, has only recently been opened out of Charleston, Captain Martin added. The road, ti double lane of concrete paving each twenty feet In width with a parkway dividing carries motorists to and out of Charleston on the Columbla-Florjenee road to North Charleston, where ft now and wider bridge is now under construction. A similar road is planj nod from (Jreenvillo to Spartanburg , and from Columbia to tho Veterans' hospital. The problem of bringing highways up-to-the-minuto to correspond with tho heavy increase in travel is causing quite a few furrows in road officials' brows. Rational highway plan- * nlng, offering the cold science of figures to the solution of a problem in which human life Itself Is the stake In many instances, is therefore finding a ready welcome among them. Returns For Holidays Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 16.?With the close today of the fall term of Riverside Military Academy of this city, tho six hundred and fifty cadets enrolled are leaving by - rail, bus and plane for their respective homes in the forty-five states and foreign countries represented in the Academy. On January 3 the entire corps and faculty will reassemble at Riverside's beau- *~~ tiful winter home at Hollywood-by-theSea, Florida, far the winter term of this distinguished school which for the fourth consecutive year has the largest enrollment of any military preparatory school in the United. States. Among those leaving Riverside today is Ralph Stevenson, of Camden. To Observe Two Days Pursuant to a declaration by the Governor of South Carolina the two banks in Camden will observe December 25 and 26 at Christmas holidays. The Commercial Dank of Camden The First Nat'l Bank of Camden Negro Gets Throat Cut CJeorge Massey was admitted to the Camden hospital Sunday morning suffering from a dangerous wdudd in the throat, Inflicted by Mose Thompson. The affair happened on the John R. Todd place, a short distance west of Camden, and said to have resulted from a dispute over some cord wood. A small bladed knife was used, but it came near causing Massey to bleed % to death. Dr. A. B. Whitakor was at the hospital upon the negroo's arrival and stopped the flow of blood. ' Thompson waa placed in Jail to await the outcome of Maasey's injuries. A burgler entered a home in At? lanta, Ga., and snatched a fur coaL Going out he flung aside two purhS* CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL 1936 S. C. STATE CHAMPIONS FOR CLASS B. Buk Bom: (left to right), Wert, RtafcOrde, Wllttaaa, Aiken, W. Lynch, Oottyo, Sander*, D. Lynch, Outlaw, Homo, Wootea. Second Row: Hnggtno, Co*.-Watte, Moore, Batea, Head fix, Oliror, Oanteoo. Bottom Bow: Holland, Rhame, Rowell, Nolan, Captain: Rnnham, Brawn, Connell, Kobn, Manager. Abeeat: Stein. Relay. (Photo by JL T. Start, Camden) \ .-? * 1 <CSt by Couretgf'af Columbia State) + f *.. \ ... ""CS.r.