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The Camden Chronicle k. ., ^^^^^^W?CAROUNA, FRIDAY. .IANHARV I 10im^7 ???? I 1 , , | 2____ J/*"UAWY *? ' NUMBER 41 ~ Polo Sunday ? For Finals J'olo interest In, Camden and victn|ty Is centered next Sunday (January ;!, 1937) on the final of the Devine Cui) Tournament, an annual series of ihne matches between Town and Country. On December 20, in a close mutch, Country won 6-4. A week 1^tor, on December 27, Town made things even by winning 8-4, in a mutch that was much closer than the Htore would indicate. January 3 will decide the series for the year, and uiuy result in the retirement of the cup. If Country wins it will get permanent possession, for the rules of cthe tournan^nt provide that the team winning two <yeare In succession retain the trophy. Town won two years ago, wheinthe cup was first offered by Mrs. Jolm Devine In memory of hef husband, an enthusiastic pololst for many years. Country won last year. If Country wins this year, they keep the cup. The teams: Country Town Klrby Tupper Charles Robinson Carl Lightfoot Chas. P. DuBose, Jr. W. A. Boykiu, Jr. Charles Little Joe Bates Dick Floyd Country has three handicapped palyers for a total of four for the team. Bates at two, and Boykin and Tupper at dne each. Town has Floyd at five, Little at two and DuBose at one, for a total of eight. The game on December 27 would indicate that the handicaps are well measured, for as a matter of fact these games are played on the flat. Major Lester Karow has been refereeing the matches. Polo in Camden was in the international class at the turn of the century, and was, in fact, the polo center of the south. Due to the war and other causes, polo declined In later years. Some six years ago some of the younger men decided it was a good game and started playing. One man played polo the first time he was ever on a horse. Falls were many but none serious. ' Camden began to take notice of the revival of the sport, and built a polo field back of the Kirkwood Hotel, now known as Field No. 1. A second field was later laid out to be used as a practice field, although Its footing Is the equal of Field No. 1, and the care taken of It Identical. With the impetus gathered by the presentation, of the Devine Cup, polo again came Into ltB own in Camden, with the result that there will he an eight day polo tournament this year, February 7 through 14, for twelve goal teams, no team to give more than five goals. This tournament, the first of a series to be known as the Cainden Annual Invitation Tournament, will probably be contested by teams from Augusta, Ga., Aiken, 8. 0., 8avannah, Ga., Fort Bragg, N. C., the IriQUois team from Lexington, Ky? the Atlanta Horse Guards team, and iwo teams from Camden, the Town and Country sides as now constituted, or these teams strengthened by playera visiting in Camden. Post Office Closed Today Postmaster C. P. DuBose Issues notice that the Camden postofflce will be closed all day with the exception of one hour at the general delivery? lrom 8 a. m. to 9 a. m. There will be no mail delivery; either city or jural routes. New Year's day is a national* holiday at the post offices throughout the United States. Baptist Church 8ervlces The following services are announced for . week beginning January 3, at the First Baptist church r Sunday school at 10 o'clock with W. G. 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; "If 1 Had My Life To Live Over Again," Evening subject: "The Pure In Heart." B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public Is cordially Invited to attend all the services of this chnrchi ... - ? 1 ? ir> ... Presbyterian Church 8arvlees Sunday, Jantfkry 3, A. Douglas Mo Arn, pastor. Church sohool for every "v* aKo at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11:16. The sacrament of the Lord's ?upper will be observedv at this servire Midweek study group Wedaee?ey evening at 7:10. The public is ^ to ell services m Head-On Wreck Is Fatal to Young Man Bennettsvllle, Dec. 26.~Darwin Rowe, who died this morning, as the result of an automobile accident in Camden, will be buried here Sunday afternoon. Services will be held at tho home of his mother, Mrs. W. M. Rowe, conducted by the Rev. Woodrow Ward, pastor of tfye Bennettsvllle church, of which he was a member. Interment will be in the family plot at Evergreen ^^m^ry. According to reports received here, the fatal accident occurred at a stoplight in Camdon, when as Mr. Howe's car was making a left turn, another car cut in front of him. The occupants of the other car were not injured. Mr. Rowe was by himself at the tiind, having Just put out some friends whom ho had taken to Capiden. In tho accident he suffered a concussion, and physicians at the Camden hospital, to which he was taken immediately after the accident, said he died of shock.Mr. Rowe was an M. A. graduate of the University of Alabama and was for some time after his graduation an instructor in the science department. He was a native of Bennettsvllle and a member of a prominent Marlboro family. For some years he had been back in Bennettsvllle and was connected with the Sinclair Oil company. He Is survived by his mother, two brothers, E. W. Rowe and Linwood Rowe. and a sister, Mrs. Douglas Townsend, all of this city. 1 Darwin Rowe, 29, of Bennettsvllle, died in a hospital here Saturday morning from injuries received in an automobile wreck at corner of DeKalb and Fair streets, when his car collided with one said to have been driven by L. L. S. Reames, with Miss Odell Pate as an occupant. The Rowe car was traveling south on Fair street, while the Reames car from Blphopvllle, was going west on DeKalb, when the Rowe car was struck in the middle. Mr. Rowe's body was thrown 18 feet, his car knocking down an electric light pole. Mr. Rowe had been attending a Christmas dance and visiting friends here and was on his way home when the accident occurred at 2 a. m. The cars crashed with such a force that the loud report of the wreck woke many citizens in that section who rushed to the rescue. Both cars were badly smashed. Occupants of the Reames car were not badly hurt. No One Held By Inquests At inquests held at Bethune Saturday night and one here Monday to investigate the deaths of Bob Dean at Bethune and Darwin Rowe of Bennettsvllle, who met death when he collided with a car driven by L. L. S. Reames of Blshopville, both juries held that both deaths were results of mischance and no one was held to blame Ihellber accident. . Chicago Frowns On Bank Night Chicago, Dec. 26.?-"Bank. night,"., which became a $1,000,000 business, was outlawed In all Chicago theaters tonight by order of the police commissioner, James P. Allman.' Policemen notified managers of the decree holding illegal all types of drawings through which an estimated $6,000,000 had been distributed to the public in two years by 260 theaters here. Managers looked to leaders of exhibitors' associations for answers to questions of whether to eliminate "bank night" forthwith or to carry the matter to the courts. They also wondered what to do with several thousands of dollars undistributed prize money. Hosts at Christmas Dance Another delightful affair which assembled thirty members of the young high school set was the dance at which Miss Martha WilliamSj Miss Joan Hill, David Williams, Jr., and John HU1 entertained Jointly Monday evening. "Mulberry" presented an unusually bright and lovely Yuletide scene in it* decorations which were in keeping with the holiday season. Music was furnished by a local color^ m-chestra and punch, sandwiches and cakes were served during the evening. The hosts and hostesses were assisted in entertaining and Mrs. David R. Williams, Jr. Guests from out of town were Miss BDen Alexander and Newton Alexander, of Atlanta; Tommy Bolton and Dicky Jenner, of Baltimore; James Paul end Parker Paul, of Seattle, Mrs* R V* Huckabee Dies Here Suddenly Mrs. Rebecca Vaugban, who had she lived until February 22, would have been 75 years of a**, died suddenly at the home of her daughier, Edwin Miller, Sunday morning. She was the widow of former sheriff W. W. Huckabee, and wiw boru in Kershaw county. For many years she resided in the Cantey Hill aec-1 on, where alio and her huaband had a wide family connection. Surviving ^or are two sons Joe Huckabee, of Marion, and William Huckabee, of Wllliamston; two daughters, Mra. Banyan It. Truesdale, and Mra. Milier, both of Camden; she wau the daughter of James H. and Aletbia Hammond Vaughan. She also has j two brothers surviving?J. OSnglUh Vaughan, of Atlanta, and Robert A Vuughan, of Camden. Mra. Huckabee waa a fine christian woman and enjoyed a wide and favorable acquaintance. ! ' funeral services were held Monday afternoon at three o'clock from the residence of Mrs. Miller, conducte byiUev- J- Gaston of the Baptist, church and the interment was in the Quaker cemetery. lynching record Wine Persons V/Tre^ Executed by Mobs During 1936. Tuskegee, Dec. 23.?According to the records compiled in the Department of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute there were nine persona lynched iq 1936. This is 11 less than the number 20 for 1936; 6 less than the number 15 for 1934; and 19 less than the number 28 for 1933. Six of the persons lynched were in the hands of the law; 2 were taken rom Jails, and 4 from officers of the law outside of Jails. There were 35 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Five of these were in northern states and 30 in southern states. In 30 of the instances the prisoners were removed or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. ln the 6 other instances, armed force was used to repel the would-be lynchers. a total of 69 persons, 7 white and 62 negroes, were thus saved from death at the hands of mobs. Of the 9 persons lynched, all were negroes. The offenses charged were: Rape, 3, attempted rape, 3, murder, 1; activity in share cropper strike 1* charge not reported, 1. ' The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Arkansas,.2; Florida 1; Georgia, 6; Mississippi, l.' . Spartanburg Girl Continues -Talking Spartanburg, Dec. 29.?Margaret Davis, 17, today began her fourth day of Incessant talking and laughing, andJ was reported to be growing steadily weaker. , Her mother, Mrs. Belle Davis, said the girl continued to laugh and talk cpnstantly while not under the influ-l ence of sedatives. She reported her daughter began repeating "chocolate cherries" over and- over, but when given one from a Christmas box, she refused to eat The girl became afflicted with the nervous disorder Saturday night. Bethune Man Dies When Autos Collide Bob Dean, 60, of Bethune, was killed instantly late Saturday in a headon collision of his automobile and one driven by Purdy Croft, also of Bethune. Mrs. Dean suffered lacerations and was taken to the Camden hospital, ut her condition was not considered serious. Basil Lee Parker, driver of the Dean CrofC Mrs Croft and their three children all escaped serious injury. Death in Plsgah Section Mrs. Rosa Ives, 69, died at her homo In the PUgah section Thursday morning. She i* survived by her husband, W N. Ives; seven eons, W. A.Jvea, J. D* Iycb. T; R. Ires, Murrett Ivee, Horace vee. joo Ives and Jim Irei, alt of .f"111/- f<> tour daughters, akle, Mrs. Emily Yates and Miss Paul'nelrea of the Piagah aectton.^%4 Funeral aarrloaa vara held from ??*Oia*tUTt C?M,UI?M ?V. Hmr- Joha T. Little John, of BIshopTllle, In ehaigo. < Early Arrivals For Winter Season The season ut Camden this year has started earlier than usual. Mr. ami Mrs. Carroll P. Bassett, of Summit, N. J., have opened their home, Goodie Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll K. Hassett are visiting them for the present. C. K. lla^sett is the well known steeplechase rider. Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Belcher, of Lnkeville, Conn., have opened Horse Branch Hall, one qf the most attractive of the old plantation homes. Mrs. Samuel Russell, of Mlddletown, Conn., has opened Millbank, whose entrance is the envy of architects the world over. Mr. and Mrs. Dwiglit Partridge, of Great Harrington, Mass., have opened their place, "Frogmore.", Mrs. Partridge is Master of the Camden Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. West, of Middleburg, Va., and St. Louis, have taken Court Inu for the season. Mrs. William H. Miller, whoso late husband was Master of the Montreal Huut (the oldest hunt club on the American Continent), has opened her house. Mrs. Campbell Steward of New York City, has taken a house. Mrs. W. A. Rainsford, wife of the late rector of St. George's, New York, has opened her house. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Rhodes, of Kansas City, has opened her home, as have Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Tucker, Mrs. Woods Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. IX.-W. Mabee, all of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Week*, of New York, have opened their home, Bloomsbury. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. BonBal, of Lennox, Mass., have decided to make Camden their permanent home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Knight have opened their home, Cool Spring. Mr. and Mrs. T. McKee Graham, of Sewickley, Pa., have opened their house. Mr. and Mrs. R. Watson Pomeroy, of Millbrook, N. Y., have taken Dr. Lindsey's house for the winter. J. North Fletcher and his mother, Mrs. Victor Froment, have opened their house. They are from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. David Williams are at their home, Mulberry, probably one of the most celebrated of the old plantations in the south. Arrivals at the hotels have been numerous: * Hobkjrk Inn?Mr. and Mrs. George K. Helbert, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace I. Keep, of Lockport, N. Y.; George T. Washington, of New York City; Misses Nora DeLano and Florence M. DeLano, of Ticonderoga, N. Y.; Stephen L. Blout, of Cambridge, Mass.; William Raynor, of Newark; Airs. C. B.<-Hartley and Arthur Hartpjf River, Mass.; Mrs. J. J. Klemann and Rober.t Klemann, of Rochelle, N. Y.; Mr.; and Mrs. H. H. Butz, of Keswick, Va.; Mrs. Leonard Woods, of Pittsburgh, Pa,; Mrs. Joseph E. Brown, Jr., and Joseph E. Brown, 3rd, of 8outhwest Harbor, Maine; Floris Walter Meulen, of Greenwich, Conn.; Miss Anne W. Young, of London, England; Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Potter, of Warwick Neck, R. I.; and Mrs. E. E. McClintock, of Boston. Court Inn?Mr. and Mrs. H. A. W. Randall Mills, of Greenwood, Va.; Mr. and Mrs, Aubrey T. Barnes, of North Egermont, Mass.; Mrs. A. Sharpe Hunter, of Utlca, N. Y.; Uzal H. McCarter, of Rumson, N. J.; Houston R. Harbor, of Washington, D. C.; Dr and Mrs. J. D. Peters, of New York City. FIELD TRIAL8 NEXT WEEK The Game Cock Field Trial Association meets in Sumter this year on January 4, 5, and 6. The drawing will be held 8 p. m. Sunday night, January 3, at the Claremont Hotel. Entries close night of drawing. Any information about entries you wish call I. M. Richardson, Sumter, secretary. There are 6,000 acres of ideal trial lands. Last year thirty-flve cOveys were found. C. B. Stickley, of Vaucluse, Va., and J. R. Dean, of Spartanburg, will be judges. w A barbecue dinner will be served on the grounds for 6Q stents per plate. . POLO TEAM GOE8 TO AUQU8TA A polo team from Camden, consisting of Klrby Tapper (No. 1), Charles itUle (No 1), Dick Floyd (No. 8); ""l.Jo* ?t ?o ta this Jamming to play a team frotn that city. They expect to rater* tonight. . .j 1-JUJ.-1.~L J -. J?-U Journal Praises Horses of State z ?7? In the ChiiHlinus issue of the American lloresinun attention is culled to the fact that there is a decided and growing intoreut throughout the statu of South Carolina In raiuing better horses. The nainu of ueverul prominent South Carollnlu.nH are mentioned. A list is being prepared of the stallions in the stute, thoroughbreds, trotters, show horses, polo ponies, huntors und stundard bred are ull being included und this list will uppeur in the March issue which will be a breeders' number and will include the leading stullions of America. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Robertson Imve done a great deal to promote interest In raising better horses. Charles Ravonel of Charleston, Frank Hampton, of Columbia. William Peterkin, Jr., of Forte Motte, Karl Ellerbe of Marion, and Fred Post, of Aiken uro some of the sportsmen whose names are ulwuys associated wltfi this hobby. The ruining of horses, like the fitting of horses for racing, showing or other work, is an art which requires the keenest horse sense, judgment und discernment. There Is no school for trainers, the art is nutural, not acquired, and It is doubtful if the master trainers themselves could coach another to do what Is Intuitive with them. Attention was called to the article by Mrs. George Rhodes, enthusiastic Columbia horsewoman.?Sunday's Columbia State. I Native of Camden Dies in Birmingham Miss Kate DuBose, a native of Camden, who died in Birmingham, Ala., Christmas morning after a few days' illness of pneumonig, was bdried here Monday morning. The body arrived over the Seaboard Sunday morning and was taken to I the Kornegay Funeral Home, and1 short services were held at the grave, I the funeral having been conducted' in Birmingham, where she stood high in religious and educational work, being at the time of her death at the head of religious education for the Presbyterian Synod of Alabama. She left Camden more than thirty years ago and had very* few Immediate relatives in Camden, but has a sister, Mrs. Robert Plttman, residing in Georgia. EXCHANGE GLUB NOTE8 The Program Committee induced Lee Little to furnish the entertainment at this week's meeting of the Exchange Club. He put on the same stunt that he used at the Rotary Club a few weeks ago, picking three Exchangites, -setting them oft on the side, and asking them trick questions, very few of which they were able to answer correctly, much to the discomfiture of the three gentlemen, and to the hllarloue delight of the other Exchangltes. The semi-annual election of officers was held at this meeting: Team Get-, tys being elected president and Dewey Creed vice president. Ames Cooper and Lawrence Graham wore reelected to their respective posts of treasurer and secretary. Retiring president, J. D. Zemp, C. J. Shannon, 4th, Lawrence Wallnau and Lewis L. Clyburri were elected to fill vacancies On the Board of Control. The semi-annual "Ladles' Night" will be held sometime in January, but the date has not yet been fixed. Lugoff Minister Married Rev. Olen L. Hardwick, of Lugoff, was married Christmas day to Miss Ruth Bowman, of Mount Airy, N. C. The Wedding was solemnized In the Methodist church at that city, with decorations of whito Poinsottias, giant white chrysanthemums and cathedral candles. The couple left for Charleston and other points south. Rov. Hgrdwick is a member of the South Carolina Conference, serving the west Kershaw charge, including Ebeneser, Smyrna, St. Paul, Salem and Lugoff churches. He Is a graduate of Wofford College and received his B. D. from Duke University in 1935. Mrs Hardwick is a graduate oi Duke University and is at present employed aa director of young people's work and secretary to the Western North Carolina Board of Christian Education, but will shmiy npum* dutiea in thin section. ?? ; Senator Vandenburg of Michigan ontstwulfrg Republican leader of the annate, is oppoeed to the Florida canal proposition. . : C '.v- ? ^ T " ' ' ' " -1 - -- i?"gaggSt- - , - . ?HI Wilson B. Tyree Dies Of Heart Attack Wilson 1). Tyree, t>4, a native of ' Whitoville, N. C., but who hail beea residing lit the Doby's Mill section of' Went Wateroe for several years, wna found dead In his room Hunduy morning. At first It wus thought he was a victim of foul play, but an Investigation by Sheriff McLeoil and Coroner Rush and an examination by Dr. W. D. Grlgsby proved that the man had struck and cut his head in falling when Btricken with a heart uttack, and no inquest was held. His funeral wus held from the graveside at Burdell cemetery Tuesday in Richland county with services conducted by Rev. R. I3ryce Herbert, of 'Camden. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 8. H. Kirkland of Lugoff, Mrs. W. M. Caston of Columbia, and Miss l?oulse Tyree of Lugoff; his mother and two brothers of Whitoville, N^ C.; six grandchildren; two step-sous, Ernest Potior and Rob Potter, of Bennettsville. Seaboard Said To Be In Good Shape Norfolk, Va., Dec. 26.?An order by Judge Luther B. Way, of federal dts- ..... J trict court, calling a conference of stockholders, creditors, mortgage trustees and other Interested parties looking to the possible early termination of the receivership of the Seaboard Air Line Railway company was made public today by Major Paul W. Kear, clerk of the court. The conference was set by Judge Way.for Tuesday morning, January 19, at 11 o'clock In the federal court offices in Norfolk. , The order sets forth that the court has now reached the conclusion that the improvement of the business of the railway and the resulting improvement in earnings and the disposition of many of the principal problems of the receivership now justify and require a prompt reorganisation. The railway has been operated in I receivership for some time by Leigh R. Powell, Jr., and Henry W. Ander- ~ son, co-receivers appointed by the court. ^ I ^ NEW YEAR - ; . j f.;& We are on the eve of 1987. The* | usual resolutions are in order. We hear and read on every hand that business is booming. That travels pxceed all records. Let us not forget that panics come in cycles. The last crash thundered with terrific reverbra^ions in 1929. The signs were evident before that. People with vision knew, that a storm was approaching. You-bear the remark often, that jthere will probably be four .years, ^ more of prosperity, and then the deluge. It may arrive earlier. It may pounce upon us id 193T. ? - The way to prevent trouble is to' prepare for It in advance. Let 1987 be a sane year. Don't strain your credit Don't depend too much on government. Self-help is the best kind ? of help. What 1937 and the future need Is less begging and more work. We hope for all in 1937 good business, good health, and careful / economy* ' That will carry us forward safely and soundly.?Calhoun Times. Death Stills Lips v of Talking Victim Ocala, Fla., Dec. 28,?Death stilled the tired lips of Howard Stilhnan in a hospital here today. The 44 year old farmer died of a strange malady which caused him to . talk, sing or mumble without stop-/; ping for 18 days. His last words?he died In the 418th? hour of his uncontrollable flow of speech?were mumblings about the Bible. The farmer was stricken Do-/ cembor 5. "/ Holiday Toll Takaa ?03 Lives Chicago, Dec. 27.?-JVidlent jjeaths in the nation's Christmas season exceeded 600 tonight, surpassing the 444 violent fatalities of the double holiday last Fourth of July. Pacing the grbwing toil were traffic accidents, which accounted for 480 of the 60S total President Roosevelt and Vice Presl1 dent Garner have agreed to cancel 1 the annual dinners that it Is customary for each to give the other during