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_ The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 48 / CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, (FRIDAY, JANUARY IB, 1937 NUMBER 43 President's Ball To Be Hejd January 29 The President's Birthday Baft for XB3T will be danced In the C&mdeu Armory Hall the night of January 39 from 9:80 p, m. until 1:80 a. m. Till*; ifl the night before the Prostdent's birthday but the oommittee In charge decided on Friday, January 29, In preference. to Saturday night, January 30. In order that the dance might be Ibnger' and, too, to avoid cOnflictlon with , dances in neighboring towns. f ;, ' i-: v' >. J, To furnish the music the oommittee , 44?** very gmwpts in securing Phil Miller ^nd His Boeieijr Swing Band for the occasion, ThiB band has developed from a small mediocre outfit to a twelve piece hand. It is conwldered by many as one of the best negro bands eyer developed in this tftAte, and cornea to Camden, after a very successful season In Florence, Darlington and other towns "In the ehstern part of the state. The* National Committee has appointed Joe Shannon as general chairman for the 1887 ball. Several committees comprised of some of our most popular and better known citizens are busy at work. in order that Camden's Ball might be one of the beat and most enjoyable .affairs ever put on in Camden. The following are the OM&mltteSs in charge: Otatriut Committee K. M. Kennedy, Jr., J, H,' OSborne, A. 8. Llewellyn, M. B. F. M. Wooten, J^JS^ doLoach, J. B.- Zemp, J. T. Nettles, Jr., fhannon, 8rd. Youfig Matron's Committee?Mrs. A. K. Blakeney, Mrs. J. N. Lindsay, Mrs. J. K. deLoach. Debutante's Committee?Miss Caroline Richardson, MiBs Susan Kennedy, Miss Barbara Hlckox. High School Committee?Miss Paulette "West, Miss Anne Clarkson, Bill DeLoache. Decoration Committee?A. G. Clarkson, Jack Haile, Itoy Sheorn, George Brooks, L. C. Jones, Jr. 1 . . . . INI l'' -Amateur- Contest Tonight At School Entertainment'* Friday eVenlngin the auditorium to raise funds for the beautiflcation of the new high school grounds. _--f- a'-r-v The patrons and friends of the Camden schools are urged to be present Friday evening for . an evening of fun. There will be three- contests staged beginning at 8 pMm. A beauty contest to select the young lady who is to have the title of "Miss Camden." . An Amateur contest, this content will consist of songs, dances, readings, and plgylet^lput on by high school students and others competing for a chance to enter a- later contest of a - lifts nature. A Shirley Temple contest, opeh to the little folks. The winner of first place in this contest will be known as "Little Miss Shirley Temple." She will also receive a valuable prize. The show is under the direction of Mrs. Brevard Bqykin. All proceeds which go to the atehool will be used, for the purchase of shrubs which will be planted on the new high school grounds. First Bsptlit Church 8ervice? The following services are announced for week beginning January 17, at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with W. G. Wilson, Jr., superintendent, in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Canton, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "The Supreme Question." Evening subject: "Hie Saving Salt." B. T. *T. Sunday evening at 6:80. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public Is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. ... Rev. Gulledge Goes To Dillon ? Westvtlie, Jan. 10.?The Bethany Baptist church of Westv|lle, S. ., Kershaw county, regretfully announces the resignation of its pastor, the Rev. J. ^D. Gulledge, the resignation having been occasioned by hia acceptance of a call to a field in Billon county. The entire Bethany conmnnrity will long remember the inspiring and influential work of Rev. GuTledege. , The resignation is. Effective as of February 1. Magician at Court Inn The public is invited to attend ft performance at Court Inm, on -Sunday night, January 17, by Mai Cameron, / prestidigitator, who has considerable reputation aa a doctor of entertainment, presenting the latest in the *?rld of good magic. Tbi^er*#* Kidnaped Boy's . Body Found Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12.-?From the battered- body of Charles Mattuon, 10, fouhd yude in the snow, a mighty force of detectives sought a definite clue to the child's kidnaper and <Wller ? "the moat hunted man in the nation." Finding of the frozen body iu a busby area near Everett, Waah.. yesterday was the immediate signal for a wide-flung search of men with all the modern weapons of scientific detection at their command?a search nervously withheld until then to permit safe return of the bpy to his wellto-do fatjyer, Dr. w. W. Mattson. ~ Iu a guarded mortuary, federal agents and physicians examined und re-examined the tittered remains of the victim, abducted December 27 for $28,000 ransom which the boy's father strove desperately to get to the kidnaper but failed. Paul Sceva, a cldse friend of the family who helped identify t^e body, said "Charles has been dead a long ifme, probably between three days and a week"?long before Dr. Mattson's last frantic efforts to pay the ransom. Blood on the body was frozen, indicating the boy was dead before he was dragged there. "The kidnaper has acted like a trout coining out of his lair," Sceva declared, "almost taking the bait and crawling back in again." From their careful autopsy officers f hoped to And clues leading to tba swarthy bearded man who broke into the Mattsons' living room two days after Christmas while the toys Charles received still were under the tree. ?s. Federal agents under the bespectacled veteran, Harold Nathan, were silent. Other authorities admitted they were as yet without one definite bit of Information which might fcencl the kidnaper to tpe gallows under | Washington's kidnap and murder laws tor the federal Xdndbergh law. The Mattson family, grief-stricken by the horrible ending of the abaction, hid within their ^n^lish-^yle home and refused to see anyone biitj intimate friends. **pr. Mattson asked me to tell you he has "made every effort humanly possible to pay the ransom to gain the return of my son," Sceva said. "The doctor has broken down for the first time since Charles was kidnaped, and the entire family is badly shaken. Mrs. Mattson is under a nurse's care. "The ransoip definitely was not paid, ^although the doctor made many attempts to pay it. The kidnaper was too yellow to come out of his hiding to_ obtain the money." v Sceva, when asked if Dr. Mattson ever went out to make "personal con- i tact with the kidnapers," said hej rnpm "*>W tw?." ' I Blue-gray clay on the fingers led the coroner to believe the body first was dumped along a river bank, then transferred to the snow sifted rush- j lands. * Federal agents made casts of a single set of footprints leading from a highway to tpe place Charles' heat' en body lay. Likewise, they recorded automobile tire tracks at the road-| side. All methods of escape the kidnaper c^uld have used after seizing the boy were reconsidered, Including the possibility he fled down a steep bank in back of the Mattson estate to a boat stationed along the waterfron^ Last Sunday officers Investigated a "freshly" abandoned shack on Squaxin Island in southern Paget Sound. Embers in. a stove showed the shack had been deserted not more than an hour befbre officers arrived aboard a private yacht. A launch was found abandoned nearby. ' \ini:mqT Last week at the urgent -reauest of Dr. Mattson all officers stopped their activities and newspapermen withdrew from the vicinity of the Mattson home to give the kidnaper freedom in contacting the physician. Later in the "Mable-to-Ann" newspaper advertisements appeared ihe expressed fears of the parent that hijackers might seek to collect the money, also that hfo eon might not be [Renewal of activity by officers and finding of the abandoned shack followed. Then came the bitter climax ?the little frozen body in the snow. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, January fa A. tfougUa koArn, pastor., Church school for all ages at 10 a. m. Morning worship with sermon at 11:15. Midweek atudy. group Wednesday evening at 7:50. The public is cordially invited to all services in this church. I ? , ?;i i' B Relief Expenditures In Kershaw County: (By John K. Aull) Columbia, Jan, 12,?Summary of relief expenditures under the direction , of the Temporary State Department of Public Welfare, Col. J. I). Pulp, Commissioner, for the your 1936, , shows that fundB contributed by couri- ] ties for relief rolls totalled 6124,038.- : ?3; federal funds furnished, 6264,C80.66; cases receiving cash relief, 6,064; number of persons represented, In these cases, 11,679. In addition, ma^uy other cases received commod|fc)ea' from these fundf, ^ 4*7$* "-figures fdFHhe cdnnties have been totaled1 in detail and given out for. publication. For the purpose of thlg, article tlie counties have been placed in several groups. Figures for Fairfield, xifcncaster, Un-:; Ion and Kershaw follow: ? % Fairfield; Number of monthB H program, nine; funds contributed bjr. county, 61,000; federal funds furnish* ed, 62,0.79.76; balance of county fund* oh hand December 31, 616.12. in atn ditlon to the many caMMS receiving commodities. Sixty-six t cases, with 111 persons represented, receive^ 1 cash relief. - ^ | a Lancaster: Number of months, in program, nine; funds contributed by county. 61,276; federal funds furnished, 63,143.17; balance of county funds on hand December 31, $3.42. In addition to . the many cases receiving commodities, 89 cases, with 162 per* sons represented, received cash relief. Union: Number of months In program, six; funds contributed by county, 6350; federal funds fnrnlshed, 6 V 860.66; balance of county funds ong hand December 31, 613.66. In addljj tlon to the many cases receiving com* moditles, 121 cases, with 221 persons' represented, received cash relief. Kershaw; Number of months in programj _eleven; funds contributed by county, 62,483.60; federal fnnds furnished, 64,672.60; balance of county funds on hand December 31, 6?2-7j^, In addition to casetA^ celving commodities, 112 cases, witbj 191 persons represented, received cash relief. J *Y 1 - ? Social Events Among Tourists Mrs. Woods Robinson gave a tea on Sunday last for Mrs. Martin H. Olynfi, wife of the ex-Governor of New York, who-has taken a house in Camden for the winter. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Dominick, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. D. Walter Mabee, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Knight; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Rhodes; JMr. and Mrs. David Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Partrldge, Miss Susan Kennedy, Mrs. ^amuel Russell, Mrs. Grainger Galther,, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Kirkover, Miss Jane Swords, Caleb Wb^taker and Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Belcher. Anderson Fowler, of New Yojrk and Peapack, N. J., has returned to New York after .ft short visit with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, who have taken a house here. Mrs. Bassett went north with Mr. Fowler for a Bhort stay. She will return on Thursday of this week. ~ - Mrs. Gustavus T. Kirby, of 465 Park Avenue, New York, has opened her house on Greene street. Miss Wih helmine Kirby, her daughter, is with her for the Camden season., Gustavus T., iCirby was treasurer of the Olympic Committee of 1936. Watson Pomeroy has gone to New York for a short visit. Mrs. John L. Weetys, and her daughter, Mrs. David i3tone, are expected to return to C&mden shortly after a week's trip to New York. I Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Belcher gkve a dinner for twelve at their home, Horse Branch Hall Monday night. KPR8HAW COUNTY DELEGATION CALLS MEETING OF CITIZENS j ~ Senator S. F. Braslngton and Representative? V C. Clvbum Sr.. and W. F. Katrldge have issued the following notice to thevclti*ens of Kershaw county: "The Kershaw county- delegation will meet at the Kershaw county court house on Ftiday, January 16, at 3 o'clock in the court room. "Any cttisen of the county will be welcome tp attend. The delegation will be pleased to consider any constructive suggestion for the beet interest of the county, that may be offered. "The county officials are especially reoaeated to appeal* and give to the delegation the requirements for their tamden Playmakers Organize >Theatre a ?; / I'uder the presidency of Mrs. Samuel Russell, about forty people met at Hobkirk Inu January 10, to orgunan amateur theatre In Camden. JDiiniul Heed, of New York, director of the Town Theatre in Columbia, 8. C\, was the speaker of the evening. Mr. Heed wuh introduced by Mrs. Russell. "Strength, personality, breeding, education and willingness to work," he said, "are the fifhdamental necessities 1n making a success in the theaire," V "One danger you must avoid; inuke no distinctions of any sort, other than fitness for the Job, in the selection of actors, technicians or artisans. The theatre must be by and for everyone in Cainden. "Camden needs just such a theatre as you propose," he went on. "There are very few of this type left. The usual history of an amateur theatrical movement is a season marked with enthusiasm, the Second season not so enthusiastic, and alow death the third season. I can not put It too strongly when I say that the theatre is no place for diletanta groups of people. It is hard work, very hard work. - "There is no recipe for'.a successnil theatre. Even hard work and years of experience are not proof against unsuccessful productions. "t advise you to switch around. Your best actor may make a bettor set designer, and the ticket taker may have more latent talent than all the rest put together. "Your most vital need 1b for a single individual who has judgment, flexibility and force. On this person, whoever he or she may be, will depend the success of the theatre in Camden. T^he leader must be a diplomat, too, and a diplomat of the first order, for people acting on the stage sometimes?in fact, almost always? develop temperaments." Mr. Reed then reviewed the history |of vjthe Town Theatre In Columbia and gave as his opinion that the "selection of the first play was a vital factor in the success that followed that organization. Their first production was "The Misleading Lady." Plays discussed for possible production were i "Let Us Be Gay," "Autumn Crocus," "The Misleading Lady," "Dinner at Eight," and others. ?"to this connection," Mr. Reed said, "Yoil want a play selecting committee of certainly not more than three persons) I prefer a single individual who will read intelligently and report to the leader." ? ; Committees will he ^pointed this week. - Those present included: Mrs. Samuel Russell, president; Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. McKain, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton MfcKain, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, 3rd, Miss Susan Kennedy, Mr. a,nd Mrs. Charles Shannon, 4th, Mr. And Mrs. Ralph N. Shannon, Mrs. Alice Ferguson, Miss Alice Robinson, Miss Caroline Richardson, Dixie Boykln, Alexander c lark son, Mlsa Willie Halle, Miss Virginia Haile, Miss Martha Singleton, Oliver Rice, Clarkson Rhame, Moultrie Burns, John DuBose, Thornwell Hay, Miss Beulah iHicks, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morrison, Allen Hardy, Mrs. John Devine, Miss Olive Whittredge, Mrs. Julia Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Zemp, Miss Etta Zemp, MIsb Wllhelmlne Klrby, Mrs. Edward DuBose, Miss Hendricks, Miss May Boykin, Miss Frances Revere, Miss Mary Goodale and Ben Hinkley. Mrs. Reed accompanied Mr. 'Reed to Camden. 'Mrs. Russell was their hostess at dinner at her home "Millhank" before the meeting,. . . Death of Mr. Horton H. T. Horton, age 77, a life-long Citizen of the Abney section of Kerthaw county, died at an early hour Thursday morning, January 7, at a Columbia hospital from an illness lashing over a period of years. Survi^ ing him Is one siser,.Miss Lizzie HOTtth of Cassatt, and a number fo hephews and nieces. * The funeral services were held At s8hiloh Methodist church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted -by Rev. L. D. Htuner and Rev, W. D. Bradley. ~ Law Officers To Meet Charlotte, N. C? Jan. 11A?The next quarterly meeting of \ the Law Enforcement Officers' Association will fcfe held March SI at Sumter, 8. C. About 300 officers attended the Aral meeting of the year here yesterday for Informal discussion of pn^y lema presented by crime and crtttl - * Fw*?. v. : -v! Kennard Davis, 2, ! Crushed By Truck Kennard Davis, 2-y,ear-old son of Mugistrate-elect and Mrs, C. K, Davis, was probably fatally injured at 10:30 [ o'clock Thursday muring when ho was crushed by a truck. Kennard and his brothers were playing near a ditch when a truck, suid to have been owned by Ked Hammond, and driven by a negro, Hpnry Clary, 60, lost control of his truck and the car backed into the playing children?all escaped except Kennard. and ho was crushed in the chest and lungs to such an extent physicians held out no hopes for his recovery as we go to press. The accident happened about three miles east pf Camden, near the McKensie place, where the Davis home is located. The little boy lias six brothers but no sisters. The driver of the truck has been placed in Jail pendiug the outcome of the child's injuries. """ ? Central District Health Meeting The Central District Public Health Workers comprising the counties of Aiken, Lexington, Calhoun, Richland, Kershaw, Lancaster, Fairfield, Chesterfield, York and Chester, with fiftyone representatives and visitors attending met at the - auditorium of Bethesda Sunday school on Monday. The meeting was called to order by Dr. A. W. Humphries, chairman. Invocation was by Rev. R. Bryce Herbert, of the Methodist church. Address of welcome was by Mayor J. H. Osborne and response was made by Dr. W. B. Jones, of York. "Rural Water Supplies" was the subject of the talk by B. P. Rice, state sanitary engineer of ColumbiaDr. J. L. Bryson, of '\yinnsboro, spoke on the "Problems as a County Health Officer," and Benjamin Qause, of Winn8boro, spoke on> the "Prob-| leins as a Sanitary Inspector." Genoral. discussions followed these subjects. The by-laws were adopted and lunch was served by the ladies.. The next health meet will be held in Winnsboro on thd second Tuesday in April. i . NEW OFFICERS IN CHARGE GRACE CHURCH AUXILIARY _ < The first meeting of the New Year and since the election of officers was held at Grace Church parish house on Tuesday afternoon, January 5. The installation service was conducted by the rector, Dr. Maurice Clarke. Reports showing increase in" work for the year were most gratifying. It is hoped that each member of the Auk* iliary will feel a deeper responsible JtyThan ever before. James Roosevelt, 29, has been appointed one of the private secretaries for his father, and is now performing secretarial duties under the title of an administrative officer. It is the first time in history that a President's son has been appointed as a secretary lo a president. Stolen Car Captured ? After Exciting Race "F. ? With u wild wanh in a stolon cur, Carl Brennlnger, 17, croutpd excite- 4 in. mi on Main street Monday after* noon, about 4:30, when he endangered Uvea and property while trying to outwit and outruu office in purahit. The man waa being closely pursued by Deputy Sheriff Donnle Watson and Rural Officer Gib DeUruhl. Mr. lJeBruhl waa doing the driving and Deputy Watson waa doing the ohooting. The chuao came about when a tele* phone message waa received in Cam. den that a man driving a 1936 Ford V-8 coupe had gotten gaa at a filling atation at WoatvUln on the CamdenCharlotte highway, He left hla motor, running apd drove off without pay* lbg. Officers Wataon and Delhuhl 1 were atatloned at the 'intersection of the Liberty Hill road and recognized him aa ho came by. The chaae waa on, and Brennlnger did not detour but apllt Main atreet wide open, turning right at Rutledge street, and making a turn at Church atreet, struck the curbing which slowed him down. ; The officers were enabled to catch up when Deputy Wataon fired and punctured a rear tire. Brehnlrfger ''o stopped, stepped out of the car with bunds up. He was searched, had np money on,his person, but carried his identification card a* well as that of Jeannette H. Glover, of Ghathaih, Virginia, the owner of the car. Brennlnger admitted his identity, and his driver's' license showed Hat he waa a native of Jarreltown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Officers learned that he had served a sentence in a reform school In his state and while young, was old at the game of ' theft by the way he threw up big hands when the shooting of the tire v started. j These two officers had a dangerous and thrllliftg chase, but were looking out for traffic algnalB at the same* ? , , time and stopped a most dangerous (driver. Thanks to them from the ^eral public. To Renew Fight OverHilton Lad Greenville, Jan. 1?.?Judge E. c. Dennis announced here today that he had signed an order for a rehearing at Darlington January 23 of litigation over the custody of little R. H. Hilton, Jr., son of a state commander of the American Legion, who waa drowned at L?ke Murray in August, 1988. The order was issued on petition of B. M. Lee of Fort Mill, close friend of Hilton, who said the boy had lifed with him almost all his life until, awarded to the former Mrs. Hilton after a hearing at York last year. Judge Dennis,, on Lee's petition,. ' placed the child in the custody of Darlington county sheriff pending . 1 the hearing. Lee charged that the mother, now Mrs. K. 8. ? Hertford, wife of an army captain of engineers, 18 not a proper person to raise -the chRd, nowtnlna. yeara oMr Lee, in his petition, alleged that the boy was not receiving propervtreatment, that constant removals from one town to another had put him behind In his school work, that Mrs. Hertford was not a proper guardian and that the Lee home was'the only home the boy had ever known and that the child himself had repeatedly expressed the desire to return. Mrs. Hertford, now at Society Hill, at the home of her mother, won custody of the Child amy I long" court fight and after she remarried. Lee now Is seeking to upset that decision. Golf Tournament Rules Announced T The golf committee of the Kirkwood Golf club has announced the rules for the. Camden Tournament to ,be played on the Kirkwood Course Pn Friday, and Saturday, January 22 ? and 28. It will be a men's tournament, thirty-six holes, medal play, eighteen holea to be played each day. Prises will be awarded to those handing in tqw fPrPPB and second low-gross, and to low net score, no person to take more than one prise. 8inolng Convention To Meet The Lee County Singing Convention will meet in its 141st session on Sunday, January 17, at 8:15 p. m., with Wayside Baptlst^church, situated live miles east of Bishopvllle, one mile off highway number 15, on the CCC camp road. A special invitation to all singers and a warm ireldjEltoS ll.-L. A. Moon, PMrttafc Fun?Maybe Not? Within the past month The Chronicle has received two fictitious news items, one having to do with a purported announcement of a wedding engagement. Another had a well known citizen of Bethune spending a. week with his wife in another city which was untrue. This newspaper cherishes the good will of all people and appreciates any news items -sent us. 'J! It"1 is impossible for The Chronic icle staff to recognize all signa!_. turns and thereby- forgeries -got- fry. A newspaper is supposed to print facts and endeavors to do so at all times. The Chronicle has placed these ' two letters with the Postal authorities and asked them to get results. They are slow, hut sure, and they get the right parties before making a charge. Two years ago The Chronicle sent a suspicious letter and advertisement to Denver, Colorado. We had glmolft forgotten the matter, when 'the Postal authorities mailed all of hur information hack to ?s, thanking us for our interest and stating that we might be interested to know that the crook had been apprehend- ? ed and was hdV Serving a sentence 1 in a Federal prison > V All of which suggests that If the patties ^ guilty^ of sending ^The