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VOLUME 48 v:,,ji '! .s ; _ CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1937 ' NUMBER 45
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Kershaw County
Responds Liberally
On Saturday, January 23, a telegram
from the American lied Crone
flood relief headquarters wae received
in Camden urging the citizens of Kershaw
county to raise $160.00 at once
for the relief of distress in the flooded
areas of the Ohio river valley. The
Kershaw county chapter of the Abakan
Hed Cross went to work at once
to raise the requested funds. Under
the supervision of Oliver C. Rice, Red
Cross roll call chairman in Kershaw
county, a large number of volunteers
put themselves at the disposal of the
chapter, and by noon Monday, January
25, the quota had been raised
in full. That afternoon a second telegram
was received from flood relief
headquarters requesting, that the first
quota be doubled and more than doubled
if possible. A thifd telegram was
roceivod on Tuesday, January 26, requesting
that the Kershaw county
quota bef increased five-fold and more.
The drive for funds was continued
and is still on as no one can possibly
estimate how many millions of dQllars
will be needed in this terrible calamity.
At this moment 10 a. m.
Thursday, January 28, the Kershaw
county chapter of the American Red
Cross has raised and forwarded to
Hood relief headquarters the amount
of *1,0100, j
The people of this county have responded
nobly to this distress appeal.
Contributions have come in from every
source, from schools, churches,
organization and individuals in every
part of the county. The booths placed
on .the streets qX Camden have received
large aumsSfrery day.
For the information of those desiring
to contribute to the flood relief
fund, all contributions, if mailed
in, should be mailed to T. K. Trotter,
treasurer Kershaw County Red Cross,
Camden, S. C. Persons desiring to
hand in their contributions may leave
? them at the office of The Camden
Chronicle at any time.
Itadio and newspaper broadcasts
have made appeals for clothing in any
amounts. Clothing, coats, suits, 6vercoats,
shoes, and the like, will be
gladly received by the local chapter,
bundled and sent immediately ta ref\^
gees. Persons desiring to contribute
clothing should bring them to the office
of Oliver C. Rice, Crocker building,
telephone 116, Camden, 8. C.
Under the leadership of Drs. Pickett
and Thomas the colored people of
Camden are cooperating enthusiastically
in the drive foi^ funds.
The directors of thdlocal Red Cross
chapter, realizing from newspaper and
radio reports that the worst of the
flood Is yet to come and believing
surely that requests for further funds
will yet be made of this county, urge
all person? who have not yet sent in
their contributions to do so at once.
Organizations, service clubs, churches,
Sunday schools, and other groups are
Invited ,to send in contributions to
this cause at once. No one can possibly
tell the extent, which this flood
is going to reach and all the money
that can be raised in Kershaw county
will be needed and more. So, let's
not stop giving until every one in
the county has given. And if the appeal
for further funds comes to this
county let's not fail in this.
The Kejrshaw county chapter wishes
to thank all those persons, schools,
churches and groups who have contributed
to this' worthy cause and to
express Its appreciation of the splendid
and generous response made In
behalf of the 700,000 homeless victims
of the flood in this severe weather.
After ^Thursday, January 28, the
booths will not be maintained on the
streets of Camden unless further requests
for funds are made.' ^
Remember all contributions should
be mailed in tP T. K. Trotter, Camden,
S. C., or lpft at the office of The
Camden Chronicle. Further announcements
will be made through the columns
of the Columbia and Charlotte
dailies.?A. Douglas McArn, Chairman,
Kershaw Comity Chapter' Red
Cross. r ; ~y
Wateree Baptist Church
Sunday 'school at 10 a. m., J. B.
Robinson, superintendent. Evening
sermon on the subject :_"Fishtog^ For
Men." shall be pleased to have
you come and worship with lis' at
"The Friendly Church."-?B. J. Mclver,
pastor.
U. D. C. To Meet
. T*a John D. Kennedy Chapter U.
1D- C. will meat Monday, February 1,
??#itli Mrs. W. R. Zemp, at bar residence
on Laurens street The mem*
^ leg wW be called to at ? o'ciocjy
News Of Kirkwood
And Camden Society
(By BP. Borden)
Mrs. ?W. Austin Wadswortta, of
Genesee, N. Y? was a guest ot Mr.
and Mrs. Harry D. Kirkovei* at their
Hunt Breakfast held January 22.
On Sunday Miss Wilheluiine Kirby
entertained at luncheon. Her guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. Melville B.
Stone, of New York, who were visiting
the C. K. Iiassetts, also guests at
the luncheon. Others were: Miss
Viola Winmill, of New York; Miss
Jane Wilbur, of Warrenton; Ben B.
Hinckley, Randolph Duffey and Mr.
and Mrs. Bdward P. Bordeu.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hodges, of
New York, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A. Randolph Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Stout, Jr.,
spent the week end with Mr. Stout's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Stout,
Mrs. John L. Weeks and her daughter,
Mrs. David Stone, l^ft for Florlda
to spend a week with^Mr. and Mrs.1
Robert Appleton, of Palm Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. DuBose,
Jr., entertained Mrs. Victor Fromont,
Miss Jane Wilbur, J. North Fletcher
and Richard A. Boykln, at dinner on
Monday.
Richard A. Boykin gave a small
cocktail party on Tuesday afternoon,
at Hobkirk Inp.
Miss Viola Winmill, of New York,
who is visiting Miss Wilhelmine Kirby,
will leave on Tuesday next for
Florida and Nassau. She will return
to Camden the middle of February.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Belcher left
Wednesday for a trip to New York.
Mrs. Lewis Smith, of Atlanta, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. D. W. Mabee,
at her home on Lyttleton street.
Miss Frances Thord-Gray has Mrs.
Richard Fort, of Pleasantville, N. Y.,
visiting her,
D. L. Campbell Died
Here Last Saturday
Dwlght L. Campbell, 36 years of
age, died in the Camden hospital on
Saturday, after a short illness. He
had lived in Camden for the past seven
years and was an employee of the
Wateree 'Cotton Mill, where he was
held in high esteem by his. fellow
workers. ,
Mr. Campbell was a native of Chesterfield
county. He was married in
1928 to Miss Flossie Johnson of Andrews,
who with one son, Bobby and
one daughter, BJvelyn survive. Other
relatives are r* his mother, tors.> M.
C. Campbell, four sisters, Miss Lorine
Campbell, Mrs. Mary Barmer, of
Camden; Mrs, Nelson, of Kanapolis,
N. C.; Mrs. Letha Smith, of Hopewell,
Va.; twtT brothers, Leo Camp-j
bell, of Hopewell, Va.; Drew Campbell,
of Kanapolis, N. C.
Funeral services were conducted
here Sunday from the Kornegay Funeral
Home wjth interment in the
Campbell cemetery, near Chesterfield,
with Rev. B. J. Mclver conducting the
services.
Camden Boy Named Alternate
Clemson College, Jan. 22.?Harold
Lewis, a senior from Mullins, was
elected captain of the 1937 Clemson
football team at the annual banquet
here tonight. A1 Sanders of Camden,
was made alternate captain. .:
Mac Folger, the- Pickens county boy
who played sensationally in the Tiger
backfield during the 1935 and 1936
campaigns, was voted the team's most
valuable player for the last year and
was given a handsome trophy.
Lewis played at center and Sanders
is a backfield luminary.
Basket Bali Game Tomorrow '
The basket ball team of the Kendall
Mill will play the team from Pageland
at the high school auditorium
tomorrow evening, Saturday, January
30, at 8 o'clock. On the vising team
Is Van Lingle.Mungo, who is an ace
pitcher on the Brooklyn Dodgers
team. . This will give Camden people
a chance to see this star athlete play.'
An admission charge of. 20 cents
for adults and 10 cents for chlldreh
will be made. * .. v'V"
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BetheSda Presby^rlhn Church
? Sunday, January^., A. Douglas McAr4tf
pastor. ChurclHrehool 10 a, m.
Morning worship with sermon at
11:15. MM week study group Wednesday
7:30 p. mj iiFriday evening,
January 33 at Tilbo'dlock Rev. Louis
LaMotte will show motion pictures of
Thorn well Orphanage at this church
and make a talk oh the work .aid
needs of the orphanage. The public
is cordially Invited to all service* fit
this church.
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Play makers' Guild
Been Very Active
The newly formed Playmakers*
Qulld of Camden hue been very active
In preparing for the season. Under
the, presidency of Mrs. Samuel
Russell, meetings have been held, officers
elected and committees Tormed.
On Monday the drive for members
will be started. There will be two
classes of membership, patrons who
| pay $10.00 and are entitled to two
seats for each of three performances,
and members, who get one seat for
the three performances for $2.50.
A loft has been secured in the
Burns building where scenery will be
built, costumes made, and rehearsals
hold. The plays will actually be performed
in the high school auditorium.
As soon as the loft is properly fltte?
out there will be teas and membership
gatherings of ull sorts.
Mrs. Donald Morrison, who will direct,
Is busy reading now and will be
in a position to make recommendations
for the March production shortly.
The officers are: Mrs. Samuel Russell,
president; Miss Martha Singleton,
vice president; Miss Caroline Richardson,
secretary; Oliver Rice, treasurer;
Moultrie Burns, business manager;
Clarkson Rhame, producer; Miss Susan
Kennedy, chairman membership j
committee; Miss Nancy Dempster, i
publicity.
Unfortunately, ?the removal from
Camden of Miss Richardson and Miss
Dempster leave the offices of Secretary
and publicity manager vacant, but
these will be filled at the next meeting.
Full cooperation with the Playmakera*
Guild is asked. To have a good
theatre in Camden requires the support
of everyone, and the membership
dues are extremely low considering
what you get for the money.
President's Ball To
Be Held Tonight
Arrangements have been completed
for the President's Ball to be held
tonight at the Armory from 9:80 until
1:30 and those in charge claim
this will be one of the largest balls
yet given for this benefit.
Phil Miller and his Society Swing
Band will furnish the music and it is
considered one of the best in this
section.
Plan to attend and let your dollar
help In curing some crippled child.
CHILDREN'8 HOME
On February IB we shall again appeal
to the public to support the
Children's Home. These children are
from Camden and Kerqhaw county
and We know you are Interested in
the Work. At present we have in the
home twenty-seven of which eight are
under two years of age. It costs
$4,500 to maintain this home for the
year. It is very economically and ef-|
ficiently run. We welcome visitors
at all times and we hope you will
come and get acquainted with the
home and the children before the
drive starts.
Please watch The Chronicle. In
coming issues we will give you some
stories of the individual children and
the general work of the home. Wo
ask your continued Interest.?Committee.
Rev. LaMotte At Presbyterian Church
Rev.^ Louis LaMotte, Field Secretary
for Ttiornwell Orphanage at Clinton,
S. C., will give an address on Thornwell
Orphanage at Bethesda Presbyterian
church on Friday evening, January
29, at 7:30 o'clock. Motion pictures
of the life and activities of the
orphanage will be shown. The public
is cordially invited.
Grace Chureh Services
Services at Grace Episcopal church
for Sunday, January 31, will be: Holy
Communion at 8 a. m.; church school
-at 9:46; morning prayer and sermon
by the Rector, Dr. Clark,. at 11:15
O'clock. The offertory by the choir
will be an anthem, "I Cry To Thee,"1
by a Russian composer.
Hear. DeLoacha Ovar Air
' Many Camden people listening in.
on the N. B. C.-W. I. 8. network Sunday
afternoon bad the pleasure of
hearing Benjamin P. DeLoache on the!
Metropolitan auditions from PhilaPTo
Garden Club Members
/Garden club members, please take,
notice. The regular meeting of the
Garden club will be held on February
of February 8, place of
Mr. Hilton Said
To Be Improving
Reports from Charlotte indicate
thut Hoi lis Hilton, who had to have
V
hit* arm amputated after ho hud been
shot by a negro, in Cedar Creek town-'
ship Monday night, iu doing well. Au
the full effect of the ahot took effect
near bin elbow it was neceaaury to
amputate the left arm.
Mr. Hilton was ahot aa he was going
through the door of the houae.
Ajf the negro, Will Drown, who did
the shooting, refused to come out although
the officers endeavored tor
live minutes to get him to come out,
the door had to be broken. Mr. Hilton
pushed a piece of the door out of
the way and crawled through the opening
with his left arm in front of
him when the negro fired. Aa soon
l as Mr. Hilton was shot Sheriff Blacknion
and Deputy Small emptied their
j revolvers and poured a veritable
i stream of lead into the negro. Brown
| was almost instantly killed as two
| shots entered tho stomach and five
I or six shots took effect in his face
I and head.
o
This negro was said to have been
of low mentality and had a reputation
for stealing. He waa accused of
stealing some corn from a resident
of the lower section of the county
and Constable Gary Baker, son of
Magistrate George Baker, endeavored
to ?>lace the negro under arrest Monday
afternoon. Brown refused to submit
to arrest and would not come out
Of his home. The sheriff was notified
so that Sheriff Blackradn, Deputies
Hilton and Small together with
Gary Baker went to the negroes home
Monday night when the shooting took
place.
When Gary Baker sought to arrest
Brown the negro made a significant
statement as he told the constable
that he would Just as soon be up in
the cemetery as to let pepple run
over him.
This negro had never been in any
serious trouble before but it is said
that the other negroes in that vicinity
were afraid of him and that he
was a habitual thief. The corn which
was stolen was found beneath the bed
in his home.
When the officers got to the home
of Brown which is deep in the unsettled
section of Cedar Greek township
after traveling over a very muddy
road they found that the negro
had his door locked and refused to
comex out. After some arguing the
officers fired a number of tear gas
shells through the door and Brown
fired one shot through the door at
the officers. .. _+. '
After breaking down the door the
negro told Mr. Hilton not to come
ip pnd 1^ Hilton told the negro not
to shoot, However, Brown fired at
Hilton from a distance of about fifteen
feet with the shot going in^o
the officers arm. The negro fired one
shot after Mr. Hilton was struck7but
Sheriff Blackmon and Deputy Small
theti poured lead Into the negro.
Brown lives about a mile off Highway
87 which leads from Nltrolee to
Liberty Hill. The officers went to
the place by going down past the
Mount Carmel camp grounds.
Mr. Hilton's many friends were
greatly shocked to hear of his misfortune.
That he lost his arm in
line of duty as a peace officer is regretted
by everyone. Much comment
has been hear<| concerning this affair
as it has been some time since an
officer has been shot In this county.
A coroner's inquest was held by
Coroner Hegler Tuesday noon and
they brought In a verdict that Brown
was killed by the officers In self defense
and In line of duty.?Friday's
Lancaster News. \
Winners In Golf Tourney
W L. Goodale won the Camden
January Golf Tournament on January
22 and 23 with a low net of 144. M.
Miller was runner up with 148. Others
to finish well up were: R. B. Pitts,
149; Ward C. Belcher, 149; N. C. Boykin,.
161; Rodney Jarvis, 164; and
Dwlght Partridge, 166. Thomas Q.
Summervllle had the low gross with
147. The booby prize went to E. P.
Borden, 2nd.
Miss Jane Swords took the prize in
the Woman's Division with a 70. Mrs.
McKee Graham was next with 76, Jn
the running were: Mrs. J. L. Weeks,
78; Mrs. B. D. Ticknor, 80; Mrs. Rodney
Jarvis, 81; and Miss Elizabeth
Wing, 81.
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Mr. Lee Loeee Hie Mother
David D. Lee, manager of a local
ohaln store, waa called to Woodruff
Friday to attend the-funeral of his
mother, Mrs, lfattls Lorene Chamb*
Mn Lea, who died In a Greenville hoepttal
following a long Rinses - r*
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Letter From Relative]'
Tells About Flood
The following letter written by u
fourteen year ohl lud to u relative j
here will bo reud with lntereat by ,
Oumden iifcople, uh it gives an insight
Into the horrible experiences of those
In the flooded urea:
Tell, for the first time since you
havo time to sit down and write
you u good long letter. The reason
for my excess time is us follows:
Cincinnati Is now in the grip of the
worst crisis in its history. We uro in
the midst of the greatest flood lu
the history of Cincinnati or in the
history of the Ohio vulley. As you
kjiow it has been raining almost
steadily sinco a week or two before
Christmas. This is more thun the
river has been able to stand. The
flood stage at Cincinnati Is fifty feet.
The water is now seventy-four feet
and ,a half, and rising at the rate of
two-tenths feet per hour. There Is
a population of Ave hundred thousund
popple in Cincinnati. There aro now
thirty thousund homeless. Think of
this. Every school in the city wus
closed Friday for a week, it was officially
declared but Ruth and I will
probably not be able to get back to
school for about two weeks. Listen
to this:
"Every citizen in Cincinnati is not
allowed to use more than one electric
light and the radio. The water is almost
up to the power house and wo
will probably have no electricity by
tomorrow. .
Every citizen In Cincinnati has
been advised to All up a tub full of
water for the river Is up to the filtering
system and sand bags are all that
Is keeping the water out.
"No citizens allowed to use the telephone
except for emergency use. This
is to save the power.
The Red Cross has been* on duty
night and day since Thursday.
"No persons are allowed out of
their houses.
Of course all movies and stores
have been closed Jn an effort to Bave
electricity.
"Dad has been down town most of
the day for the water is creeping in
the rear of the office.
"Oddle, you do not realize what1
it is In such a crisis when you do
not know when the radio, lights, heat,
and water are going off.
"I do not know when this letter will
reach you for there are no trains In
or out of the city.,
"J hope when this letter reaches
n we will be past the crisis."
oft,; s-?"The water has Just gone
j The following note from another
! member of the family, was also in the
letter:
"We are all fine aqd dry but what
an experience! No electricity, but
we have heat and when darkness
conies, we use candles and go to bed!
J m so sorry for the sufferers."
Bishop Gallagher
Claimed By Death
Detroit, Jan. 21.-?Laity and'clergy
?Father Charles B. Coughlin prominent
among them?mourned today the
death of the most Rev. Michael J.
Gallagher, bishop of the Catholic diocese
of Detroit.
Bishop Gallagher, 70, dlocesean
head since 1918, died suddenly last
night from complications following a
streptococcus .infection.
To member^ of his diocese Bishop
Gallagher, a native of Auburn, Mich.,
was known particularly as a builder
within the church, but the nation
knew him best for his defense of
| Father Coughlin during the heat of
the recent political campaign while
the priest berated the Roosevelt. administration.
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POULTRY 8HIPMENT
- Ml88 Margaret B. Fewell, Home
Demonstration Agent, and W. C. McCarley,
County Agent, announces that
there will be a cooperative shipment
of poultry February 1. We will load
at Bethune from 9 o'clock to 12
o clock and at Kershaw from 1:80
o clock to 4:00 o'clock. Prices to be
| pdla are:
Colored hens, five pounds up, 16c;
colored hens, unde five pounds, I4c;
Leghorn hens, 11c; roosters, 8<y duck,
10c; geose, 8c; young turkey hens,
nine pounds up, 18c;? turkey toms,
fifteen pounds up, 13c; capons, seven
pounds up, 20c;. slips, 14c; guineas,
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announce(*<
for week beginning January at
the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 1Q o'clock, with W. G. WHson,
7r., superintendent, in charge.
Public worship, conducted by the pae?
tor, J. BvCdnton at 11:15 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "Why
Pot God Pirstr Evening subject: "A
**pttal Story." B. T. U. Sunday
Wednesday
evening at 7:80. . The public
is cordially invited to Mttni all the
ervfdes of lilt thnreh.
Thousands Homeless
In Flood District
Citizens ou the l,GO0-mile flood front
Kwoko Thursday to a realization the
(loud might run Into hundreds km the
Ohio swept on toward the Mississippi
and the United States Army made
ready to evacuate any dungor point
from Cairo, HI., to New Orleans.
Ix)u1hv111u, Ky., struggling under the
Ohio's record inundation, had a tragically
mounting list of fatalities.
Klsewhore, the Ohio was receding
or stationary ut most points, leaving
Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Ohio, and
many lessor cities hopeful.
They faced, nevertheless, disease,
water shortage and cold. Coast guard
officials reported Influenza of epidemic
proportions at one point?Paducah,
Ky.
The homeless in eleven stateH were
more than 900,000; property dumuge, 1
ut. a conservative guess, was more
than $400,000,000.
In Louisville, Deputy Coroner J.
Hay Rarrett said. 120 bodies had been
taken from the city's submerged west
end. He maintained none had
drowned, but all had died of exposure,
pnoumoniu and heart ailments.
In addition, there were reliable estimates
of 300 deuths in hospitals
there from flood effects,
The army's precautionary plan for
transferring the possibly endangered
thousands living along 1,000 miles of
the Mississippi's banks?ordered with
the official explanation if. might not
become necessary?would bring into
action as many as 35,000 motor trucks
and rows upon rows of railroad flak
cars. t
"A very difficult fight must be
made to hold the main line levees
along the Mississippi below Cairo,
111., particularly in the Memphis district,"
said the army chief's, Malin
Craig's, instructions to corps area
commanding generals.
An earlier war department statement
had said It appeared "likely the
flood waters will paBs down the valley
without causing widespread inundation."
"People," said the" department,
"must not become panic stricken."
In stricken . Louisville, the deadl
were being burled4 without Identification?so
great was the threat to sanitation.
Nine undertakers were sworn as
deputies. to the coroner; Dr. Hugl*
Rodman Leaxall, city health officer,
sal<^ decomposed bodies?he knew not
how many?had been taken to Highlands
cemeteries trenches for burial.
"We haye no way of knowing how
many deed we will find, when the
waters go down,' he added.
The military arm proceeded agalnet
a flood, which army engineers reported
to the secretary of war, Woodrlng,
was expected to pour into and oyer
the Mississippi channel 8,600,000 cubic
feet of water per second against
levees, which they said were capable
of handling only 2,400,000 cubic feet. ?,
Some officials stoutly maintained the
levees could hold the expected onslaught.
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Frantic workers sought : to build
higher the 60 foot sea-wall-at Oarfcr, ~
111., at the confluence of the Ohio and
the Mississippi, where a crest of 61
feet was predicted Thursday or later
when the fast Birds Point spillway
in Missouri, purposely blasted* for protective
inundatfbrf was filled. The
Ohio stood at 58.1 ffeet at Cairo Wed- nesday.
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The crucial test of the massive Mis-,
sissippl flood protection system?built
after the devastating overflow in 1927
?was yet to come. For hundreds of
miles up and down this channel thousands
of men?working In relays?
Afinght the great battle of the levee
line.- In the New Orleans?Vlcksbttrg
(Miss.) area officials said they expected
no "super" flood and that existing
facilities would handle the water.
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Supreme test of the levees was not
expected for days but the army's commanding
generals along the river
were ordered to be prepared to act
b7 m- Friday. s
In a particularly menaced section
below Cairo residents of at least two
towns?Tlptonville, Tenn.,Y and New
Madrid, Mo.?were begged to get out
beforr-R Whs too late. ~
"Those people will drown like rata
in a trap unlees they get out now?
while there is still time." said George
Myer, a Red Gross national director.
"The levees are mure to break."
From United States engineers a call
went out to all men to leave their
fight upon the tributary streams and
to concentrate every effort to save
the main dykes in the long stretch
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