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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 48 " CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1?37 NUMBER 46 News of Kirkwood and Cottage Colony William J. Connors, Jr., publisher of the Buffalo Courier-Express, is at the Hobkirk lun for u week's Quail shooting. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Miller have arrived at the IJobklrk Inn for a two week's stay. Mr. Miller is president of the Colonial Trust company of Baltimore. Mrs. Louis L. Ixjrillard, of Newport, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Campbell Steward, at her hotua .,Jn llrevard Blace. Mrs. John W. Hill is visiting her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs David It. Williams at their Mulberry plantation. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Knight entertained twelve at dinner Tuesday at their Cool Springs residence. The guests were Mr. and Mrs, Lam on t Domlnick, Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, Mrs. DeWitt Peterkin and Mrs. WeBley C. Bowers. Randolph Duffey, of Warrenton, Va., left Tuesday for a quick business trip to New York. Mrs. B. D. Tlcknor gave a cocktail party in the downstairs room at the Court Inn Monday night. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght Partridge, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Jarvis, Misc Helen Hawthorne, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitley and oth-; ers. . Stopping at the Hobkirk are Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Newman, of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Smith and their son and daughter, of Philadelphia; L. C. Forman, W. J. Connors, Jr., C. M. Pardle, B. Mathews and H. H. Colt, all of Buffalo. Mrs. William B. Klapp, of Philadelphia, arrived this week at the Kirkwood and will remain for the balance of the season. Miss Frances Thord-Qray, of Greenwich, and her guest, Mrs. Richard i* . Fort, of Plpasantyille, N. Y.. have gone to New York where Miss ThordGray will show her Irish terriers in the Westminster Kennel club show. } Major Crispin Oglesby and Miss Kate Oglesby, of Cleveland, have ar-1 rived, bringing four polo ponies, four hunters and one race horse. Major Oglesby will play in the Camden midSouth polo tournament for the Russell trophy which begins Sunday. Other arrfVals at Hobkirk Include Norman Armstrong, of White Plains, and his sister, Miss Jean Armstrong, of Winter Haven; Robert Donner of Buffalo; Mrs. F. G. Freiser and Mrs A. W. Llndemere, of Washington. Mrs. A. E. Whitney, of Garden City, has joined her husband at Court Inn. Mr. Whitney has been bird shooting here for the last week. Arriving at the Kirkwood are Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Niemeyer, of Westport, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nash, of Wllmette, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rodriguez, of Larchmont, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs George Slosson, George Slosson, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jar-1 man, of Hot Springs, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Brooks, of New York. Pinckney W. Love has arrived from Laston, Pa., for turkey and quail shooting. He is staying at the residence of Mrs. James R. Porter, "The Knitting Corner." Mrs. G. Marion duPont Scott has gone to Miami for a weeks stay. K. Blackwell Boykin gave a cocktail Party at his residence on Lyttleton street Thursday. Visitors here include Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jackson, of Swampscott, Mass., and John W. Webster, Trenton, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, of New York, have arived to spend a week with Mrs. W. L. Wright at her home on Chesnut street. Mr. and Mrs. Wright gave a luncheon for them Sunday at which her guests *ore Mrs. deWitt Peterkin, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blodgett, Arthur Whitney and Eben B. Knowlton. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams gave a tea Sunday afternoon at their Mulberry home for Mrs. Williams' Ulster, Mrs. John W. Hill, of New I ork, who la their house guest. "Woods McCahill, nephew of Mrs. Martin H. Glynn, hase arrived to spend some time visiting his aunt. Bethesda Presbyterian Church I MSunday? February 7, A. Douglas j McArn, pastor. Church school for all nses at 10 a. in. Morning worship **th ??nnon by Dr. George T. McKee, missionary to Africa, at ":ls ** 7:10 p. m. Dr. McKee will , ** address on the miahion work the Congo. Pastor's study group |?ir Camden Horses To ' Run Grand National London, Jan. 28.?Once again the' price of victory in 1934 came high , to Dorothy Paget h Golden Miller to- , day. For the third atraight year, he ' wan assigned top weight for the 99th!, running of the Grand National stoo-j, plechase at Alntree, March 19. The big bay gelding, again favored to show the way over the four and a half miles, was allotted 17b pouuda, the aaine weight ho carried the last two years when he failed to complete the course and Ave more than he packed in his victorious race. ReynoldBtown, winner the last two years, was not entered for this yeur'B classic. Six of the eleven American-owned entries among the fleld of sixty figured high in the weight assignments. Drinmoro Lad, a foreign-bred horse, who had raced successfully for Paul; Mellon of Pittsburgh, in the United' | States two years ago, received the! highest handicap, *163 pounds. Except [ for the "Miller," only two other horses were given higher handicaps. They were J. Hiriburu's Potentate with 169 and H. Lloyd ThornaB' Koyal Mail with 167, Battleship, a son of Man O' War, owned by Mrs. G. Randolph Scott of Montpeller, Va., was allotted 160 pounds, one more than was assigned What Have You, who represented Frank Gould of New York, on the American turf no later than last year.' Both Battleship and What Have You raced successfully on the flat before taking to the jumps several years ago. Delaneige, J. B. Snow's perennial challenger, second In 1934, got in with 166, seven more than his stablemate, Delachance. John Hay Whitney's Double Crossed was assigned 163 pounds, five less than last year, when he was eighth among the ten flhlshers. Robert Lehman's Dldoric of Chi'*' cago, a newcomer to the steeplechase classic, received 160, while Louis Stoddard, Jr's., Free Wheeler was given 147 pounds. Young Stoddard, son of the former chairman of the United States Polo association, plans to ride his own horse. The other three American entries ?F. Ambrose Clark's Flying Minutes, Alvin Untermyer's Bagatelle H., and Jesse Metcalf's Kiltoi?are among the lightweights. Flying Minutes and Bagatelle have been assigned 142 pounds, and Kiltoi one less. RU8SELL MEMORIAL o Fund Raised to Be Used in Memory of Man Who Did Much For Camden. Seven hundred dollars was the total amount of the fund raised to establish a Sam Russell memorial in Camden. The amounts were all small donations, coming from a wide number of Camden citizens and others who greatly admired Mr. Russell, not only for what he had done for Camden, but as a genial valuable citizen. He was always intensely Interested in everything for the betterment of Camden. It was he who laid off and. supervised the beautiful grounds at the Camden hospital. He was greatly interested in the Camden football team, the Camden Polo team and the Camden Library. The placing of a memorial on the grounds of the librax*y as was at first planned has been abandoned and instead $500 of this amount has beeif set aside as a permanent trust fund, the revenues to be derived to go for the purchase of Juvenile books for the Camden Library. The rest of the money will be used for the purchase of a Russell Memorial Cup for the Camden Polo Club, to be competed for each year, the winner to keep same for the period of one year. Trophy On Display The Paul Revere._Bowl made by Kirk of Baltimore, which will be offered as the Russell Memorial Trophy in the Camden Mid-South Polo Tournament is on display in the window of The Hoffer Company on Broad street. The trophy was purchased with rpart of the funds subscribed for a suitable memorial to Samuel Russell, long a loved winter resident of Camden, and an enthusiastic polo player for many years. i. The trophy is a perpetual one, and one can not be worf for permanent ' possession. Silver goblets will be presented to the members of the winning team by individuals in Camden; this year by Ancrum Boy kin, Br., Henry Savage, Jr? Lester Carow, ot Charleston and The Hoffer Company. y' - T--- | tjgc. llaaTh t?r uthorlasd,lh Winter Resident Dies In Philadelphia Horatio G. Lloyd, who owns a wintor homo on north Lyttloton street, and also severnl thousand acres of wooded la ad a cant of Camden, died at his home in Philadelphia on January 21. Mr. Lloyd' hud boon coming to Camden for a number of ycara where ho spent the winter houmous. The following dispatch from Philadelphia appeared in the New York Times of January 22: Philadelphia, Jan. 21.?Horatio Gates Lloyd, partner in the Arm of Droxol & Co. of this city and J. P. Morgun & Co., of New York, died today at his home, Allgutes Huvorford, a. few minutes after he had suffered a stroke. At noon Mr. Lloyd, who celebrated his seventieth birthday a week ago, called a colleague in the bunking firm and informed him that lie was not feeling well and would not be in Ui? office, lie died an hour and a half later. YearH ago Mr. Lloyd won a promt* nent place in national and international finance, but to thousands of underprlv Hedged Philadelphians he was best known for his work on behalf of unemployment. He headed the city's first unemployment-aid body six years ago. Mr. Lloyd was born at Middletown, Delaware, on January 14, 1867, the son of Horatio Gates and Elizabeth Newell Lloyd. Ho received his early education In private schools and was graduated from the law school of the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of Bachelor of Laws In 1887. He was admitted to the bar the following year, but never was engaged in the active practice of law. In the same year he obtained work as a clerk In the Philadelphia Trust Company, and there began one of the most meteoric rises to a position of eminence In the world of finance j achieved by any man of his generation. He was made assistant secretary! of the company but left It in 1900 to become treasurer of the newly incorporated Commercial Trust Company. Two years later he was president and continued in that position until 1910, when he was invited to become a paty ner in the old-established Philadelphia private banking house of Drexel & Company. | In 1912 Mr. Lloyd was named a partner In the Arm of J. P. Morgan & Co., and subsequently Decame a | member of Morgan, Grenfell & Co., of London, and Morgan, Harges & Co. (now Morgan et Cie) of Paris. On May 6, 1897, he married Miss Many Helen Wingate, of Brooklyn, daughter of General George Wood and Susan Prudence Wingate. Mrs Lloyd died at their summer home at Cotuit, Mass., on September 23, 1934. Two sons, Horatio Gates Lloyd. Jr., and Richard Wingate Lloyd, survive. In the war days of 1917 and 1918 he accepted the chairmanship of the war chest campaign committee to pr<K vide funds for the Red Cross and other agencies. When the campaign was over, approximately $21,000,000 had been contributed. A natural development of his interest in this work was his association as one of the founders of the Welfare Federation of Philadelphia, now known as the community chest of Philadelphia and vicinity. In. November, 1930, when unemployment here had increased to such an extent that the private agencies were swamped, a committee of 100 citizens was organized to chart ways and means of meeting the situation, and Mr. Lloyd was named chairman. A campaign was launched which, by early Spring of 1931, had procured $4,000,000 in emergency funds. Serving without pay, he organized the committee into an efficient body, which, up to its dissolution in June, 1932, operated at a smaller overhead cost than any similar agency In the United S1&168 Either as chairman of that quasiofficial body or as a $l-a-year dtroctor of the Bureau of Unemployment Relief of the Municipal Department of Public Welfare, Mr. Lloyd supervised the disbursement of $14,751,000. Included In this sum was the original $4.000,000 secured by public contribution, $2,000,000 from the state, $5,000,000 set aside from the historic first united campaign of 1931 and a $3,000,000 emergency loan negotiated by the city council. In June, 1932, when Governor Plnchot and antagonistic state officials were haggling over what to do about unemployment, Mr. Lloyd made public a letter In which he demanded a special legislative act to end the uncertainty that was sure to follow the exhaustion of the funds provided by the first act sponsored by the late Grover C. Talbot, then speaker of the house. The second Talbot act largely was a result of the agitation by Mr. Uoyd and his colleagues. ~ Behind his preoccupation over the years with welfare activities was Mr. Lloyd's personal philanthropy. Often hla gifts were anonymous. They never were widely heralded if he could alrold it. One contribution which, because of its official nature, ho was unable to conceal followed up his election as tax collector and treasurer of hit home townahlp of Haverford, a position which returned approximately $15,000 a year in salary nnd feee. He accepted the Joh ett the condition that all of ite remunerations ahould be dlftbmreed in public relief. -g*|tfore than that he f <mWy en gaged and paid a committee of export accountants to analyze the township's fiscal situation for determination of future tax-levying policies. An Immediate result was a reduction in the tax rate. He previously had been president Of the board of township commissionera from 1912 to 1922, and through his direct efforts had contributed largely of its reputation as one of the loveliest of main line communities. * Mr. Lloyd's banking connections Imposed. many activities In Industrial and utility corporations, and he was director of numerous such organisations, Including the General Asphalt Company, the Philadelphia Electric Company, the Ball Telephone Company of Peaasylvanla and the Susquehanna Power Company. iiniirfifii r ? ! 1 " ISernard M. Baruch To Make Address Charleston, Feb, 4.-?General Churles 1'. Summerull, president of The Citadel, bus announced that the commencement uddress ut thut instiHon will be made May 29 by llernurd M. Harueh, of Georgetown und New York. Mr. liuruch, a warm personal friend of General Summerall, la a distinguished son of South Carolina. A native of Camden, where he wuh born August 19, 1870. Mr. liuruch graduated at the College of the City of New York, where ho uchieved Phi Hota Kappa. Educational institutions which huve conferred honorury degrees upon him are: Williams College, Johns Hopkins University, the College of Charleston, und the University of South Carolina. Already a distinguished flguro In the financial world in 1916 Mr. Harueh was called upon by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as a member of his Advisory Committee on National Defense. During our participation in the World war, besides serving on numerous Important commissions, he presided as chairman of the I vitally necessary War Industries Hoard; and, in 1919, as a member of the United States' delegation at the Peace Conference at Versailles, France, he headed a number of committees there. Mr. Haruch's abilities have been utilized, not only by the Democratic party, but by the Republican as well; for President Harding named him a member of the Agricultural Conference in 1922. The United States Government recognized his outstanding services during the World war by decorating him with the Distinguished Service Medal. He was also honored by Belgium in being the recipient of the Order of Leopold, by France in receiving its Legion of Honor, and by Italy,! which conferred upon him the order! of Commander of St. Maurizlo and Lazzaro. An internationally known financier, railway executive, diplomat, statesman and author, Mr. Baruch Is a loyal South Carolinian. In his letter to General Summerall accepting the invitation to speak at the commencement exercises at The Citadel, Mr. Baruch says, in part, "Nothing would give me more pleasure than to be present at the ceremonies ... I am a South Carolinian and at the same time, an admirer of yours. I know that the institution under your guidance has continued in the very important position it has always held in the South." : Kendall Plays Hartsvllle Saturday The Kendall basket ball team, adding new players to their tevam in Pop Moseley, former Camden high school star, and Funderburk, with four years of college experience is working hard this week polishing up their offense for the strong Hartsville "Black Hawks," a team composed of former high school and college players, who will Invade Camden at the new gym Saturday, February 6, at 8 p. m. These two teams have played on oven terms for the past two years. .So a good game is expected which will be refereed by Larry Staley, the ,Camden high school coach. The admission price will be children 10 cents; adults 20 cents. Meet me at the game. Hilton 8tlll Improving Deputy Sheriff Hollls Hilton who Is in a Charlotte hospital where his arm was recently amputated is reported as doing well and it is expected that he will be able to return to Lancaster the fore part of next week. Stitches were necessary at the place where the arm was amputated and when these are removed he will probably be discharged from the Charlotte hospital. ? Friday's I^ancaster News. The Virginians' Horse Show The Third Annual Virginians' Horse! Show will bo hold at (ho stables of J. North Fletcher, of Wurrenton, Va., and Camden, on Saturday, February j 13, starting at 10 a. in. Mr. Fletcher's stables are about half a mllo from tho Springdale Race Course. There will be sixteen classes for hunters and two for polo ponies. Tho' Judges will be Colonel Sloan Douk, of liuxton, Mil.; Otto Furr, of Middleburg, Va.; Thomas Hitchcock, of Wostbury, L. I., and Aikeu; and I)evereaux Mllburn, West bury, L. I. a trophy and four ribbons will be awurded in each class. All hunters will be shown over the outside course. The polo pony classes will be restricted to ponies in, actual play in the Camden Mid-South J ournament for the Russell Trophy, which will be going on before and after the horse show. The clusses in their order are: Rest steeplechase type, model hunters, mares suitable to produce hunters, mares suituble to become hunters, bridle path hucks, open Jumping class, working hunters, green hunters, middle and heavyweight hunters, lightweight hunters, hunters not to . Jump, light weight polo ponies, mid ! die and heavyweight polo ponies, ladlos' hunters, handy hunters, pairs [of hunters, hunt teams, family class. Probable exhibitors are: Mrs. Carroll K. Hassett, Far Hills, N. J? and Warrenton, Va.; Ward C. Belcher, Lukeville, Conn., and New York City; F. Ambrose Clark, WeBtbury, L. I.; Mrs. Lamont Domlnlck, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. DuBose, Jr., Camden; Randolph Ruffey, Middleburg, Va.; Mrs. Felix duPont, Wilmington, Del.; J. North Fletcher, Warrenton, Va.; Mrs. H. Granger Galther, Westbury, L. I.; Miss Wilhelmine 8 Kirby, Bedford Hills, N. Y.; Harry d! Klrkover, Geneseo, N. Y. Also D. Walter Mabee, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Northwood Stable, Westbury, L. I.; Richard K. Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Dwlght Partridge, Great Barrington, Mass., and Camden; Mrs. Simon Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Poplar Lane Farm (Ernest L Woodward), Le Roy, N. Y.; R. Watson Pomeroy, Millbrook, N. Y.; W. B. Rauthrauff, Rumson, N. J, . Also Mrs. G. Randolph Scott, Montpelier Station, Virginia; Thomas H., Somervllle, Montpelier Station, Va.; Miss Frances Thord-Gray, Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. John R. Todd, Summitt, N. J. i Charles Turner, White Hall, s. C.; EJdward 8. Voss, Westbury, L. I.; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Untermyer, tfew York City; David R Williams, Tulsa, Okla. and Camden; Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, Warrenton, Va. and New York; Mrs. Raymond C Woolfe, Westfleld, N. J.; j. l. McLean, Washington, D. C.; Carlton Eacho, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David Stone, Boston, Mass.; Kirkwood Stable, Camden; Mrs. Taylor Gibson, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; Mrs. James E. Ryan, Unlonville, Pa.; Miss Jane Wilbur, Warrenton, Va.; Mrs. Charles G. Knight, Camden; Miss Charlotte Ives Montgomery, Villa Nova, Pa. and Fort Bragg, N. C.; Dick Floyd, Warrenton, Va.; Henry Savage, Jr., Camden; and others. The Virginians' Horse Show is run by a committee consisting of : Randolph Duffey, J. North Fletcher, Miss Wilhelmine 8. Kirby, Miss Viola Winmill and Miss Jane F. Wilbur. Entries should be made to Miss Wilhelmine S. Kirby, Camden, S. C., Telephono 663. The lists close at noon Saturday, February 6. Entry fees are one dollar, with post entries accepted at double the stated fee. Parking spaces, four dollars, with no other admission charge. Now In England Five of the American horses entered for the Grand National were educated in Camden. They are: Drinmore Lad, Battleship, What Have You, Free Wheeler and Bagatelle. Drinmore Lad was schooled in Camckm and won tho Carolina Cup race here in 1935. War Vessel, owned by Mrs. G. Randolph Scott, has won three races in the past month in England. Artful Dodger owned by F. Ambrose Clark, has won eight races since go ing to England. Battleship, also owned y Mrs. Scott, has won two racea in England. ?!!*?*, .T}<! . -\ * Water*? Baptist Church Sunday school 10 a. m., J. b. Rob inaon. superintendent Preaching eer ~a J ""I*' - _ . ? - - ... - j3 Camden Mid-South Polo Tournament Beginning on Hunduy, February 7, Mix polo teams will compete for the Russell Memorial Trophy in the Camden Mid South l'olo Tournament. Camden will enter two teams, the Camden Ramblers and the Camden Yellow Jackets. Aiken will send a team, as will Augusta. Atlanta will be represented by the Atlanta Horse Cuurds. Winslon-Hulein and Durham, N. C., will make up a team between them. Play will sturt Sunday afternoon, February 7, at 11 p. nr., with the lirst elimination game, which will be followodjon Monday and Tuesday by the other two elimination games. Thereafter, the throo winners will play a round robin for the trophy, and the three losers will play a consolation round robin on Field No. 2. There will bo no play on Saturday, February 13, due to the Third Annual Virginians' Horse Show which Is a Camden fixture for the middle Saturday in February. The trophy, a Paul Revere bowl, made by Kirk, of Baltimore, is the present of Mrs. Sumuel Russell of Mlddleton, Conn., and Camden, In memory of her husband, for many years an enthusiastic polo player. Mrs. Russell has also given goblets for the individuals on the winning team. A suitable trophy will be provided for the consolation play. Camden's two teams will be the strongest they can muster from residents and winter visitors. The tournament is a twelve goal limit, no team to give more than five goals. Camden will try to put two twelve goal teams on the field. Players now In Camden are: Dick Floyd, a 5 goal man; R. WatBon Poiueroy, 3 goals; Joe Bates, 2 goals; Charlie Little, 2 goals; and C. P. DuBose, Jr., 1 goal. The rest are no goal men. 1 Persons expected to bolster up the teams are: Charles Oglesby, Courtney Burton and LouIb Collier, of The j Hunting Valley Polo Club, Chagrin (Falls, Ohio. Captain R. Selway; ratI ed at 2 goals, United States Air Force, recently transferred from Kelly Field I to Fort Bragg, N. C., will stable his ponies In Camden and drive down for play. Lee County Killer Will Go To Chair Bishopville, Feb. 2.?A Lee county Jury lost little time today In condemning Qeorge McDuffie, young mulatto, to die in the electric chair for the confessed ax slaying last December 16 of Mrs. Margie Ann Brown, elderly widow. A murder verdict was returned after 36 minutes deliberation, an? Judge C. C. Featherstone imposed the mandatory death penalty setting April 9 for the date. Shortly after the end of the trial. Solicitor Frank A. McLeod spoke to the negroes In the courtroom. He urged that some members of the race go to Columbia to witness McDuffie's execution, and then return to tell others about it. Some of his hearers told him they were willing to go. The solicitor said a similar experiment had "had a good effect on a certain negro section of Snmter county," and he expressed the opinion that "it would be one of the best things that could happen to the negroes of Lee county." McDuffie received the verdict dooming him calmly, although he gave some signs of nervousness. He had made a confession, officers testified, shortly after his arrest, admitting that he killed Mrs. Brewn and had robbed her of a small sum of money. Asked by Judge Featherstone If he had anything to say before the passing of sentence, the negro answered: "I have one word to say, I didn't drag her into the fire. I swear to that." -s Officers reported that when Mrs. Brown's mangled body was found the head was in the flreplaco where a i heap of coals was smouldering, r There was no demonstration from > the crowd In the courtroom when the . verdict was announced. All specta- ? [ tors were directed to remain in their i J seats until the negro had been taken back to Jail by officers. . The trial consumed little more than a day. Most of yesterday was devot. ed to the case of the state. The .vsr w diet was returned at 11:40 this mornI ** I Moth houses of congreoa loot week _ gave approval to the bill for the ex. r tension of the leading powers of the