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VOLUME 4# CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1937 NUMBER 11
jyfiss Karesh Wins
As Tap Dancer
uiUM Phyllis Karesh, sensational 15
old Camden girl, la destined to
^ fame aw a tap dancer. She was
wInner In the state-wide amafl.,
contest that was held recently,
!!imi Ih'Ht place against a, held of
w" sixty competitors in the finals
?i?!t wore conducted In the auditorium
? be Camden high school.
Miss Karesh, a sophomore in the
Camden high school, started her caas
u tap dancer under the direction
of Key 1 a*wis, the Cleveland danc'
ippii'ssario, who was respohslble
for bringing out the famous Eleanor
Whitney, screen and stage dancing
sensation And there Is an added decree
of interest in the Camden girl
for tbe reason that there is a distinct
relationship existing between her and
Dfiss Whitney.
Miss Karesh aspires to become one
of the greatest, If not the greatest tap
dancer of the period. Her routine at
(he stale finals here was of such a
sensational and cleverly executed
turn that spectators demanded repeated
encores.
Miss Karesh will go north this coming
summer and contemplate carrying
on her tap work with Lewis. She is
a daughter of A. Sam Karesh, one
of Camden's leading merchants and
president of the Camden Rotary Club,
and Mrs. Karesh.
In the contest for the honor of being
named "Miss South Carolina,"
tirst place went to Miss Ellen Miller,
of Greenwood, Miss Miller is a most
attractive young lady, her blond loveliness
easily won for her the choice
of the Judges as well as the applause
of the audience. Second place went
to Miss l/oulsy Gtlland, of Klngstree,
and Miss Doris McFadden, of Great
Falls was named third.
Thirty-four young ladies representing
cities and towns In South Carolina
were present for the judging last
Friday evening at the school auditorium.
To Organize Junior Soft Balj League
Camden youths between the ages of
14 and 21 are to be organized into
a soft ball group at a meeting to be
held in the Kershaw Guard Armory,
Wednesday evening, June 2, at 8
o'clock, according to Frank H. Heath,
head of the recreational unit of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The boys will meet to formulate a
league of eight teams, if there are sufficient
players registered. While the
meeting is to be held In the high <
Khool, the membership list will be
open to all boys of the city who are
within the age range, 15 to 20 years
inclusive. i
"The boys will elect their own pres- 1
ident and other officers," said Mr.
Heath. "Captains will be named and i
teams selected just as soon after the <
meeting as Is possible. We expect '
to play afternoons at 4:30 o'clock, or
after the heat of the day is more or
less In abatement. We will use the
field now being used by the Twilight
league. There will, with an eight
team league, be four games each
week, the same as in the Twilight
league."
8tate Teachers Get Large 8um
During the current school session,
1936-1937, the various schol districts
In the Btate received $5,076,092 in '
Btate aid for teachers, it was announced
yesterday by James H. Hope, state
superintendent of education.
This sum was supplemented by the (
Ihree-mill statewide tax levy In the
districts. - J
Greenville county qualified for the
argest amount, $421,784; Spartanburg 1
he next largest amount $374,769.
Mchland received $183,366. Kershaw 1
ounty received $81,911; Lancaster
1H.261; I^ee $57,677; Sumter $112,- '
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HEATH GET8 LETTER '
FROM FAMOU8 BALL MOGUL
i
Gorueiious Mac Gillicuddy, better
'n<l more familiarly known as Connie
"ack redoubtable leader and stratethe
famous Philadelphia Athand
a close and intimate friend
"?k H. Heath, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, may
'amden next winter and spend
1 days here enjoying the haz- I
>f the Kirkwood golf course,
letter to the Camden secretary
iinous baseball leader extends <
nidations to the Mr. Heajh over
located In Camden. i
ale Mack is without a doubt the '
>f all baseball strategists. Mr. <
recounts the manner In which
Tand old man of the national i
directs his team in action?Just <
casual manipulation of a score
from a seat in the Athletic dug- i
He has utilized this means for '
and as yet rival managers have
inable to solve the code.
Heath became a close friend
nnle Mack when the two were (
>r1da together. Frequent com- '
18 on the golf course, dinner '
J'ea and baseball cronies, they ]
'ogether day after day and week ]
*eek, until the Athletic leader 1
>r Fort Myers, where his team ]
d that time doing its spring '
(1>ng this friendship was the 1
d admiration of both for B. J. <
' Husting, former Athletic pitch- 1
now the United States district *
y for Wisconsin. Hosting came 1
no same place in Wisconsin 1
Mr. Heath was sport dictator
lftny years. , ?
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Large Check Found
Under Pullman Car
>
A cheek for $10,481 scaled in an
envelope and mailed at Columbia on
May 12, and addressed to tile Ker-j
ahaw Production Credit Company of
thia city waa received by tlie latter
a few daya ago after it had been
found wedged under the floor of a
Pullman car that had been taken Into
the repair ahopa of the Seaboard Air
Line railway at WaahinKton.
This car- waa one of the Pullman's
in the fust mail und sleeper train of
the Seaboard that mangled and
ground to bita a mail pouch and contcnta
on the morning of Muy 13 near
the Camden depot.
The dfacovery of the envelope containing
the check waa made by one
of the repuir mechanics in the Washington
shop. He turned it over to a
railway official who in turn gave it
into the custody of the postal authorities.
The letter and check were delivered
to the local address later.
The Chamber of Commerce proparing
a petition to be presented to
the South Carolina Public Service
Commission, which body hua promised
to use every effort to have
trains No. 107 and 108 stopped at
Camden. If the Seaboard is obstinate
to the request the commission will
conduct a public hearing and if the
evidence warrants,; the commission
will give a positive order for the
stopping of these trains.
The Chamber of Commerce " found
that efforts to have the mail train
atop through appeal to the postal authorities
was without avail and Secretary
Heath, following a similar experience
when in Florida, immediately
made appeal to the public service
commission.
WPA Recreation
Committee Met
A most interesting meeting of the
recreation and play unit of the Works
Progress Administration was held at
the community house in Wateree Mill
Village Friday afternoon, with Mrs.
Jean Mackey, of Lancaster, area director,
in charge.
Interesting reports were submitted !
by all supervisors present and prob-1
lem situations were outlined and dis-|
cussed to a successful conclusion.
Miss Beth McDowell gave an interesting
talk on "Why Playground;"
Jennie Lee Carter, on "Qualifications i
of a Recreational Director;" Mrs. Roy j
Sowell, on,"Ways to Interest Parents |
in Activities of Children;" Mrs. Con
nie Baucom, on "Rural Organization;"
and Mrs. Jean Mackey, on "The New
Outlook for Recreation."
Quests at the meeting, and who responded
to the request of Mrs. Mackey
with brief talks, were: Mayor J. H.
Osborne, Joe McKain, A. Stanley
Llewellyn and Frank H. Heath.
ATTEND8 8ALES-ADVERTI8ING
MEET AT OLD,POINT COMFORT
H. F. Speaks, of thfe American Oil
Company here, returned on May 26,
from Old Point Comfort, Va., where
he attended a Sales and Advertising
meeting at the Chamberlain Hotel.
He met with the executives of the
company to discuss advertising and
Bales' plans for the coming months.
Mr. Speaks stated that newspapers
will be one of the mainstays of the
coming campaign. The American Oil
Company has always devoted a large
proportion of its advertising expenditures
to newspaper space, and with
great success. Mr. Speaks stated
further that outdoor, radio and dealer
help advertising will also be used.
This year's advertising will feature
the improvements made in the American
Oil Company refinery at Texas
City, Texas and the extra values that
can now be built into American Oil
Company products. Just a few years
ago the American Oil Company, maker
of Amoco Gas, Orange American
Gas Amoco Motor Oils and other petroleum
products, built the world's
greatest refining unit; but recently
this unit has been further enlarged
and modernized, and the capacity increased.
These improvements, and
what they mean to motorists, will be
the theme or the new campaign.
Attending the meeting at the Chamberlain
Hotel in Old Point Comfort,
Va were: Dr. Robert E. Wilson,
president; C. F. Hatmaker, vice president;
-Charles H. Wagner, general
manager; J. N. Carney, general sales
manager of Central and Southern Divisional
F. A. Colonell, sales manager
of Central and Southern Divisions;
K. F. Kalkhof, advertising manager
and 300 division managers, assistant
division managers and salesmen.
This meeting will be followed by
meetings in the various cities through ,
the territory. ______
Newberry Offer* Summer Course
Because of many requests for the
course, Newberry College will offer in
Its summer session this year am ade- '
juate curriculum in Library Science
to meet the requirements of the State
Department of Education. .This trainIng
is required of those teachers who
would serve in the public school librarles
of the state.
An increased teaching staff and a
more extensive curriculum are the
>utstanding features of the summer
jesslon at Newberry this year. The <
enrollment steadily grows each year 1
ind there is expected a larger attend- i
utce tor the coming summer.
Courses are offered for teachers In ]
ill the public school JKjradO*. A fea- I
ore of the work in educaUoR ? * ?- J
>natratlon class tfW in the field of ]
Elementary Education. This Is alPrays
one o.rthe most popular courses l
nfi!? ?co<urwe?etoward a^de- 1
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Annual Barbecue
Was Held Here
The ^second annual barbecue spous- j
ored by the Kershaw County Forost
Protective Association in cooperation
with the South Carolina Stute FdroHt
Service was held at the Four li club
camp near this city, on Thursday.'
Ma? 27.
A general Invitation wuk Bent out !
to all citizens, who are interested in
the work of the forestry service to
attend the uftalr.
Thi committee in charge: It. W.
Itieger, district forester and W. c!
Perry, county ranger, arranged to
sign the route to the camp. Those
signs appeurcd along the county road
which joins highway No. 621, at about
live miles north of Camden und utmost
opposite the chaingang camp.
Events of the day began ut a o'clock
in the morning and there were programs
for both white as well as colored
people. The first event was paying
of Retainer Fee Crews, ufter which
the address of welcome wus given by
Henry Savuge, Jr., Association^ President.
R. .W. Rleger, district forester,
gave'a resume of the year's work,
this wus followed by u talk by H. A.
Smith, state Forester, after which an
Introduction of the board of directors
of the Kershaw County Forest Protective
Association und guest was given.
The field events consisted of a hog
calling contest for men, also a foot
ruce.^then there was the wheel barrow
race, sack race, candy scramble
and a three legged race for boys,
chicken calling contest, heel and toe
race, a foot race and a candy scramble
for women and girls.
A barbecue dinner was served at
noon.
PORTRAIT OF MRS. MAYFIELD 18
PRE8ENTED CHILDREN'8 HOME
At a tea on Sunday afternoon The
Junior Welfare League presented the
portrait ol/Mrs. W. J. Mayfleld to the
Children's! Home, where a group of
friends gngthered at 5 o'clock in her
home. J
This Portrait painted by Robert
Evans ,Breck, of New York, was a tribute
to Mrs. Mayfield from the town
organizations in honor of her long and
unselfish service -to the town and
county welfare and will hang as a
lasting memorial in the Children's
Home which she founded.
The Junior Welfare league, with
Mrs. Donald Morrison, as chairman,
sponsored the painting of the portrait
and all civic organizations henrtily
contributed.
Officers from the City Council, Exchange,
Rotary clubs, Red Cross, American
Legion Auxiliary, Garden Club,
Masonic Lodge, as well as representatives
from all the churches were
guests at the tea.
After the picture had been officially 1
presented to the home Mrs. Mayfleld
in a gracious manner made a few remarks.
Her words were:
"Dear Friends and Co-Workers:
"There are occasions in the lives of
all of us when to express what we
really feel cannot be done in words.
I And myself in that position this afternoon,
for when I try to tell you
how much I appreciate this compliment
you have seen fit to pay me and
deem me worthy of and the evidence
of your appreciation of what I may
have done for those of my county to
whom life has been less kind than to
me, I find no words at my command.
However, I shall always endeavor to
be worthy of it and the confidence
you have in me. I also want to bring
to you the appreciations of one who
is prevented by illness from being
with us this afternoon but whose interest,
cooperation and encourage-1
ment has been mine through all the I
years?and to whom this meant more !
than I can tell you. I refer to my i
father.
"And, now let me repeat a little !
story I read once which has remained i
in my mind. "A little boy was seen '
trudging up a hill with a small bro-:
ther on his back. A man passed
along and said, "Why my boy, what
a burden you have?" "Oh, no sir,"
he said. "This is not a burden, this
is my brother." And that is what this
work has been to me. I have receiv-1
ed from it the greatest joy and pleasure
and it has enriched my own life.
My investment has been smalt, my
dividends very large, so my friends I
humbly thank you."
Robert P. Horton Dies
Lancaster, May 22.?Funeral services
were held here this afternoon for
Robert P. Horton, 73, who died Friday
afternoon after a lingering illness
at the home of his son, Piere
Horton, with wh<?m he lived. Services
were held at the Methodist church,
of which he had been a lifelong member.
Mr. Horton was born and reared in
Lancaster county.. Surviving him are
two sons J P. Horton of this city,
and -Odell Horton of Greensboro, N.
C.; four grandchildren, also two brothers,
James and Hunter Horton of I^ancaster;
three sisters, Mrs.. Lula Neal
and Mrs. Eliza powers of Kershaw,
and Mrs. Charlie Stark of Lancaster
county. _
Baptist Church 8ervices
The following services are announced
for week beginning Sunday, May
10, at the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, with W G
Wilson, Jr., superintendent in charge
Public worship conducted by the Dastor,
J. B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m. Sublet:
"Meeting Disappointments and
Difficulties." The evening service
called in on account of** commence'or
local schools.
B. T. U. Thursday evening at 7;SO
Prtjw meeting Wednaaday evening
^ 5 j''--Tha public is cordially
srs.&r4*'" *uom
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Railway Stations
Being Improved
Extensive renovating and reconditioning
of the physical equipment of
the Southern Railway is being carried
out at the freight 'and passenger depots
in tliis city.
Roth of the depots have'been entirely
repainted inside and out and
present a greatly improved appearance
The work of improvement will
be extended to the grounds of the
passenger station and it is believed i
that the present hedge which borders i
one- side of the auto area will bo ^
moved farther to a point nearer the
depot and the area then covered with i
screenings. j
1 he freight depot 4s being given ]
consideration, and atteht-ion and portions
of it are being practically rebuilt.
New timbers ure being put in I
place and a new roof is to be added.
'1 lie work of renovating and improv- 1
ing the property of the Seaboard Rail- i
way in Camden Is to bo started within
a few months, uecording to com- i
puny announcement. The passenger i
station is to be equipped with new ]
electrical fixtures, toilet rooms, etc.,
and all buildings will be repainted
both on the Interior as well us exterior.
Extensive improvement and a new
scheme of landscaping for the
grounds about tlie depot are to be
worked out.
Camden Twilight Softball League I
Won Lost Pet 1
Professionals 3 0 1000
Wolves 3 0 1000
?uard8 2 1 667
Rex Billiards . . , 2 2 500
Esso White Sox . . 1 1 500
Jenkins Cubs . . . l '2 333 1
Redfearn Motors . . 1 3 260
Merchants .... 0 4 000 i
Scores of Games This Week
Redfearn Motors 10; "Merchants 6.
Rex Billiards 6; Kershaw Gds. 2.
Game Friday Evening
Esso White Sox vs. Professionals
Girls 8oftball Loop
Won Lost Pet
McDowell ... 1 0 1000
delxiach. . .... 0 0 000
Glllis 0 0 000
Zemp,. ..... o 1 000
Score of Wednesday's Game
McDowell 22; Zemp 10.
Game Friday Evening
On Lyttleton Street Diamond
deLoach Esso Girls vs. Gillis
Aid To Motorists
I I hrough the efforts of the Chamber
of Commerce and with the coopera.
tipn of Mrs. Phoebe Schcnk, the ,
I shrubbery and buBhes at the corner
of Hunipton and "Broad streets, which
blocked the view of motorists enterI
ing on this intersection, have been removed.
j This corner, has for some time,
been a menace to motorists for the
reason that cars coming on to Broad
street had the vision of drivers blocked
by shrubbery. Several collisions
of a minor nature have occurred at
the corner.
Many Visitors at Gardens
Numbers of Camden people and
thousands from this state and other
states motored to Sumter to visit
Swan Lake last Sunday where the
Japanese iris are at Their height.
From 7:30 in the morning until the
gates closed in the evening a continual
stream of sight-seers wandered
over the beautiful grounds. This
beauty spot was made possible by the
| tireless efforts of H. C. Bland, of the
Bland Motor Company. Inhere is no
admission charge and the only recompense'Mr.
Bland gets out of his venture
is In seeing others enjoy this
beauty spot. It is needless to say
that the visitors appreciate the generosity
of Mr. Bland. He requests
all visitors to register when either
enterelng or leaving the gardens.
To Sell Poppies Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary will
| sell poples on the street tomorrow,
Saturday, May 29. These little red
popples made by the veterans In our
government hospital are sold each
year on Memorial Day, May 30, but on
account of It falling on Sunday, this
' year Saturdav will be observed.
All are asked to give a dime or
more for one of these popples as the
money derived from the sale Is turned
over to the veterans and Is the only
means of many to make a little extra
money.
Camden Boy on List
- Marion, Ala., May 21.?The final averages
for the academic year revealed
that thirty-four Marion Institute students
will be awarded gold stars for
htfving averaged 85 or above with no
grade below 80 in all subjects for the
second semester of the school year i
1936-1937, Major L. H. Baer, dean announced
today.
Cadet R. McKaln Richards, of Camden,
8. C.. is op this list.
Thompson To Graduate
Clinton, May 20.?Sixty-one Presbyterian
college seniors will be candi- ,
dates for bachelor's degrees at Presbyterian
college's 67th commencement
in Clinton, Monday, May 31.
Among the names seeking a degree
of bachelor of science will be found
the name of Wiliam Thompson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson, of
Camden.
TO 0B8ERVE MEMORIAL DAY
Sunday^ May 30, being National Memorial
Day,, the Camden postofflce (
will observe Monday, May 31, as a ;
holiday. The reilra) delivery window
will bo opened for one boar in
the morning?from 8 to 9.
Thirteen thousand apprentices in
the shlpyardh along the Clyde to Scot,
land, ended their walkout Wednesday '
plant** b*4*"?* angtoeartog
Camden Lady
looses Father
Funeral services for Asad S. Koosa, I
70, well known Columbian, who died
suddenly at 7:110 yesterday morning
ut I)1h residence, 2817 Main street,
will tie conducted at 11 o'clock Saturday
morning from St Peter's Hornnn
Catholic church by Father Martin
C. Murphy Interment will be In St.
Peters' Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Koosu had been in III health
for several .years, but his death came
is an unexpected shock to his family
and many friends in Columbia. Me
had gotten up us usual yesterday
morning and was seated in the living
room of his home with his son, Stephen,
when he suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Koosa wiis a native of Mt.
Uibunnon. Syria, and came to the
United States in 1895. He settled in
ThomaHvllle, (la., und came to Columbia
In 1913, a short time after the
death of his wife. He was a member
of St. Peter's Catholic church and
of the Knights of Columbus and. urn
til his retirement several years ago,
had operated a business In Columbia.
During his residence here he had
many friends who will Join with his
family In mourning his passing. A
kindly and generous man. he hud
served his church with loyalty and
devotion and in his death Columbia
loses one of its best liked citizens.
lie is survived by four sonB, Capt.
F. L. Koosa of Fort Penning, Oa?
Stephen Koosa, Arthur Koosa and Leo
Koosa, all of Columbia; seven daughters,
Mrs A Sheheen of Camden,
Mrs. A. Juran of Tampa, Fla., Mrs.
Edawrd Knlckley of Charlotte, N. C.,
Mrs. T. I. Moses, Miss Helen Koosa
and Miss Julia Koosa, all of Columbia;
13 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
His wife died January
4, 1913.?Friday's Columbia
State.
Miss McQuage Dies
At State Park
Belliune, May 26.?Miss Lillie Mae
McGuage, 21, daughter of Mib. J. I).
Linton, died at State Park sanitorium
Thursday, May 20, after a long illness.
The death of Miss McQuage >
cast a pall of sadneBs over the town |
where she was held. In high regard.
She was a member of the Presbyter-.
inn church and a girl of an unusually
sweet personality and gracious manner.
She graduated at Bethuno high
school In tlie class of 1935, having lost
two years during her Hcho'ol life on
account of ill health. Many friends
grieve with her family at the early '
passing of this lovely girl.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church Friday morning,'
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Simpson,!
uf Society Hill, assisted by the Rev.
C. S. Floyd and the Rev. F. H. Llndter,
of Bethune. Interment was at
Bethainy cemetery.
Pall bearers were: C C. Gardner,
Jr., Vander Lee Smith, Charlie McKinnon,
Mack Davis, M. G. King and
J. A. Young.
Flower girls in addition to Miss
Josephine Smith were members of
h&r graduating class: Nannie Rutfi
Hilton, Annie Ruth Ratcliffe, Frances
Bethune, Vera Thompson, Sara Brannon,
Kate Helms. The floral tribute
was profuse and very beautiful.
Surviving Miss McQuage are her
mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Linton; one sister, Mary Linton;
four brothers, J. D., Jr., Harry,
Otis and Fred Linton; her grandmother,
Mrs. J. H. Lundy; one aunt, Mrs.
Bill Smothers, Qreenvllle, and one
uncle, Mr. McQuage.
Mrs. Kitty Pitts
Dies At Her Home
Bethune, May 26.?Mrs. Kitty Pitts,
82, widow of William Pitts, died at
her home near Bethune, May 12, after
several months Illness. She was a
member of the Baptist chitf-ph, a kind,
motherly woman, who will be greatly
missed In her community.
Funeral services were held at- Mt.
Plsgah church, conducted by a former
pastor, Rev. M. B. GlintCr, of Effingham,
assisted by the Rev. W. V. German
and Rev. C. S. Floyd, of Bethune.
Interment was In the church cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Pitts are five daughters;
three sons; a large number of
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
BENNETT8VILLE PASTOR I
18 CALLED TO KER8HAW j
At the morning services of the First
Baptist church at Kershaw Sunday
a call was issued to Rev. Sanders, of
Bennettsvllle, to take over the pastorate
of that church. Rev. Bradley-,
who has filled the pulpit of the Kershaw
Baptist church for six years Is
leaving June 1 for Albemarle, where
he recently accepted a call.
Rev. Sanders was formerly pastor
of the First Baptist church In Rock
Hill. He comes to Kershaw highly
recommended.
Rev. Bradley made many friends In
Kershaw during his tenure there and
his many friends regreat that he ia i
leaving.?Lancaster News. ? I
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Tlmrod Church 8?rvlc?s ? !
There will be a dedicatory service I
for Tlmrod Baptist church, Sunday I
May 30, beginning at 10 a. m. and
ending 3 p. tn. Speakers for the
morning will 1^1 Dr. T; L. Gregory,
Hon. Ben B. Adam*;' D*.' C. A. Jones,
A. S. Llewellyn' and GoVernor Olin D.
Johnston. For the afternoon, speak;,
era will be: O. U 8tocner, Hot. Is B.
Casta* and If. B. Gnnter. Est. f L
IfcWer, pastor mnd the chmtlTVNlcomae
yon to eome and worship with
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Rockefeller Dies at
His Florida Home
Onnond Iloaeh, Flu , Muy 24? John
1). Rockefeller, Sr., the founder of the
world's greatest "dollar dynasty," luy
stilled In death toduy-?JuBt 28 months
short of his cherished desire to llvo
to be 100. He would have been 98
yours old July 8. > .
The aged capitalist died Sunday
morning ut 4:05 o'clock EST, at his
winter home, "The Casements," drifting
peacefully ofT to his final sleep
after complaining that he felt "very
t ifed ."
His physician, Dr. Harry L. Merry*
day, attributed death to sclerotic myocarditis,
a hardening of the heart
muscles.
The Nonagenarian Croesus, who
rose from u $4.50 u-week clerk to mas- y
tershlp of a fortune estimated as
high as $2,400,000,000, died a comparatively
"poor man."
A family spokesman said he left
a "relatively small, very liquid" estate.
1-ong ago, since his retirement from
active business at the ago of 57, ho
had turned the bulk of his fabulous
riches over to his only son, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., or spreud-eagled it
in philanthropic endowments to the
far ends of the earth.
In IiIh life-time, out of the golden
torrent thut gained him the soubriquet
of the greatest "money titan" in
all history, he bad given away the
amazing sum of $530,880,000.
Other gifts by his son raised the
total to more than $700,000.00.
A special train was ready today to
take the elder Rockefeller's body to
bis home in I'ocantico Hills, N. Y..
where a simple private funeral will
be held Wednesday. Iiurlal will fol?W,o?rnc
ThurB<lay In Cleveland, where
in 1865 he trudged the streets for six
weeks before he landed his first Job
bookkeepers UHHi?tant.
Death came suddenly and unexpected^
to the aged one-time master of
millions No Immediate members of
bis family were present.
Despite his age, he had been in
comparatively good health all winter.
He had outlivod more than 20 physicians
who attended him, down the
years, and he was pronounced a "fine
physical specimen" for his ago when
examined last June ut his Dakewood,
N. J? estate by Dr. Eugene Herbener
ti, n la?Va.geH of m>arly a century?
the first half passed iu tumultous confrnm
ama88lnS his colossal fortuno
from oil, mines, coal, railroads and u
nyrald other fields -had forced him m
to curtail his activities. He had for- 4
m i,i ,Kolf' his church-going and
his whimsical practice of giving awav
shiny new dimes ' away
Fr><l^ he became restloss.
He complained that he could
not sleep. His condition was regardJj.1y.no
nieana as alarming, however
nd he was taken downstairs in an
elevator and wheeled out into the ga?
he pS.M,ertl,ou"' he beaked ,u
freahed sunshlne and appeared rebrie#vSawir.iayh710ri"ng
he conferred
W^rd Madison8en'?r "ecret?^A'tt^oT^rnd/DhaCtt,0i,ry
NeweYork?anIre telephoM cal1 'from
3 ?rr.& *as
nothing about hla father's conditio
??frr^n a trip to Florida
sllghVcoma.nIght'
something To" & J0.?" "'
ago. John H Yordkb ' ? ye,r"
h J?e a8ked to he raised higher in his
Shin'"" When " aope, wlflapered
'There. that's better."
laet?worrdaa" were hi.
? bS ?
Sa^rd^arn?aahef?^aa;.h;<,a,ghi8a,^tt
the outside world at 8:30 a m whan
estate yOUth sfap'oyed on the
te x To'r or athr,?a^oir:r 4z
Casements' and thenTv^re"^ ,
teteyw?aa ''relaUv^
to&ifo'nf?rniatlo 11 was forthcoming^
had di8P?8<'d of most of his vast
:r^^eharSd^riy??I
sssns ft availMad.
A Whale Of An Error
well aa at^i'imls very lu??Woua as
,La"t Week weZade TS"S
cJun8^"XrH^By ? f S
of more than twenty years h ?i
ordrer'?to a,"8 ?amed by a court
?ha, du,rtegfl,JhehtePn'?;%a?'V^r".
rlson had disbursed 17 Run . '
fnl small amount It wmmTS 1,01erK5
T I'??*^rdhavTTeben
We rmtret th* " ,u,t8 ? Terence '
this (terwrcUon. aBd SMtr m'ho
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wiiihil2e4C03Ullt3r Convention
fv . ona hundred and for?
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