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L FRIDAY WILL BE SCHOOL DAY AT KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR-WATCH FOR THE BIG PARADE! The Camden Chronicle l? V. . ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA', FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1837 NUMBER 30 ISft Inn To Be Re-Opened I 1 As Commercial-Tourist Hotel , iCourt Inn, renovgted and mod i unci operating aw a commercilly and tourist hotel, will be for business on October 16, dk to Manaior W. P. (Jack) who is in Caxnden aupervisk on the structure preliminary formal debut into the ranks } Carolina's leading hostelrles. nn, one of the most Historic ate, and ^Jhiohi has in the past almost exclusively to a tourwinter guest class of wealth spick and span when it encommercial, tourist and farn1 ft cat ion. tho hotel is in full operation, ill be within a few weeks, nploy a staff of between fifty y people. An expert chef jrought hero to take charge I nlng room service, but other 1 s will be taken from a list mis from Camden. It is the of the management to eminch Camden help as Is conith the high class operation ce. i Is a hundred room hostlery room Is ?Quipped with atfurnlture and -comfortable ere are single rooms, conjoins, two and three room 1 an almost complete comf bath rooms with modern equipment. 8ome of the e living rooms with attraclaces. All have outside ex1 plenty of light. I ins, blankets, draperies, and Will be in evidence when apens. Crews of workmen ng day and night to get| . I the place in order for the opening date. It is proposed to install a room phone service with a central switchboard in the hotel office within the next few months. The new management has taken a distinct departure from the usual high tariff prevalent at tpurlst hotels and will offer a galaxy of accommodations, both on the European as well j as American plan, at reasonable rates. The building is being repainted on the exterior as well as interior. The | grounds are being put in shape with ' lawns being mowed, additional turf, shrubbery and flowers being planted. As soon as the hotel routine has been established, the management plans on a program of dinner dances twice weekly, with afternoon teas several times a week, offered to guests sb woll as the people of Cauulen. The management emphasized the fact that it Is desired to make the establishment the center of social activities for Camden and vicinity. In addition to the main building, the hotel also Includes two cottagoB, one a six room affair now rented and tho other of nine rooms, which will be utilized for hotel purposes. "Jack" Canter will be in charge of the Court Inn, as manager. He was for years identified with the Langren hotel at Asheville as manager and was assistant manager of the Murphy and Capitol hotels at Richmond. With Mr. Canter in this project is I. (Iko) Coyle, who will alternate with Mr. Canter in looking after the interests of the Inn. Mr. Coyle was In charge of the Vance at Statesvllle and Is now operating the Andrew Jackson at Rock Hill. I More Officer In Duty At Night city police force will have one nal officer on duty each night ow on, according to a stateleased by F. N. McCorkle, ponmissioner. . Haley, who has been working lother department of the city, assigned to the day force and mber of the day police force permanently assigned to night will give the city seven pollcee largest number of policemen r has ever had, and four of fleers will be on duty the maJon of the night, and three on duty all night. irace Church Services ervlces for Sunday, October race Episcopal church will be wh: Holy Communion at 8 hurch school gt 9:4$; morner and sermon by the rector The choir will Blng the Uhem "Praise the Land of n." The first meeting of the 'eople'a Service League will in the parish house'nt 7:30 ks Elizabeth Carrison and Burns in charge, iately after the service on morning Dr. and Mrs. Mauke will leave to atten/9 a soipecial meetings at the genivention'^of . the Episcopal t Cincinnati. Dr. Clarke has fd to prepare a program for de over a regllioua education nd worship. These meetings ,n Tuesday, Wednesday' apd They wDl return to Camme for services on Sunday, -r ;i hod 1st Church Servlees 'owing services Hill be held L-yttleton Street Methodist " Sunday: - Sunday school, m ; morning worship. 11:16 W. D. Gleaton will preach worship, 7:16 p. sermon R<or, r. Bryce Herbert. Note ?e in hour' of Die evening It will be held at 7:80 p. m.. o is cordially Invited to nlli erricee. " 0 d* ^reshyterlnn Church October 10, A. Douglas Mcr? the servloes an church ?fll be: tin >?> tar * U ? First Week Jurors I For Court Session Court of general sessions will con-1 vene here on Monday," October 25,1 with Judge W. H. Grimbell, of Char*| leston, presiding. The jurors for the first week will be as follows: j C. R. Villepigue, M^>B. Williams, E.l F. Miller, Jr., Donala A. Campbell,! C. C. Shaw, R. L.. Gaston, Hughey J Tindal, L. E, Graham, Mendel L.-J Smith, Jr., Farls Sheheen, M. A. Hall, R. S. Marsh, T. G. Arrants, H. M. I Wright, Otis Eubanks, Camden; G. W. Rabon, O. P. Jones, W. J. Branham, I E. J. Jackson, Fletcher Kelly, Mitchell I B. Rabon, %Lugoff; J.. R. Coat*, J. R1 Faulkenberry, B. M. Hilton, B. T. 1 Jones, William Arthur Cauthern, A. j B. Whltaker, D.. M. Broughton, A. R. j Catoe, Gilliam Holley; Weiltey Phll-T lips, G. C. Stover,. Kershatv; J. D.J Price, Blaney; E. S. Rodgers, Jeffer-j soil; G. A. West, Cassatt, M. A. Cly-J burn, Bethune. j Bold Burglary Here Early Sunday Morn Consternation reigned among town j police Sunday morning upon the dis-J covery of a robbery amounting to J somewhat more than $500, which had I taken- place some time between the! hours of 2 and 5 a. m. at the J. J. J Newberry store, located on Broad and J Rutledge streets. No inkling of the! robbery had reached the police uptll! W. Cr Scarborough, a resident of Cam-1 den, noticed that, the side door of thel Newberry store was open apd report-1 ed his observation to the police de-| partment, thus starting the alarm. It iii thought that three persons per- J petrated the crime, two on the ipsidej and one >aa a lpokout.' Obviously the | door of the store had beeii'"prised J open with ..a crowbar. The safe,! [thought to hare been covered with J wet blankets to muffle all sound caus-| ed by the explosion of. nltro-glycer-1 ine, blew the safe door open andj struck a portion of.thejwall, k" Officers Frank C. Jones and C. E.l Laney were on during the night and i neither of them heard the explosion, j Sheriff J. H. McLeod got/in touch with Sheriff J. H. Coker, of DptrBng-J [ton county, who brought, over'J. A. 1 Askins, a fingerprint expert. It isi hoped that the crime can be traced I !p this manner as ,$$ven# specimens! of flngerprttiie wee# ieund on the safe. Lack fly tfce;**ewhptry store kss b??u?; It will suffer no Ml except the safe. I As a result of this robbmry city wbteh1 wrn Ctre a^Sd mToI Record Rainfall For Camden Monday The clouds certainly did tome "weeping" here tor a few hours,. Menday. The bulk of the fall was wlthiu a two-hour period?from 11:30 to 1:30 ? which measured four and six-tenths Inches. 11. A. ltrown, who keeps the rainfall record, river gauge and other data for the government, states that he believes this was a record rainfall. Mr, Brown succeeded his futhqr In thl? I capacity, and all-told, (his recordkeeping has been in the Brown family for moro than thirty-two years. His calculations are corroborated by Street Commissioner W. D. Whitaker, who states that in his long years of service there were drains and ditches to overflow that had never been taxed to sueh capacity. One culvert on South Campbell street which carries the main lead to the river blew out. Many business men and sales-people did not get to their noon meal on time on account of the downpour. Cars were stranded at the curbs, and It was amusing to watch the comical capers their owners were trying out In order to "get going." One out-of-town car was stranded In front- of the postofflce. Ho evidently had a schedule to meet for he rolled up his pants to his knees, shoes on?and reached his car. The motor was slow in starting and he had lots of trouble?besides riding with a wet pair of shoes On his feet. A lady on Main street dropped her parasol as she alighted from u car. It got away from her In the surging waters and it looked like it was headed for the Wateree river. Luckily, the parasol was found on west DeKalb street, several hundred feet from where she dropped it. It was none the worse, except for being very muddy. Another car drove up In front of a DeKalb street hotel waiting for the waters to recede. The occupant was smoking a cigar, fell asleep, and was rudely awakened when his cigar fell out of his mouth and he exhibited a bad burn 6i\ his hand. ?At plaoea on DeKalb street, ^near Hampton Park, north Fair at Mackey street, and In front of the new school building on Laurens street water was so deep that motorists crossed with caution. On Main street, passing the post-. office the roar of the water sounded like some turbulent creek. ?Tire rainstoTm was accompanied by quite a bit of thunder. Motorists arriving here from Asheville -and from as far north as Washington say they were in blinding rainstorms, but it is believed that it centered in the vicinity of Camden. Popular Wedding At Fair Grounds An undisclosed young couple will be .married here Thursday evening, October 15, at 9 o'clock,, at the Kershaw County Fair, with bridesmaids, j minister and ring all provided for them by the Kershaw County Fair association. The young couple, whose names will be kept a secret until Just before the ceremony, will be wed In the foot-J ball arena, which has an overhead tyatein of lighting and a seating capacity for a large number of spectators. Tbo minster for the occasion will be announced later. Bridesmaids will be furnished as representatives of business firms in Camden. Each representative will be an attendant of the bride. M&ig of honor will be chosen just beforo tbo ceremony by drawing out of a hat the name of one of the brldesmaldB. Al so in connection with the fair will be the Miss Popularity contest, which will culminate Friday evening in announcing "Miss Kershaw County." Among tbo young girls selling votes for this affair are Susan Kennedy, Dorothy Creed, Murle Halle, Dorothy VanLandinghain, Ruth Sliepp^ril, Khetta Hlnkoney, Elsie Redfearn. Sara Sheorn, Mary Zemp, Ann Whitaker, Jane Hazell jmd Phyllis Karesh. Any person buying a vote for the girl of his choice may win a $86.00 prize to be given away the fcfght of her crowning. The Kershaw County Fair hns as a main attraction this year the Crystal Exposition Shows, who hgve the reputation of having the cleanest midway In the world. Carrying twelve rides, ten shows, free acts, band and all that goes with them, the show will be in Camden from October 11 through the 16th with the fair. Executives of the fair ccmsritiee are looking forward to an unusually large number of exhibits this year, and an outstanding fair all around. Manning Speaker Here Next Friday The Honorable Wyndham M. Manning, of Sumter, prominent planter ami mod of former Governor Richard I. MnnnlnK. will apeak on our Constitution here In Camden at t,ho celebration of Its 160th birthday Friday, October 16, at 11 o'clock. Complete with parade, brass band, and descriptive floats, Camden Will turn out Friday for this auspicious celebration. At 10 o'clock In the morning the parade will begin moving from the monument at Broad and Laurens streets to the old court house, one of Camden's most beautiful and historic buildings. Leading the parade will be twenty picked horsemen. Next will bo a dozen or more floats worked out by the different high schools of the county, representing Indian., life, the arrlvul of the first settlers, the arrival of the British soldiers, the light for freedom, and at last a free country. Next ,?ho vein of thought of the floats will turn to problems of government. They will depict a council of Htatesmen meeting because of the need of organized government, the constitutional convention, South Carolina's flrst ratification of the new constitution, the establishment of Georgo Washington as President, the GreVt Seal of the United States being accepted, and the spirit of the United States today. Also in the parade will bo dignitarI ies and officials of Camden and Kershaw county, and some 3,000 school children from over the county. Upon arrival at tlio court house, boys of Camden High school, many of them actual descendants of the signers of the constitution, will enact a play in which tho constitution is formed and signed. Next the Kershaw Guards will flro a volley of cannon shots over the graves of British soldiers sleeping in the shadow of' the court house, and tapq will be played over their graves. Finally, closing the celebration, will be a speech by the outstanding South Carolinian, Wyndham M. Manning, about our constitution, its formation, j and continuation. Mr. Manning's speech will begin at 11 o'clock at the old court house. ~ I M .Mi. , ?> ?,.. i, m,~~l - I Human Cannonball at Kershaw County Fair All Next Week (By Prank H. Heath) c Well folks, hack from the chilly north in which my Qalloplng Gertie, otherwise Hiss Chevy, climbed through the mountains, scooted the plains and rambled Into Camden after a two day ran from the batitwick that Old Man Schlits made famous. And into my pfflce ~?une Chairman Dewey- Creed of the oounty fair association with a hair-raising tale of a German gent mimed Captain Vonj Fendrick who Will gall through the: air when shot from the yawning; mouth 'of** Big Bertha at the fair next week. - For k fact folks, I have seen this cannon shooting act at a state exposition In ,the north and believe me,1 it is brimming with thrills. When you see Capt&fs Von Fendrick lower himself into the yawning month of tho cannon, your heart will -beflh to pound Mt and yooll catch your breath and wait until the command "ifnw ia given." . v" . < ^jtoi your ayaa will stlpk out as you poet at the yawning month of thto Mg cannon. Suddenly there to a big roar ~^^cyon helcha^nnaoke and ont the air for about a hundred feet and then la caught in a big life net. Man alive, what a thrill is packed In the few minutes you watch this big act, the outstanding feature of the Camden and Kershaw County Fair which will open next Monday. This thriller will go on every evening at nine o'clock as part of the free attraction program. In addition it Will be offered in the afternoon on Thursday and Friday. If you aee it once, you'll want to watch it again and again. T know, for I've been there when thia number has been one of the big attractions at many state fairs.- -'.-A .v. ~ /- :--r - Of course this act is only one of a few .that will entertain and amuse the crowd. The carnival show will be here right on time for the opening night attractions next Monday. According to all advance dope thftt Mr. Creed has been able to gather, the carnival show win be everything that It ipa been advertised. h?s<proiai ^te be*Mgger aadbetter Sr" iWlniBMBnhll lUltMl^tyy who can, set his or her exhibit ready thia week. The (rounds and buildings are open daily for the exhibitors to work o*t;Atair showings sad there should be no delinquents when' the bell rings to open the big event. There isn't any question but that the fair this year will be a credit to Camden and Kerphaw county. The increase In the awards has made the exhibiting of every kind of article very attractive and we venture to predict that every section of the county will be well represented with Kershaw products. Of courtfe Friday wilt be a red letter day in- that it wilt be a combination of pufcllc school and Constitutional Day. A line program has been prepared both from the educational as well as the conetltuttftna! angle. It Is the sincere hope of every member of the fair committee that Camden and K?g|M county people turd out in big numbers for this fair. Every effort hae been fade to hare the event prove a hj^hwrrsss The a fine show, excellent exhibit* and now if the weather man is t saw sag and- gives a good brand of weather, we bdlmU^^i^jdittiy Henry Savage, Jr., Heads Boy Scouts At a meeting of interested citizens In Camden Tuesday a motion was made that a program for boyir be undertaken. The plan selected was the program of the Iloy Scouts of America. To bring this to a reality this group under the leadership of W. F. Nettles, 5r., acting as temporary chairman, took up the following procedure to organize the Kershaw District of the lloy Scouts of America, which is under the supervision of the Central South Carolina Council. At the meeting Tuesday, which was opened by the Rev. A. Bryce Herbert, giving the invocation, the following business was transacted: The purpose of the meeting wus outlined by Scout Executive, William M. Czarnitski, who told the group just what this district organization would moan for thh community. Following these remarks a report of a Hoy Fact Survey that had been conducted in the county by Professor John C. Richards, Jr.. was given. This report showed that there were a large number of hoys between eleven aud sixteen yours of age, who desired to become Hoy Scouts, if the opportunities were provided. After receiving the above Information the group voted to organize into ? a district and proceeded to elect its officers. They were: Henry Savage, Jr.. district chairman: Hev. K. Bryce Herbert, vice chairman; uml M. M. Johnson, finance chairman. Upon assuming the chair Mr. Savage spoke to those present and called upon all present to cooperate with him in promoting the Hoy Scout program in- the newly formed Kershaw District. He was given a rising vote of cooperation by all present. Mr. Savage then called on the Scout executive to outline the duties of the appointive officers that he would have to fill. He also appointed a committee of thoqe elected witji him together with W. 4?t Nettlesv Jr., and-John detuactr, who met Thursday to make the appointment. The new district committee wilt hold its first meeting next Tuesday, October 12, at 4:00 p. m., at which time this committee will discuss aifd approve a budget and will also set dates for a Boy Scout drive to raise the futids necessary to promote the program of Scouting here in Kershaw county. Camden w'lll be the headquarters for tht Kershaw District, and all Scouting will be supervised by William E. Czarnitski, Scout executive of the Central South Carolina Council Boy Scouts of America. Brookland-Cayce Play Here Tonight Camden High school football boys are polishing up for their second home game of the season, against Brookiand-Cayce here Friday night at 8 o'clock at; Zemp Field. Brookland-Cayce comes to Camden fresh from a game with Chester, defending A Class champions, in which Brookland-Cayce held Chester to a score of 6 to 0. Brookland-Cayce has had an up and down season so far, losing their opener to Columbia by 31 to 0 three weeks ago and putting a 20 to 0 licking over on Great Falls. Camden is aB yet unbeaten this season. Three weeks ago the Bulldogs traveled to Sumter, beating the Sun** ter Gambcocks, 32 to 0. The next week Camden went on the road again, this time to Charleston, administering a IB to 6 win to the Bantams. Last week, lil the llrit home game of the season, Camden put a. 19 to 2 score over on the Hartsvllle Red Foxes. Baptist Church Services The following services are annonnoed for week beginning October 10, at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with O. 8. King, superintendent, in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Cat ton, at 11:16 a. m. and 9 p. m. Moqkng subject: "Making Men." Evening subject: "The Cross of Christ." B. T. V. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Prayer meeting Wednesdayevening at 8. - The aairaal every-msmber canvass ^ of the church will he made next Sunday afternoon, October 10. Each member is urged to cooperate wtt&fj|H committee and thus make the can vase as >jwnnigh as possible. JThe, nubile ? fr jymur invited to attend aHser-lyfcjiro^ this chnrch.