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rue CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D, NILE8, Editor and Proprietor Published every Friday ut Number 1109 North Broad Street, and entered at the Cnmden, South Carolina Po*tofT!c* Me *ecomt ela** mall matter. Price per Year 12.00. No Nub?criptlon* taken (or lee* than Six Month*. In all Inatancea the Buhxcrlption price 1? due and payable In advance. All aubscriptlpn* are cancelled when aubecrlber fall* to renew. Keprexented In New York by the American Pr<apa Aeeo'olatlon and eleewhere by ill reliable Advertl*lnjr Agendo*. We accept no advertlelng of a doubtful nature and try to protect our patron* from mlureprescalation by Advei tlx?i * No Liquor Advert l*em en t* accepted at any price, * Friday, December 1ft, 1938. t? I School* Ctoae For Christmas Holidays All of (ho schools of Camden will bo cloModVrom Friday afternoon, Pocemhor 16th to Monday inornlnK. January 2, 11)39. The school authorities docldod thai In as much ns JobB for young people can be hud before the holidays but are very scarce (hereafter that it would be wise to begin the holidays early. Many of the high school students are expecting to work In mercantile establishments during the holiday Intermission. To Put on Chrlatmaa Play On Wednesday evening. December 21. at 7:30 o'clock, lMhe primary depart incut of the Karon DeKalb school will present "The Toymuker's Dream." Santa Clans coines down for this special occasion, but due to his fast, long, tiresome trip from the 1 North Polo he falls asleep in the midst of the play ami the toys awake one by one. "Ho sees the dolls that dance and the clowns that prance; the.. aeldiurit JUilL aud... tho fairies small." The children will thoroughly enjoy it. | There will bo no charge for admls- < slon The public Is invited to come 1 and see the "Merry Christmas Making" Many Named From Kershaw Kershaw, Dec. 14.?Thirteen now , members are enrolled in the Kershaw chapter of the National Beta Club scholarship-service group for high school students. They are Jean McPherson, Carolina! lie] I, Marie Throat t, Doris Catoe, 10ve-' 1 yii Truesdrtle. Pauline Faulkenborry, Sara Williams, Herbert Faulkenberry, Doris Fletcher, Hilda West, Claudia Mae Nc.il. William Jones and Annie Mae lloricn. ] The Kershaw club Is one of the X00 i chapters of the National Beta Club of Spartanburg, an organization for Junior jt" 1 senior students of character and i 'ast ic at)aininent. M-9. Hatin Dies In Chair tVlutnb.ix. Ohio. Tim electric chair,1 |"<'U tie I l>- ef Mrs. Anna Marie Habit, 2. \S .In. s.lay night, December 7, for lit.- j.. in order of Jacob Wagner, aged; Kai.in.t I'luieiit crossed Into the chair at vov o nt eastern standard time. Mrs. j H.ihn. .<i<l in I>1 in- pajamas with a brown ' O p. mil.on (I and pleaded as sho stum-! Id.'d in the door of the death chamber; and collapsed. Site was picked up and placed bodily |tt lite chair by two guards and two inntroiiH. Site cried, Mr. Wood-; aid Mite warden), "Don't do this to me. | Think of mv boy. Can't you thirtk of Wy; baby " Seated in the chair, Urn accused i poison-slayer of four men spread out lor arms to the witnesses and mumbled, "Isn t there anybody who will help me?? Is nobody going to help me?" She beckoned, "Father, of)me close," to the chaplain, Father John Sullivan. Hi! intoned with her the Lord's Prayer. In the midst of the recital, the current was applied. Her voice was stilled as the current arched the small disheveled blonde's body Dance At Lake Shamokin There will be a dance at the I.ake Shamokin club house on Thursday night,! pei < mber 22. sponsored by the Mt. Zion ! lub Dim trig begins at X o'clock. Ad-' inissi 11 "? < cents per couple. The public i D coi dia 'ly invited. COLORED METHODIST PASTORS ARE ASSIGNED TO CHARGES i \f a meeting of the colored Moth-' otli.vt e. ufei'um u hold at Anderson, lam w k the following were assign.d i i ;ho Sumter district, which inD-mrfcn* A it ! I.Twnr.1, <TIs-* trie' i m-rin tcjpicnt; Antioch and S! ; !. li. C. .Jackson, lllaiti y, M Prow -.onion. I B Kngiish: Bethel' and / a Hill. N Brown; ('amden. It F I' ei-inan; Camden cir nit. !! J Kirk; l.iunar. M J Porter; Lynchburg. J. F. Piarsou; Mayesvillc. W.. J Hup Macedonia and St. Paul, V S Carter; Mechanicsville. T. II . Fisher; Mount /.Ion and St. James. I J. G. Stokes; Manning and St . It. J Singleton; Rock Hill, S Spoarsonj Rock Spring. K. J Cooper; Shiloh, H. B. Brown; St. Matthews. John \V. Williams; St. Phillip. L. S. Stlmore; Stone Hill. I. S McKlven; Suinter. S. M. Miller; Wateree, J. W. Reader. Piano Recital Today A piano recital will be given by the pupils of Mrs. Douglas McArn at the grammar school auditorium Friday afternoon. Decembor 16, at 4 o'clock. The following students will be hoard: Sarah June Rozlor, Bobby I^angston, Mickey Langston, Bits? Coxo. Sibil Drakoford. Betty Muller, Betty Jane Sarrntt and Kthol Ann Mauldin. Tho public is invited to attend. Town and Country To Meet Sunday (By th? SklpiMir) Tho official opeuiug of the yolo season .will bo siugod Sunday afternoon ui tho No. I wo Hold when the Town leuin battle* tho Country mallet w lei dor* In tho opening game of the l)uvine cup aerie*. The Devlne cup became tho peruia' nont property of the Country wheu that touiii won it for tho third cou* Hocullve ?eaaou baca a yoar ago. However, tho Country pluyor* magnanimously put tho big silver bowl back into competition and the trophy now real* on a neutral baso? tho game Sunday being the firat in the 1938-1939 aerloa which will extend over a period of throe yearn at the leant, an tho cup muni be won three Union consecutively to go into club pormanoncy. Tho Country (our will present the aamo ntorliug lltioup that enabled thorn to nwoop tho norios agalnnt the 'I own a yoar ago. 'i'upper, Boy kin, Lightfoot and Baton, will wear the color* of the defending champions, while Town will havo Burn* and Itobortnon alternating In the No. 1 position, DuBose, Floyd and Little on tho ponies an challengers. } Announcement wjis made today that tlio Camden i>olo club will invade Fort Bragg on Saturday, January 7, for a tilt with the soldier team of that reservation. Coach Floyd will not announce his lineup until u few dgya prior to this interstate match. it Is expected that quite a number of Camden polo fan* will accompany tho team to Fort Bragg. The polo season hgs gotten off to a spectacular start thia\aeason?the two gaines already pinyutL.attracting greater crowds than have attended the informal tilts In the history of the sport here. Tho first two games of the I>cvine cup sorfoB will bo played on tho No. Two field, but if a third game is necessary, the scone of battle will be changed to the No. One field, which will bo in shape by that time for playing purposes. Coach Floyd, who halls from Virginia up'' .a we!! known po-lo lias brought with him ton new ponies, which he states, are the finest polo mounts he has ever had. Mot With Mrs. Lovette Tho November meeting of the Malvern Mill home demonstration club wits held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs It. T. Lovette. The president, Mrs. Will Denton, presiding. Mrs. II. C. Godvvin read the Serlpture and the "Lord's prayer was repeated in unison. The song nf the month. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," was sung. The secretary, Mrs. Tioy Denton, called the roll with fifteen members present and two visitors. As each member's name was called she responded with her birth month and day ?there were birthdays for every month in the year. Tho minutes wt*T>s then read and approved and all business matterB disposed of. Tho local leaders got their pi eject reports tilled out which a summary of our home practice. M.ss Marie 10. Thoinaa, executive secretary of the Kershaw county Tuberculosis Association, gave us a most Inspiring talk on this most dreaded disease?how tuberculosis. undiscovered, endangers you and your family, and how funds from Christmas seals?little G-men of health?will help continue this Important work if given an opportunity. These little seals are very attractive this year. The candle-light rays gleaming from the window represents the light that Is boIng shed on the knowledge of this disease The meeting was then turned over to Miss Fewell, our county agent. ^ She guve us our pictures of the month, "Virgin In Adoration." by Perugino Pietro Vannuccl, an Italian artist of great fame. Tills picture represents the Madonna reverently adoring the Christ child who is held in the hands of an angel. This masterpiece hangs in Plttl Palace Gallery, in Florence, Italy. Next In order was "care and storage spaces." our subject for tho 'month. Miss Fewell gave us many helpful suggestions and Ideas on this subject. Each memher of the family should have a place to keep his or her clothing. "A place for everything and everything in its place. She- gave us useful little pamphlets on "Storage spaces for the farm home " She a!s-> told ns of the most unique and economical ways to make storage spaces. Intiing the social hour delicious rf>" ;i. slut., i.is .xaisisting of sandwiches, o.ike and coffc was served hy the liost.-s, as'sk-Ud by Mrs. II. C. Godwin and Mrs 31 " Smith. The meeting adjourn- ; id to tin e? with Mrs Godwin in Decern-| !.. r honor roll for pine tree hill high school, second six weeks Grade ! !,. A Munn. Heyward Willi,u.-., I: i i I > I: >. I Dixon. William Haines, 'I'd Lib- Ib'sa L?-e Hoi n. Min ion Curno. , , ; j L\--I,?uiit < 'um', ('ami Hasty. <)sIc.i.n Hudson. AH iu .Ionian, Houston ( AT > ! ! -To k Fbillix.iii. Dorothy Trass, Mar\- I'hristmas, l'eggy Lonilnac, Margie T hreutt. ' , ,1 . | ?< "lelis Wesl, Patsy (.libel, M i Idi i d W est Grade I - Delhi Donity, ted! Parker, Yi\lan Gay. iioulah llinsuti, ilolen Outlaw. 1,11a Me Fadden. Grade 5 ?Richard Caulder, Ted Davis. IT D Minis. Ernestine Conyers, Evelyn Parker Lou Beth Shoomake. Grade 6 ?Inez Lloyd. Ruby Moseley. Columbia Shoplifters Get Jail Terms Sentences of ninety, sixty and thirty days In Jail were winter season gifts to a trio of Columbia pickpockets roundod up by ttie Camden police last week. Leroy Hall was given ft ninety day sentence, Emma ('twas a tough day in court for the Emmas ) drew sixty days and R P Glenn. thirty days because they could not control Itching fingers when In Camden stores. The three culprits, all colored and residing on Washington street in Columbia, appropriated some men's hose in the Sheorn shop and six pairs of ladies hosJory ut tho Wilson store. SUNS ET C LU B On Camden-JJ'ishopville Highway OPENS Friday Night, December 16 DINING and DANCING We Specialize in Chicken and Steak Dinners All Kinds of Sandwiches Popular Brands of Beer and Wine Curb Service :: Private Dining Rooms F or Reservations write? ROBERT PACE, Box 36, Camden, S. C. Electric Chair Kills Six Georgia Negroes Tattnall Prison, KolUsvUto, On., liecomber 0.? Six burly negroes, all murdorors, started singing early today in death cell row. 1)/ afternoon their songs had been ended and they had died In the electric chair in Georgia's largest maaa execution. "Oh, you alnnaha, bettah ait ready, God ia comlu' they chorused for hour*. Then the parade down* the "last mile" began. In rapid successiou the uogroes were taken singly out on a balcony of th% prison for a last glimpse of daylight then into the small, green-walled execution room. The executions begau at 12:09 p. m., E. 8. T., and were completed one hour and^twenty-one minutes later. Governor E. D. Rivers granted a 30day respite to Tom Dlekerson. -white farmer, convicted of murder, or there would have been seven executions Ixnig before dawn, the negroes buI gun shouting and praying to "Do l,awd," and singing spirituals, "8wtng lsow, Sweet Chariot," "Steal Away to Jesus, I Ain't Got I^ong to Stay Here," and "God Is Comln' First to die was Willie Russell, confessed slayer of an agod white farmer and his daughter near Smyrna, Ga. lie stared wildly around the death chamber and .began babbling the story of his crime us ho waa strapped In tho chair. The other live negroes kept v singing- 4u death mw while a charge of high voltago killed Russell. Next was Arthur Mack, convicted with Arthur Perry of slaying a special policeman in Columbus, Ga. He came to the chair walling a song and rhythmically waving his arms. He moaned a prayer?"Jesus, Search ni/ hiiri; I -huv-s no ovili me a home in you' klngdom"until tho bolt of olectrlclty threw his body lifeless against the chair's straps. Perry followed Mack. The final three executed, In order, were Jim Henry Williams, Charlie Rucker and Raymond Carter, all convicted of killing Police Chief I. T. Thornton, of Jackson, Ga. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to tho many friends and relatives for their kindness and sympathy shown us durng the illness and death of our Mother, Mrs. Nannie J. Holland.?The Children. ' NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that my wife, Madeline Sowell Whitaker, is upon her own volition living separate and apart from me. and that 1 shall not be liable or responsible for any debts or obligations made or Incurred by her. A. B. WHITAKER Kershaw, S. C., Dec. 15, 1938 Wants?For Sale WANTED?Second hand wood or coal heater. Must be In good condition. Address The Chronicle office, Camden, S. C. 40sh LOST?Bill fold, on Hampton Park Monday afternoon. Finder can - keep money but please return bill fold containing valuable papers to E. T. Start, 1936 Broad Street. Camden. S. C.. or mall collect tomm .Camden Chronicle, postage collect.Fair enough? 40pd SALESLADY WANTED?Opening for lady to handle Avon and Perfection products. Advertised in "Geod Housekeeping. Old, established firm. Address "Saleslady," P. O. Box 267, Camden, S. C. 3^-4"p FOR RENT?Si* room house on T.aurens Street. Price $22 50 per month House In good condition. S?-e William L. Goodale. Phone l'.i.'l Night phone 136. Camden. S. C. 3x-40sb FOR RENT?Three room furnished apartment for rent. Close in and - tn ntrr neighborhood Address "House," care of The Camden Chronicle, Camden. S. C. 4U-42p FOR SALE -One lot 60 by 130 feet. Within one block of four churches, all of the schools, post office and business section Priced at $600 00. Apply to M G. Huckabee, 1008 Market street, Camden, S. C. 38-40 sb. FOR SALE?All xmas or woodr suitable for stoves, furnaces and'-bpen tires. Reasonable price and prompt, delivery. Write R. D. Moore, Rtf"D DugofT, S. C. 38-40 $b. PHOTOGRAPHS?I have my Christmas Specials on now If you want some nice photos for Christmas. Come to Joe Gaskln's House Studio. 1340 Halle Street, Camden, S. 1C. We make good pictures both day and night If you want a family group or picture made at your home let me know and I will come. Joe Gaskin. Photographer. 40pd FOR 8ALE?Two good building lota, In fine residential section. Can be converted Into one large resilient lot on a corner Will sell separately or both at a sacrifice. Apply at The Chronicle office, Camden. S C 36t? SALESMAN WANTED?To work re t.ul tiade in Camden and surround inw territory Apply by letter to | R.txt ls-Dii ksnn Candy Company, j Winston Salem. N C 39 flab \ 'ROSPECTIVE HOMEOWNERS?For sale at reasonable prices: On^ twostory house and lot. 1103 I.>ttleton street; one small house and lot, 1105 I.yttleton street. lioth In good condition Property facing Hampton P.?rk Call 1>. H. Jones, telephone 340 or write Box 106, Camden, S C. 33 tf. HAND-PAINTED ? Wedding invlta tlons A unique gift for brides. Now on display at Webb's Art 1 Store, Columbia. S C . or write to Mrs. R I. Allen. Lcesville, S C 40sb CURTAINS STRETCHED?At reasonable price, all work guaranteed. Address H04 Campbell street, Camden, S. C. 36 tf. FOR SALE?Norgo oil heater, cost 67.60. Will sell for |30.00. Is practically now. Address "Heater," Care Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 39-40-pd. FOR SALE?701 Lafayette avenue. Close to business section. Sacrifice for quick sale. Make offer. Five room house on lot 60 ft. by 217 ft. For Information write Mrs. James L. Griggs, 1331 Park Road, N. W. Washington, D. C. 36 tf. FOR RENT?Room with bath, in steam-heated house. Apply at 1507 Fair street, Camden, S. C. 34-41sb FOUND?One tool used by cnrpenter Owner cnn imve same by calling at The Chronicle office, describing same and paying 25 cents for this advertisement. GINNING EVERY DAY-Ut us gin your cotton. Our ginnery will continue to operate every day, and we have a fine outfit and competent gin crew.?The Southern Cotton Oil Company. 32 tf HOMEMADE MINTS ? For parties and for Christmas gifts, 60 cents per pound. Address Mrs. H. A. Milling, 1815 Mill street, Camden. S.' C. 39-41 )' SHOES?For Bhoe reoulldlng and re-' pairing call at the Red Boot Shop,' next door Express Office, 619 Rut-i ledge street, Abram M. Jones, Proprietor, Camden, S. C. 9?b NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (In the Court of Common Pleas) Pursuant to an Order in the case of E. K. Gregory, Plaintiff, against W. R. Gregory, et. al., Defendants, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, in or in front of the court house in Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours for sale on salesday in January, 1939t the following described property: "All that piece, parcel, lot, or tract of land situate and being in the County of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, ' and bounded as follows: North by "Rocky Branch"; east by Lynches Creek and lands of Sarah E. Gardner; south by lands of Thomas II, Kirkley; and west by lands of John It. Baker; and containing one hundred and sixty-seven (167) acres, according to survey made by W. K. Duron on the 18th of March, 1885, reference being had to a plat made by the said W. K. Duren under date of March 18, 1886, the specific boundaries of which will more fully appear; being the identical property conveyed to Hnurn J. Clregory by Bilrbeir Jones and Harriet Jones by deed dated March 27, 1890, recorded In the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County In Volume "OO," Page 150." Also "All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying, and being In the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, containing two hundred and five (205) acres, more or less, and being bounded and described as shown on plat of W. B. Twitty, Surveyor, dated August, 1907, as follows: Beginning at a point on the northwest corner at McCrorey and Jones corner and running thence, the road the line, to a stake corner on John C. Jones lands, thence S. 86 degrees E. 83.7Q chains to corner, I thence NT, 56 1-2 degrees W. 50.40 I chains, thence N. 34 degrees E. 5.00 chains, thence 8. 84 degrees W. 64.00 chains to the beginning corner; being bounded north by Burreli M. Jones lands; east bv S. F. WHllft"1* lnM and George Broom land; south by John C. Jones land; and west by road separating* the property described herein from land of Mrs. Emma McCrorey." Terms of sale: Gash. Purchaser to pay for stamps and paper. The bid will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days, as required by law, the successful bidder being required to deposit Five Per Cent (5 per cent) of his bid as a guaranty of good faith. W. L. PePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County GREGORY & GREGORY Plaintiff's Attorneys u - . . w. . V- jj .//. GREYHOU N D GO ANY TIMB DEC. 12 TO JAN. 1?RETURN LIMIT JAN. 10 H?V| a present verybody will appreciate?special eacursion fares for your Holiday travel by Greyhound I Enjoy a Super-Coach trip in an atmosphere that's as jolly and warm as the Christmas spirit? at loss than half driving cost. Buy extra gifts with your savings! Sample Round Trip Excursion Faros Cheraw .... $1.46 Florence .... 2.16 Raleigh 5.10 Waeh. D.C.. . 1140 Miami ....... 18.65 Charlotte . . $ 2.30 Chas. 8C .... 3.40 Walterboro .. . 3.15 Columbia .... .95 Loa Angles. .. 61.95 greyhound terminal East DeKalb Street - Phono 249 TOWLE, WALLACE, STIEFF, LUNT AND ' GORHAM STERLING SILVER HAMILTON, ELGIN, BULOVA AND MOHAWK WATCHES F. D. GOODALE JEWELER I rj ' x ^ iji* 'I i j i j [j J |isrlj I I WE BLEW A FRONT TIRE AND TUBE AT 601 But, in a public test, the new Hudson 112 stayod straight on its courso ? serf of y (without using spodal tiros, tubes or equipment) I Why? Thanks to AUTO-POISE CONTROD-a revolutionary mechanical safety invention that keeps wheels on their true course automatically ?on rough roads, in heavy side winds, #t>ess wbtn a Or* blows. NO OTHER CAR HAS ANYTHING LIKE IT. Auto-Poise is standard, mt no 9xtrm cost, on the new Hudson 112?one of America's lowest priced cars. WE DISCONNECTED HYDRAULICS AT 401 In the some public test, hydraulic brakes were suddenly disconnected, but the driver just 1 pushed the same foot pedal and the nest Hudson 112 STOfffD?eafe/yl Why? Thanks to Hudson's exclusive DOUBLESAFE BRAKES?two braking systems (finest ' Bendix Hydraulics emd a mechanical reserve \ system) working automatically from the sews# foot pedaL Many letters in our files tell of lives saved by Double-Safe Brakes?In ell 1939 Hudson*. ?VERY HUDSON PRICE BUYS A COMPLETE CAR and up for 16 H. t. Hudson 112 Do Unto. $824 and up for Hudson Six?96 H. P., 1 W. B.) $919 and up for Country Club modsls 0 -101 and 122 H. P., 132 an^29-ln. W. 8. Prices delivered in Detroit, etjuipped to drive; including Federal taxes^not including state and local taxes, if any. For delivered prices in your locality see your Hudson dealer. Attractively low time payment terms, with new Hudfon-C. I. T. Plan. HUDSON 112.' ALSO HUDSON SIX AND HUDSON COUNTRY CLUB SIX AND EIGHT DRAKEFORD'S GARAGE CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA ^ y,?*T