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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 51 * CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH I, 1940 NUMBER 49 tsy Boiling's Win pillar Wjjjtfr Crowd |fld Patricia Boiling. riding Hexa r gloezy *>?ck g?^dlng from the B t Untermeyer stables at GreenB Conn., took the blue ribbon Brhursday 1" the lightweight hunB class at the twelfth annual huntrials here. Bs Haggin Perry, riding Ixird BenBrangy chestnut gelding from her B stables at Cobham. Va., won flret B in the middle and beavywoight Bhik Class. In the working hunB class, Tommy Atkins, owned by B George G; McMurtry of Bar HarB^uoiling8 ftdU with ' ? ?W Be and assurance and A light but Btivo hand, giving the impression B'ntrolling her mount by a mutual B"tbic undaratanding? the mark I I ? V Bml|(l excitement wae caused when B one coming across the field Bped a match. Twenty steps far on a blaze a yard square was Blng from the grass. . * But out that fire please," trumpetBarry D. Kirkover, and the match Ber and his ? or her?companion Bed back and attempted to stamp the flames. But it took a dozen Btore volunteer fire fighters wield-J pine branches and digging In the| B with hands to form a little flreB to extinguish the blaze. Bve events were run off with handB prizes of silver plate to the winB Good horses and good riders B? the order of the day, only two Bhree of the mounts refusing the B's. though the classes Included B hunters. Be site is ideally located for such Bvent. The course Is laid about a B or group of fields, centered by a ^ ly sloping knoll, with the rope B^ed paddock at" ite foot. The B?s >n their trap for a stand and ^ speetators in their winter undies Bed down frpip these miniature Bthering Heights" upon the entire wiiich must hnvo covered at a mile and a half in all. Bents with winners follow: Been Hunters?Son .horses which not been hunted more than one, B?n Open tx> amateurs or profesB&l riders. Morses competing in ^ ts 1, 2 and 3 not eligible in this B- Thc Master's plate to winner Bented by Mrs. Dwight Partridge I Mrs. David R. Williams, Joint ter3 ot tho Camden Hunt. ** Wlret. Irish Piper, owned .by Miss helmfne 3. Kirby, of"Bedford Hills, I M}'.. and Camilen: second. Wood' B - owned by <0. M. OVeer/'ir.? of BerviHe. V?.; ;tWrd, Sky tFlier, ownBy Mr. and Mrs. Alvin T. UnterBer of Greenwich. Conn. Bg^twelght^Bp to carrying 165 B<1" to. hounds and Open to ama riders oijly. Plate to the winner Booted by Mt. and Mrs. John L. ks of East Hampton, Long Island B'ku.ulom B'st- Mr! and Mrs. Untermeyer's B black gelding, Hexamater; secB Christmas, owned by Mrs. H. Bg?r Gaither, of Westbury, L. I.; B' s'r Echo, owned by J. North m-hor, of Warrenton. Va. .. B'dleweight Hunters?Up to carB pounds to hounds and heaB'ig,u hunters, up to carrying 200; m to hounds. Open to amateur Bs only. Plate to winner presentBy Harry D. Kirkover ,of Buffalo, B- an(l Camden. Brst> '^>rd Benton, owned by Mr. Mrs W. Haggin Perry of Cobham, I and riddeo by Mrs. Perry; secB Kilk*'nny, owned by James E. B of UnionvUlfi, Pa.;third, Sky B' ow?cd by Mrs. Carey Jackson, Benwl('k, Va. B>rki'^ Hunters?'For horses reguB hunted with a recognized hunt. B ,() amateur and professional rlB Plate to winner presented by Band *^r8 H. Watson Pomeroy of ^ rook. Va. Tommy Atkins, owned by t:,v%ro-e q. MoWurtrv of Bar Har Maine; second, Avoca, oWned by B l>wiKhi Partridge of Great BarB1012 Mass., and Camden; third Bv- ?wned by Gustavus T. Kirby, Bdford "Ills, N. Y. B' ' cam of Three?To be rid 'n livery of hunt represented. ^ to winner presented by Ward B8t- L'le chestnut team of the Cam "tint; second, the gray team of B1 Helcher, Qf Lakeville, Conn., Bm<'niber of which was owned by '' R Williams, of Camden and Bn Charles P. DuBose, Jr., also amdon; third, the team of Mr. and Charles P. DuBose, Jr., of Cam Mr DuBose again riding. W 'he- hunter-trials committee B, MrB- 'Dwight Partridge, M. F. \ David R. Williams, M. F. H., >h W Chase, Charles P. DuBose, Mrs. Charles P. DuBose, Jr., H. ger Gaither, Harry D. Kirkover, alter Mabee, Wilbur B. RutbDavid R. Williams. ?... dgos were' Mrs. Lawrence B. B? ?! M1Gbrook, N. Y., James Park Monkton, Md., and Col. John F. of Camden. School Improvement Association Pine Grove School Improve tin?^?80cl?tl?n heW^,'^ its annual E?'s.TS?8!*7' F^Lruary 13- ln ^I auditorium. The meeting was I bj P^dent Roll I ft bj Scrlp was read by Mrs. BAuUh Dbwey. n??o waa discussed and then Mrs Rahon entertained with a solo De% rrv f fAaV> - * ? . - _ ? , B^ "* LvBuincnts were eemwi hv I jiy* LuU' ltoe Hin *? \da Rabon and Mrs. Smsie ?--lTTrrTTrrTrTn r i - IT ' m- LJ1 I I II Demopolis King At Virginians' Show Demopolis, five-year-old bay geldinK of the W. Hagglu Perry stables, at Cobham. Va., with Mre. Kliigbeth Perry up, won top honors Saturday in the sixth annual Virginian?' horae show at the J. North Fletcher stables. Grand, I>an, brown gelding, owned by Miss Wllhelmine Kirby. of Camden and Bedford Hills,N.Y., with T.Hafrne* up. won reserve honors In the chain* plonshlp class, Demopolis took the blue in the working hunters, hunters not to jump, hunter hacks and lightweight hunters classes to rule a big favorite for the championship hunters award. It was mot however, until <the Virginia entry won in the last mentioned group did he quality for the championship competition. o.. The champion of ohamplons was given uOftie 'perfect cooperation by a clever rider in Mrs. Perry, who is in 'her third year of equestlan activity. A native of Kenya. British South Africa, where her grandfather, Major General Sir Kdward Northey represents the British Crown. Mrs. Perry presencerowncormothrerst t nt-work came to the United States three years ago as the bride of Haggin Perry of Cobham. Under her husband's tutor lage sho learned to ride and today ranks as one of the outstanding woman riders of the country. This fact was brilliantly attested in her many appearances Saturday. Miss Wllhelmine Kirby, in addition to Grand Dan, had Imp. Irish Piper In the championship-hunter class. Others entered were James E. Ryan's I Kilkenny and Mrs. J. T. Moore, Jr's ! Troop. A feature of the show was^the clean ' sweep made by the entries of the Ambrose Clark stables, Westbury, L. I and Camden, in the best steeplechase type when Castlo Town was first, Kilkenny Cat, second; Bachelor Phillips, third, and DaToucine, fourth. The Vlrglnans' show lived up to all past porfromances In being well managed and offering connoisseurs of this , for of sport an afternoon of Interest, and thrills. Bright sunshine prevail-] ed during the morning hours and un-j ] til late in the afternoon, adding great-) lly to the pleasing atmosphere of the event. The Judge?, Manlby W. Carter, of Orange, Va., D. Otto Fnrr, of 1 Middleburg, Va., and Max Hlrsch, of I Long Island, were painstaking in their work and their findings in daoh competition were accepted as the Judgment of experts. The Junior, Welfare League of Cam-deti-aenred4imobea-*t aoan and the area about the ring rosenabled a* huge picnic party. * Country Takes First In Devine Cup Series Country took the lead in the DeYine. GUP- series .by defeating Town on Sunday afternoon at the No. l poio field here by a score of 5 to L tt was Joe Bates, Knight of Wateree, who Stole the Bpotllght and stepped into the hall of fame with C. P. DnBose, Jr., and M. B. Burns. ? Bates, playing No. 4 for Country, drove the ball into pay dirt three times while the other scores posted by Country were made by Kirby 1 upper and Ancrum Boykin. It was C. P. DuBoee. Jr., who scored the lone tally for . Town, his well executed shot going through the goal posts In the second chukker of the game. , It looked like a scoreless first period when with but 30 seconds remaining in the chukker Bates put over his first marker. DuBose's ecore tied up the count after three minutes of play In the second period, but Tapper's neat angle shot put Country to the fore before Jhe end of the perifta. Bates registered his second oounter In the third. Neither foursome scored in the fourth, but Country piled in two goals In the fifth on shots by Boykin and Bates. No scores wer-e made In the sixth period. Next Sunday will feature the second game of the Devine cup series and on the following Sunday the Aiken polOists are scheduled to appear In an exhibition game with the Camden polo talent. ? _ Scoring Sunday: Bates 3, Tupper, Boykin, DuBose. . Polo Games Will Have Broadcast Strangers and those not acquainted with the technique of polo w 11 be glad to know that the broadcasting of the polo games will he resumed at the number one field beginning with Sunday's game between the Town and TbS-HM of the game, over] an Improved public address system will be handled by tfio Stewart-Bowden Audible Advertl8,n^ ??nLng Camden. The announcing Will bring Judson Stewart Jr., 13 sneaker. Stewart Is now giving his entire time and activity .to free writing of sports articles ^ horse magazines and the announcing of horse events. 6 D A. R. Chapter To Maat The Daughters of the Revolution will meet on S.ujtej March 2. at the home of Mrs. George l? Taylor, north Brood J * o'clock. All members are urged to be < pretep^ t George B. Dealey, Texas ^lioheir started at $3 a week on the Gaiteaton 1.1. ? ' ?? ??: .,1- 7.. ZZ '" isowicur ~ it .ut. ...... . - ly^i^MMBWWPWWM THERE STANDS FINLAND - h The desperate struggle of Finland goes on. With grim heroism they fight to hold their lines, but the morale of the people back of the lines must be maintained. More than a million of these, and the number lnpreaBes daily, must be moved out of dauger zones to places of safety where shelter must bo found, clothing furnished rtnd food supplied, else these people face starvation and death from freezing. Thirty thousand babes in mothers' arms?30,000 mothers with babes in their arms?must b? moved from 100 to 300 miles over icy, mountainous roads, through frozen forests. To relieve the distress, th? terrible suffering of these people, to save them from death, Is the purpose of the Finnish Relief Fund Campaign in the nation. More than one million of tho people of the United States up to now, have contributed In "sums rSBglhg from a penny to thousands of doiihrs, in the aggregate $1,900,000, every penny of which has gone direct to this purpose. Every South Carolinian wants to contribute Contributolns may be sent to H. G. Carrison, at the Commercial Bank, or direct to Finnish Relief Fund, Inc., P. O. Box 1172, Columbia, South Carolina. The light of Finland is the fight for civilization and Christianity. help her! Urgent Appeal For Relief For Finland The Red Cross Production Corps,1 Mrs. H. O. Carrison, chairman, with j headquarters at the old Hughes house, I corner Of North Rroad and the Libra-1 ry Square, is a busy department of. the?-fted Cross, each Tuesday from' 10 id 12 a. m. there la. always room for morei workers and everyone interested is' Invited to come and help. Those who, cannot give the time to work at the rooms can take garments home to make. Among the fifteen or twenty vol- i untary. workers are groups from the i church societies and It Is hoped more' will come and also from the patriotic societies. Finnish work is being stressed and garments made for the refugees as! Well as the Finns. There are several sweaters yet to J be made and wool is much needed, j Two sock machines have been given ; by Frank Coursen and Mrs. Dacre! Bush and as these machines can make one pair of socks peT hour, quantities of wool are needed. All supplies must be furnished by the local chapter. Contributions, no matter how small, will be gratefully received and can be sent to Mrs. John Devlne, the chairman of knitting for ' Refugees. Civilians are suffering more in the( present war than the soldiers, exqept in Finland where all abJ^-ho^Hed men are at tfte rront, noii-coinunittulo have been evacuated and medical supplies and clothing are needed most. Four hundred thousand men, women and children have been forced from their homes in Finland. Let us do our part by the noble little nation. Mrs. Sadie K. VonTresckow, Crairman Publicity | "Crucifixion" Will Be Given Good Friday Steiner's exquisite cantata, "The Crucifixion," will be offered by a mixed choir of forty voices at Grace Episcopal church on the evening of Good Friday, M^rch 22. The choir will be under the direction of Dr. Maurice Clarke, rector, of Gratfe church and solo numbers will be taken by outstanding singers. Dr. Clarice conducted this same offering a ye ax ago with signal success, it being pronounced one of the musical successes of the season. Details regarding soloists and others in the chorus will be announced later.. CAMDEN BOY 8ECRETARY Greenville, S. C., Feb. 26.?Isaac Post Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs *R. B. Pitta of 'Camdeq, waa recently elected secretary of the Sigma Alpha EpsiJon, Furman university chapter of the national (Social fraternity, at Form an university. ^ Pitta la a canbsr of the junior CUM. .i, "j. nfe-- - ^ -3s ^ y/y.-Tit r- t utf aL"?^ ^ ,-JU u* ^~ w?y ? Lee County Loses Valuable Citizen James Madison Hearon, 80 years of age,1 one of Bishop ville's pioneer citizens and one who had a great deal to do with Its growth, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home on Main street. Mr. Hearon, who had been confined to his home for several weeks, following an automobile accident in Florida, had recovered sufficiently to be out again and tending to his business as a cotton buyer. His sudden death came as a shock to his many friends, both in this and other states. Funeral services were conducted at the homo at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon with Interment in Bethlehem cemetery. The services were conducted by the Rev. R. Bryce Herbert, pastor of the Methodiat church in Camden, and a former pastor of the Bethlehem Methodist church in Bishopville. Assisting in the services was the Rev. L. L. Bedenbaugh, pastor of Bethlehem Methodist church. Active pallbearers were Wade H. Williford, Kirk Heriot, Jack Skinner, Que Curtis, I^awrence Peebles, Doug Moses, W. McDo. Jones and H. C. Jennings. Surviving are four daughters and three sfens: Miss Ora Dee Hearon, Mrs. C. O. Griffin, Mrs. W. G. DesChamps, Mrs. Tom Rembert, W. P. Hearon, all being of Bishopville. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. J. G. N'ew8ome, of Hartaville, and eight grandchildren and on a irrcnt grandson. of Blshopvlle. Mrs. Heraon died several years ago. - Two sons, R. C. Hearon and J. M. Hearon, Jr., are also deceased. Mr Hearon was a large property owner and was recognized as one of the best cotton buyers in the state. He was largely lstrumental in building Bishopville into the cotton market that It is today, and Blshovllle owes a good bit of its growth to him. His death is a distinct loss to Bishopville and South Carolina.?Bishopville Messenger. Camden Girls Win i ? Five Out of Six Camden basketball stock soared to within a few points of par this past week when the gold and black won out of 6 games. The girls team, heading for another state A title, triumphed In three games, defeating Bishopville, Chester and Newberry. In the Newberry game the locals rolled up 62 points while theli^opptments were held to 11. Peggy McGulrt, scoring sensation of the Camden team posted 36 points and Nell Cor^ett, second high Id scoring had 16. The Camden girls met a tartar In Chester.th& night before but won 24 to 18. BMaopvllle was ^gs?, the lo* cals roHlng up a high total. The Camden boys lost to Blahopvilhi by one point, defeated Chester 84 to 10 and won from Newberry by >44 to 16. - The Bulldogs have shown a marked improvement in their game during the peat two weeks and should i figure dm the state title eerlee. '~-i Fine Record Made ( By Public Library i The Camden public library has onJoyed a moat satisfactory growth, dur- < lug the past year according to a re- t port submitted by the librarian at the < annual mooting of the library Asso- < elation laat Friday. 1 There waa an increase over last < year of 47 adults and 94 junior bor- i rowers and 1.0W> more books in elrcu- < latlon. The library received 384 ( books as gifts from friends and 213 were purchased. The children's libra- i ry was-enriched by 44 books purchas- i ed from the Hussell Memorial fund. 1 It was pointed out that only $300 i waa available for new bookB and this j sum Is not adequate to meet the ( growing demand of the book colony. ] It is not only the purchase of books that takes money but the maintenance i expense runs into many dollars it was , pointed out. ~ There Is also the ex- ... pense Items of membership in affilia- , ted organizations, upkeep of building, , Insurance, heating, salaries and other miscellaneous items. For this reason the board of directors makes an appeal to the community for more memberships in the library association. Tho dues are but one dollar a year and can be paid either In whole or In quarterly payments. The directors expressed their gratitude to a group of residents who for some years have generously added to the income of the library, also to the city who annually fulflills Its pledge required by the Carnegie Foundation at the time the library was established. The county was also thanked for the support given to the library work. HecauBo of the line service provided book lovers of Canulon and vicinity tho board appeals to all to express their appreciation by Joining the association during the first two weeks In Murch. The association re-elected all officers who havo been in service during the past year. Three Camden Polo Teams to See Action The colors of the Camden polo club will flash to the breeze in two localities Sunday. One. team will Journey to Pinehurst to keep a belated tryst with Earl Shaw's Sandhill foursome, while two other squads will battle it out on the number one held here. Coach Harrison haa tentatively decided to have Kirby TTupper, Charlie -Little, Carl Llghtfoot and Joe Batee make the Plnehqrst invasion. This 1r a good lineup and should be able to give the powerful Pinehurst group a stiff argument. Pinehurst will play a return game in Camden about Sunday, March 17. For the game In Camden Sunday, Harrison hopes to have Matt Ferguson. Charles DuBose, Moultrie Burns, Reginald 'Sinclair?, Ancntm Boy kin, Jack Clyburn, Eddie O'Brien and Jim Minnick to arrange his fourBomeB from. It is probable that Mrs. Jimmle Minnick, one of the star woman players of the South may be persuaded to play. Coach Harrison state^l Wednesday that It was definitely certain Camden would have polo on Sunday. Camden's winter colony and tourist group is at an all-time peak at the present time and there is an insistent demand for the Sunday afternoon polo. A week from Sunday the Camden and Aiken polo talent will offer some excellent play at the number one field here. This game should attract the biggest crowd of the season in the spectators area. Last Sunday police who handled the traffic near the polo field exits stated that there were scores of cars from North Carolina points and Columbia In evidenco in the parking area at the field. Red Fez Club Stage a Banquet The Red Fez Club of the Camden Shrine group staged a father and son banquet at The Pines Thursday evening. Some forty club members and their sons attended and enjoyed a fried chicken dinner. Dewey Creed, president of the club, presided at the post prandial and Introduced T. D. Ector, of Florence, grand potentate; also William Perry, of Columbia, and Luke Harvln, of Manning, who were invited guests. The Red Fez Club has taken a great deal of interest In the program involving crippled children and boy's work and has sposorced -some worthwhile projects involving these groups. , Community Club Expresses Thanks The Camden Community Club, the organization which was responsible for the movement to bring the Southern Symphony orchestra to Camden, and which will be active In future affairs of this character wishes to extend appreciation and thanks to lira. L. 1. Guion, president, and the members of the committee handling the orchestra concert plans for their fine efforts in making the concert such a signal aucceas. The club also dealres . to extend thanka to Mayor F. N. MeCorkie and the oily workers who took over the preparation of the theater lor the concert and performed inch a splendid Colored Couple Lose Savings to Swindlers Quo of the cloverest fllm-flara, ho:us-pocu8 affairs, to bo pulled In Kerihaw county tu years occurred several lays ugo at the home of a colored ;ouple residing on the Camden-Gharotte highway, a short distance north if the city limits. The savings of the nan and his wifo amounting to well >ver $1,000. took wings under the eyes if a trusting colored woman. According to the report made relative to the episode, it appears that two white women, believed to have been the same .pair that swindled a resident of Walterboro out of $2,000 last fall, persuaded the Camden colored woman that they had spiritual power to enrich her. The colored woman, Impressed by the earnestness of her visitors listened with rapt attention to a dessertatlou of how her savings sou Id-bo ? creased four-fold. At first, when asked to bring forth her savings, the colored woman exhibited $17 which . brought forth an expression of merriment from the two white women who aaid the spoil or prayer would not operate on Buch a small amount. After much persuasion the victim brought forth her entire savings ainounting to over $1,000. This money. all in hills of largo denominations, was carefully wrapped in a paper and then in a sort of scarf which was tied about the nock of tho colored woman. The strango women then told her that she must refrain from speaking aloud about It for 24 hours?all the time keeping tho scarf with the money tied about her neck. Needless to say that when the trusting colored woman finished hor 24hour period- of silence and unwrapped the scarf, expecting to find between $3,000 and $4,000 where $1,000 had boon, she found blank bits of paper. By Bome efcpert 'palming tho women swindlers had taken the money and substituted the waste paper in the scarf. Tho' authorities are without a clue aB To who the women swindlers might be, but are working diligently on the case with the hope of clearing it up. . . Sheriff-MoBeod reports, that proba bly the same women worked the "con- ' Jure" game on an illiterate white couple in West Watereo to the tune of $28.00 and got long gone. It is said that one Of the prominent ministers of Camden exhorted hiB flock to beware of letting strangers of any kind approach them on any proposition. "Due to the fact that a great many of our colored citlsens do not I'ead or writ*, rt would be a good MS* tot' other colored "preachers tc emulate this Camden minister in advising their congregation not to let any stranger approach them on a deal of. this kind," said Sheriff McLeod. - ? Bethune Resident # 1 Dies In Columbia Bethune, Feb. 29?W. W. Mungo, 48, died Monday in the Baptist Hospital in Columbia. Mr. Mungo had been a great sufferer for some time but was always bright and cheerful.- He was a devoted and consecrated member of the Baptist church and was greatly inter- ested in the spiritual life of the community. His pastor, in the funeral services, referred to him as having "walked and talked with God, even as Enoch of old." Mr. Mungo is survived by hie widow, Mrs. Beatriqe Baker Mungo, seven children, Misses' Annie Vaughan Mungo,' Rock Hill; Myrtls Mungo, TextHe Institute, Spartanburg; Athalee, Vera, Walter Baker, Mike and Billy, of Bethune; three sisters, Mrs. R. H. Evans, Griffin, Ga.; Mrs. R. O. Byrd and . Mrs. W. A. Byrd, of JefTerson; four brothers, Mack and L. B. Mungo. of Kershaw; John Mungo, Bethune, and R. T. Hilton, Charleston. Funeral services wore held Tuesday at the Bethune Baptist churdta, conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. P. Cowherd, assisted by Rev.-P. B. Mc1/eod, of the Methodist church and ?he Rev. Frank R. Morse, of the Presbyterian church. The pallbearers wore men from the Mungo Bible class. "Interment was in Mount Plsgah cemetery, several miles north of here. Camden Band Given Splendid Ovation it Camden is proud of Its new high school band. The hand made its first public ap- ... pearance last Friday in the grammar ? school auditorium before an audlehce made up of students and townspeople. And when the hand concluded the splendid program, It was tendered a veritable ovation from the audience. And for days the sole topic of convercation on the part of the general public was the fine manner in which the musicians played. ' Football music, patriotic music, popular numbers?all went to make up a fine program. Bsthesda Presbyterian 'Chufeh Sunday, March $, with A. Douglas McArn as pastor, services at Bethes-vda Presbyterian church will be as follows: Church school with a oibTe class for every age, at Id. a. m.; morning worship at 11:15, communicant's class at, $:80 p. nt, 8cout troopr Tuesday. p* Seac-BeoutA * -e3 Thursday at 7: SO p. m. The public Is oordiaUy invited to the servioea of : this church.