Evening journal., 1908-08-07
CAMDEN CAMP
IN FINE SHAPE
Great Revival in Interest in
the Old Woods Meeting
Place

Aug. There is a revelation to the
visitor to Camden Camp nowadays.
The old resort. where Asburyites met
In summer and worshipped three-quar- |
ters Of century ago, when this terri |
tory was a part OF the Philadelphia |
Conference, has undergone a transfor- !
nation. The 200 canvas tents which
were occupied on the grounds when the |
Philadelphia Conference exploited
Camden camp We're not here, and the |
avenues were not well filed with tents
and cottages.
But there is a guard circle-really
an oval-lined with beautiful little cot
tages, and a good representation of
tents on the avenues.
And a boarding tent that even Pit
man Grove cannot surpass. also de-
lighted the old enthusiasts. This
boarding tent is in fact a summer hotel
with an upstairs or second-story hall
way lined with twenty private Sleep
ing rooms. Patent screen doors and
windows and a bath room, together
with much hall space and a detached
kitchen several yards away, add to the
comfort of this new grove hotel. Mrs.
William Hurley is in charge.
The tents or cottages are virtually
permanent structures-in fact, every
thing under cypress shingle roof. even
the new seatings in the auditorium,
have all been made possible by the
generosity of the new Dover firm of
Derrickson g. Martin. Facing a certain
deficit in rehabilitating a rundown
camp, these men have been both lib
eral and energetic in building the
whole thing anew, from the day they
were assured that Rev. E. c. Sunfeld.
the clifton pas.or-evangelist, would act
as minister-in-charge.
Now everything is in readiness for
the big days of this and next week.
and the great Sundays that are sure to
come. The people Of this entire section
have been hungry for a good old-fash-
ioned Camden Camp, with some OF the
new ideas thrown in.
They will get it to-day to begin
with, for il is farmers and grangers'
day, and they can have a good time
and only one sermon after they get
here.
In further providing for the material
and temporal wants of the patrons.
however, Pastor Sunheld has secured
the services Of three students who
have had good business experience. to
run the Dread tent" as the camp store
and refreshment parlor is known. They
are Messrs. Hughes, Shilling and
Hughes. of FELTON,, one of whom is
studying law. All have put shoulders
to the wheel The girls all wonder
however how these fellows can meas
ure out milk, bread and Ice without
whiting their immaculate linen or get
ting some spots on their suits. The
lige through the busy morning hours.
The literary and musical tastes OF
the cottagers, too. and the desire for
good newspapers has not been over
looked. Miss Mary Cook, of FELTON,, IL
in the W. c. T. u. cottage. She sells
merely for the accommodation Of the
tenters, reading books, singing books
and papers.
Thieves Broke Through
The work Of rebuilding has been de-
layed somewhat longer than antici-
pated because the good things that
were left from the old camp were
sorted out and carried of in the night
time. 1t may have been either that or
freeze for the poor man who took the
lumber, even to auditorium joists and
shingles, but the next man who COM
mits larceny rather than to shuffle
around for an honest cord of wood,
win also carry off load of buckshot.
1t has been decided to unrelentingly
care for this new tented city, and this
week a permanent caretaker will be
appointed and the bread tent will be
transformed into a permanent resi-
dence among the tall oaks.
With the knowledge of this. Il is
hoped that Captain Robert Sipple. Of
FELTON,. and others, who quit tenting
here because they found nothing to
tent in after the vandals had gotten
squared into their board tents, will
come back and join the happy colony
in the woods.
Work for Taft's Double
President John B. Wharton, Of the
Levy Court, who presided over a seri-
GUS matter in Dover earlier in the
week. is a man after ''Bill" Taft's own
countenance since he shaved off the
beard that adorned the terminus OF his
profile while he oficiated as sheriff.
But Teddy's frown was clean gone
when Chairman Wharton got out here
in his new tent last evening. A rain
kicked up, and a hundred horses were
driven into the partly furnished audi
torium almost on top of the altar so
Mr.. Wharton. as affable as ever. start
ed in to help several women drivers
extricate their steeds after the rain.
This got him into trouble for a number
of other panicky fair ones called him
to their aid until the perspiration and
the smile both wore off.
Automobiles in Evidence
William L. Pritchett, of Dover; Pro-
thonotary-to-be w. B. Burton and
President +. /. Hardesty, of FELTON,
National Bank. all ride out to camp I'm
fine and dandy automobiles. Somehow
the very horses which try TO climb
telephone poles when they meet these
explosives on the roadside. manifest
no fear when the bubbles" pun up the
avenues of camp.
Samuel Herring, OF FELTON,, is per-
haps the oldest devotee Of Camden
camp. He remembers coming here
sixty years ago-long before the Ohio
regiments OF Federal troops encamped
here, ready for the army Of the Po-
tomac.
Ignatius Cooper, the young retired
navy. officer OF Camden. has taken the
heavy task of general management of
temporal affairs of the camp, which for
so long has been carried by his father,
DIR. f. W. Cooper. Mr.. Cooper is only