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The m /r ESSENGER CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, 80UTH CAROLINA, NOVEMliLft 8th, "l NO. JIAL AND PERSONAL m Jk< Mrs. Lubher Hill entertained her ;?ircl? of the Methodist church at her I' home on Market Street Tuesday af ternoon. ? Mr. S. M. Johnson, who was oper ated on for appendicitis at the Cam den Houpital recently, has sufficient ly recovered to return to his home. Rev. Peter Stokes, presiding elder | of the Sumter District, preached a forceful sermon to an appreciative congregation in the Lyttleton Street Midtlhodist Church Sunday .evi^sing, and at the close of the preaching service held the fourth quarterly con ference. Miss Ethel Birchmore, who has been, visiting her sister, Mrs. Nor man Head, atAugusta, Ga., returned home Monday. Revival Begins To-night. The revival services at the Water ee Baptist church, in which the pas tor, Dr. T. L. Willingham, will be assisted by Rev. A. S. Lockie, the j Indian evangelist, will begin tonight. Evangelist Lockie is a very earnest and forceful preacher, and has held several very successful meetings be fore at this church, and his friends will be pleased to hear him again. Civic League to Put On Play . !<? - ? ? & The Camden Civic League has se cured the services of Mr. Ralph Hodge kins of the Triangle Producing Company to direct the play "Cool Knights" to be given on Tuesday, ?November the 15th at the School Au ditorium at 8:15 o'clock. "Cool Knights" is a delightful butle niuo. eal comedy full of peppy songs and graceful dances. The very best tal ent has been secured for the chorus ?and the cast is composed of Camden's beat. Be sure and see the little cho rus in "Mud-pie Days" and the older ones in the "Dreiaim Girl" and "Bal let Clowns". Remember the time, place and date. A Delightful Occasion. |? The chicken supper given Saturday night at the Wateree mill club house by the Men's Bible! Cjass of the Wa teree Baptist church, was a deiight occasion. Judge Mendel L. Smith delivered a very inspiring and helpful address to the class, after Which the supper was served. BLANEY NEWS SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS | OF INTEREST. i .Special to the Messenger: Blaney, November 5. ? C. C. Berry, Of Alexandria, Va., was the guest] last week of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Rose. Messrs. Tom Garrett, Claude Ev ans and Ham Braswell of Seneca ?pent the past week end with Miv. D. McLendon. Mrs. Carrol Bowen and Miss Mil dred Bowen have returned from a Visit with relatives in Clover, sfc' Misses Elise Rose and Florrie Mao i Ross and Jack Ross and Norman Rose, of the University of South Car olina were home for the County Fai at Camden on Friday. | Miss Polly Carter who teaches at Harmony spent last week end in Gastonia and Clover. Miss Cleo Evans has returned from a visit with Miss DLda Rose in Columbia. j Mr. and Mrs. Coley Motley enter tained a number of their friends At their country home with a musicalo on Wednesday evening. A number of the high school boys and girls enjoyed a weiner roast and o'poflsum hunt in the Wateree | I Swamp on Tuesday night. .Heyward Keels entertained a num ber of his boy friends with a Hal lowe'en frolic on Monday night. s,i Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fxldleman have returned to their home in Columbia I after visiting Mrs. Rddleman's par ' enta, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Rose. . Miss Charlotte Roes is spending this week with friends in New , Brookland. The friends of Delph Rose aro glad to see him on the stveets again after | being in bed for several weeks from ? broken hip. v On Monday afternoon in all the tframmar grade rooms in the public School the teachers entertained their : $Up41s with a delightful Hallowe'en ? parties. Miss Lucille Dinkins of the Trinity community is spending this week in CftMd#* with hsr friend, Mrs. Deal. w&t COUNTY FAIR SCORES SUCCESS Many Visitors Here for the Annual Fair Tho Kershaw County Fair scored another success last week. Many were here to visit the fair grounds, see the exhibits and meet their friends. The Fair Association is to bo congratulated upon its success. Friday proved to be the big day at the Kershaw County Fair. The school teachers and their pupils were here in large numbers and as the day was an ideal one, many of the older folk came to enjoy the day at the fair. All of the visitors were loud in their praise of what they saw. The exhibits of the Charlotte Thompson school, Blaney school, Midway school, Mill school, the gen I oaal farm exhibits, the Farm De partment, the 4-H club exhibits, and a number of individual exhibits, at tracted .favorable comment on every hand. The Westville Home Demon- j stration Club and the Lugoff exhib its were perhaps the most extensive, all of which goes to show just what a community that gets together in a cooperative spirit can accomplish. A patriotic air pervaded the communi ty generally, the many flags display ed on the streets leading charm and inspiration to the occasion. Not on ly was it "School Day", but "Gov ernor's Day" Gov. John G. Richards was invited to be present by the Fair Association and accepted the invitation. He was accompanied to Camden by Mrs. Richards, Mrs. A. J. Beattie and Mrs. David Witherspoon. He arrived at the fair grounds at 12 o'clock and was met .by a committee consisting of H. G. Carrison,* Jr., president (of the FYiir Association, L. T. Mills, Senator G. C. Wedsh, M. H. Heyman, C. W. Birchmore, Mayor C P. DuBose, former Senator W. R. Hough, R. M. Kennedy, Jr., Col. W. L. DePass, Sr., Col. M. L. Smith and J. B. Zemp. Governor Richards was shown around over the fair grounds and inspected the exhibits. On ev ery hand he was given a cordial re ception. He' is held' in the highest esteem by a large circle of friends here and his coming over to mingle with his friencbs was a great pleasure to them. At 1:80' he was taken to the Hobkirk Inn, the pioneer of the tourist hotels in Camden, where a de lightful luncheon was served in his tanor. About a> score of invited quests were present to join in the hoarty welcome to the Governor, Kershaw county's distinguished son. Congressman W. F. Stevenson, of the Fifth District, who never misses a Kershaw county fair, was hecre also and was invited to attend the lunch eon. Former Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., presided. After the luncheon he expressed in very appropriate words, the pleasure it gave the Fair Association and the citizens of this community to have the Governor as their guest foa? the day, and also to have Congressman Stevenson as a guest. Gov. Richards responded in a very pleasing manner^ speaking of the developments , industrially, throughout South Carolina and what was being done in his home county. Congressman Stevenson was next in troduced and made a fine talk, add ing the prediction that witbhin the next ten years South Carolina would make oven greater progress than she has made within the past forty years Mayor DuBose, Senator Welsh, C. W. Birchmore and D. M. Kirkley were also called upon and responded brief ly. It was a most delightful occa sion, awl it was very evident that ?very one felt the cordial spirit of cooperation ami genuinely friendly greetings. Governor Richards and the ladies with him returned to Columbia later in the afternoon. Saturday was a big day for the colored people, ospecially the colored teachers and their pupils. They staged a big para*ke about midday, and made a fine appearance, show ing tho progress they are mafcing In their school work. The premium list was quite full, and the secretary has been kept busy making up the list of awards. A copy of it has been furnished us, but owing to the time it came< and j its length, we are unable to get it njl out this week, so only give a part of it, the talance to be printed nmtxt week. The partial list will be found on the fourth page. Btnka to Close The three hanks of Camden will be closed Friday, November 11th, which will be Armistice Pay. BETHUNE NEWS. Gathered by Our Corres pondent There. Bethune, Nov. 7. Miss Sarah Lee Heusties, of Winthrop College speru the week end at her home hocr. Mias Lucile Hilton, of Coker Co lege, visited her parents above tow. the past week end. Mr. and Mrs.H. W. Northcutt, o. Gary, N. C., formerly resident/a c this town, were visitors here Satur day and yesterday. ? The hot supper, given at the towu. hull last Friday night by the lain., of the Bethune Baptiat church, wa a splendid aucceaa. Oysters, chickej. salads, ice cream, cake, etc., wcr served and a big crowd attended. About ninety-five dollars was roal ized. The ladies of the Bethune Meth odist church will give a hot suppei at the town hall on Friday night o next week, Nov. 18. They ocpect v. serve turkey, oysters, ice cream an. cake, and many other nice things tv eat. Mr. Hugh Oliver was operated Oi. last week for appodnicitis at the Co lumbia hospital. He /is getting ulon nicely and will soon be home. Mirs. Charley McKinnon, who hr been at the Columbia Hospital ti. past ten days for treatment, is rap idly improving and is expected honu soon. Quite a number of our citizens at tended the oounty fair at Camde last week, especially on Friday. The Mt. Croghan foot ball tean. came down last Thursday afternoon and played a game with the Bethune high school team, the score resulting in a1 tie ? 0 to 0. Misses Malloy Hearon, Nancy t Best, Mary Louise McLaurin anu ( Lizzie Kate Davis, accompanied by , two friends, spent the week end at their homes here. \ Neil Truosdell, of the Presby.beria i , College at Clinton, and Alvin Cly- | burn, of Wofford College, spent the t week end at their homes here. < .. Miss Lizzie Mae Rikiy who i teaching at Kershaw, spent Satur day and Sunday here with Mrs. Lor- \ ing D.avis. < Mrs. Frank Fowier, of Clinton, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. L. Maya. ] Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Bearde, i and children, of Charlotte, and Mrs. , D> C. Johnson, of Che raw, spent Sat- , urday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mays. , Governor Appreciates Endorsement Governor John G. Richards, nftei reading the resolutions adopted by the Kershaw Baptist Association, in troduced by Hon. Newton Kelley, wirote Mr. Kelley as follows: My dear Mr. Kelley: I saw in the papers of yesterday the resolution of endorsement Which you had submitted at the meeting of the Kershaw Baptist Association, and I am writing to thank you ;'oi your action in this matter. I appreciate very highly whe c;. dorsemont which the? Baptist churol in that community has given me in the adoption of this resolution, and I want to express to you my gratitude. I appreciate this more highly on ac count of (the long-standing ftriendly relationship existing between you and me. WiUj^very best wishes for you and yours/'' ^jd hoping that you wii. xj ptM to Behs^us at sometime that is JOHIjnG. RICHARDS \ Governor. Young White Man Rlhdly Injured Hazel Johnson, young white man who has been making his home rn Camden for some time with hj? biother-in-law, L. L. Moore, an 1 wh?, has been ?mployed is a dry cl'-aning establishment here, while, being uj der arrest at the fair grounds, wn? so severely injured that ho had to be taken to the Camden hospital for treatment, W. C. Scarborough, serv ing as a special policeman, made the arreat, and it is alleged that when the young man, who was charged with intoxication, cursed the officer that h? waa struck with a black jeik and seriously injured.. On the other hand it is understood that the ar resting officer denies having ntru- k him with any instrument, only us ing his fist. The mattor will bo heard in the oourta as it is urwl tr stood that a warrant has been issued for the officer. The young man is reported as somewhat improved. Johnson came to Camden from Heath Springs where his parent# reside. KERSHAW COUNTY BOY AT STATE FAIR Junie.* West Winner of Trip to Vo cational Agricultural School Below is an account of Ja^ics West's (Midway High School) trip to the vocational Agricultural Scnool he d at the State Fair this year. All cchools of the- state having agricul ture taught under the Smith-Hughes wt were permitten mj have oi.e rep resentative at this school conducted by the Vocational Department of ;he Mate Department of Education. James West won this trip on accouii-. of his excellent classroom work r.nd projects in agriculture. Vocational Agricultural School at he State Fair. We, the Vocational Agricultural boys selected to attend vhe v oouuon al School at the Slate Fair, spei.i a m<Jkt profitable and onjoyable week. On arrival Monday afternoon we ?\ gistered and were assigned quar ters in the big tent and a place to get meals. Tuesday morning, Hon. James H. Hope delivered an excellent eddress He pointed out some of the great benefits . of the farm boy of today as compared to the boy of fifty years ago. Mr. J. W. Shealy, Commissioner of Hgricu-ture made a goot talk on "The Duties of the Agricultural Depart ment." After Mr. Shealy's talk, we were free to rest or visit the exhib ts. Next Mr. Scarborough told us 3ome of the advantages of cooperat ive marketing. He brought out the ?act that marketing is one of the moul important factors in agriculture. The farmer should know the value of his product. We were then dismissed until two o'clock. Whjen we were assembled at the tent for roll call and a few instructions, we were again dismissed until the next morning. Wednesday morning, Mr. J. E. Black made a ta'.k on 'iThe Building arid Loan Association^ ? the <k>tks, purposes, etc., of the*" Association. Vlr. C. L. Newman, of 'the Progius live Farmer, made a short address, iext .ci'aul Moore, secr.cary o? he State Fair As sociation, wekom .... us to the State Fair. A splendid iddress was given by Mr. S. R. Spen :er, Vice-President of the Columbia National Hank, on "Thrift". Mc IVilks, of the State Highway Depart ment made a talk on The Develop nent of the South Carolina Highway System. Then the roll was called md a few annonucements were mad >y Mr. Garrison, who dismissed us until assembly that after-noon. In the afternoon-, Div iHayne, of ttfhe State Board of Health made a talk on Health and Prevention of Dis eases. We then visited the exhibits jnd6r the supervision of the seniors of the "JQducational Department of Clemson College. After this we were free until the next morning. Thursday morning, Mr. Petersom made a short talk. Next Mr. Nor wood made an excellent address on investments, Dr. Sikes^/ of Clemson College made a talk on education ii igricullure. We were then dismiss ed to 'attend the Carolina- CI rnson foot ba'.l game. After the game, we met at the tent for a short time. We idjourned to meet Friday morning. Adjutant (ktveral Dozier gave us wme facts regarding the National iJuard of South Carolina. The last address was given by Mr. Welsh on The Federal Land Bank." After this, we elected officers for th "State Future Pa'metto Firmer*." Wo want to thank the Vocational Department, the State Fair Associa tion, and the armors of the education al department of Clemson i,>r the good time we had. We hope we will be selected to represent our school again next year. The public is cord ai'lv inv" ' ' a Box Supper at Oaklandi School house Thursday night, Nov. 10, bo ginning at 7 o'clock promptly. C^ke, ) ice cream, oysters, sandwiches and candy will be for sale. Come early for the musical program, wihich will be r:ndered by Mr. Mo>ro of Cam den. Mrs. Oolcmnn Recovrr* Her <>?? Mrrs. C. M. Coleman, who drove h>. r ostr, a For*! Roadster,! out to the Fair {grounds Fridwy evening, at.-.l after visiting the fair, found ur on coming out that hor car was gone. The ear was found by Mr. D. S. Methodist Church Sunday evening, Charlotte* Thompson school, and lat ier brought to Camden, Mr. Murohi n*m having (reported) ftodjHg* fct '* > the polke. The car was? . str' *>ped of the tires, rims and lugs. No trace of ths thief bss been found. ' LIBERTY HILL HAPPEN ? INUS 1 ' ~~ 1 Interesting Items Gathered by Our Correspondent Mr. Editor ? The weather is real ct-ol, and $ro:t is plentiful this morn ing, but the weather is dry and the lack of moisture no doubt controlled the formation of frost to a large ex tent. Cotton picking is about over joutthegius st. 11 fina something lo do. P. anting oats is now going on, and ?t appears that an acivage will be put in. Rev. F. A. Drennan filled his regu lar appointments at the Presbyterian church on Sunday. At the morning service he took notice of one of the glaring evils of the times, the growing and in many cases ..no u.^e. disregard of authority and restrain, i oi any kind in the nation, iam.l, and on a subject about which there can be no room for doubt, as oui common experience in everyday life gives all the proof that is necessary and unless the tendency is checked, grave results in the future w.li-being ol the country may be expected. The admonition to "be subject to the pow ers that be for they are ordained ol Cod", seems to have been lost right of altogether. Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Hall and little jon, of Westminister, are spending a lew days h^.re at the old home of Mrs. liall^ with her parents, Air. and Mrs. R. C. Jones. They expect to re.ur., to their home on Tuesday where Dr. Hall enjoys an extensivo medical practice. Misses Sophie and Marion Richards, popular members of the Marion' City Schools faculty, spent Friday night and Saturday at home with their mo -her, Mrs. C. E. Richards, and other relatives. Rev. F. J. Hay and sisters, popular jachcrs of Dillon, were visitors here ?Nth relatives a short while last week. iwr. and Mrs. Perry Scott and nieoc -tnd James Cunningham, of Gre<u ?? alls, were here on Sunday to visit elatives and attended church while here. Mrs. S. N. Hammond, of Stone boro -i spending some time with ne? .? ughter, Mrs. H. S. Higgins. Mrs. C. C. Stroupe is at home again after an extended visit with her par ents near Kershaw. * Sickness prevented your reporter from attending the county fair last 'tek. We hope, however, that ev -rybody else went and had a plea ant time. We'll bet that Messrs. /an,. Hammond-, Dan Kirkley and Bob Smyrl were there and took in 1 the midway. i Hon. N. S. Richards and Rev. F. A. 1 Jiennon expect to spend several days .n Co.umbia this week, Mr. Richards '0 serve on U. S. jury and Mr. Dren- 1 non to visit friends. On Sunday after returning from church and while preparing to test our ability to canxiy potatoes, we < hrard a gentle tap on the door and 1 .ooking out saw Mr. E. L. Jones with a plate from his mother, Mrs. K. 1 C. Jones, who, knowing th:it ov. folks were away, had sent us come o her splendkl Sunday dinner. ( The I'late contained not only "substan tials but the little "c;t coteras" too! Our culinary efforts were "nol pros sed instanter" and to say that we enjoyed the dinner would be express ing it too mildly. We extend thanks to our good neighbor for her kind ly and timely remembrance. Mrs. W. Z. Hilton presented a . n few days ago with a cake of nice butter for which she has our thank*. County Superintendent of Educat ion Gettys was a visiter here on Tuesfliny last. A Fatal Shw?ting at Itishopville A nhootisg affray took place in a cafe in Bi'shopville Sunday night in v/hich James M. Hearon, Jr., was kill ed by Benjamin Woods. It is stated that four shots took effect in 1 1 ear - on's lK)dy near the heart and afcdo mcm. Mr. Hearon was a son oi J M. Hearon, well known merchant ami cotton buyer of Bishopville, and who has a number of friends in j Camden. Woods j)i also w 'II pornect **1. Shortly after the shooting Woods was taken to the penitentiary , 10 avoid any possible trouble that might come up as a r<milt of the tragedy. The Kershaw -County Medical An aociation ,at their monthly m eling Wednesday evening will be the guest of Dr. John W. Corbett. The Asso ,ciation will have as their guest for the evening Dr. Emilton McKay, of Charlotte, N. C. | SOCIAL AND PERSON A L | | Mrs. Thomas Lawton Willingham j Mrs. J. (i. Richards, wife of Gov. Richards, of Columbia, and Mrs. Clark wore dinner guests of their sister, Mr*;. K. W. Whit:, on LyUle ton street Friday. The Parent-Teacher Association gave a most delightful reception 10 the teachers at the el gant and hos pitable home of Mrs. Reuben Pitts Monday afternoon. Dr. ami Mrs. Willingham will be at home to the officers and teachers of the Wateree Baptist Sunday School; also the ministers and their wives Saturday afternoon from five to scv .n o'clock. Mrs. Puirvis Sanders has recently been elected leader of the Sunbeams with Thelma Rudisill as President and Ruby Marshall, Pianist. CHAMBER OP COMMERCE AN NUAL SUPPER Congressman W. P. Stevenson to Make Address Th<. annual supper of the Cumd i and Keirshaw County Chamber of Commerce will be given Thursday evening, 10th inst., at the Crescent uake Club, beginning at 7 :30 o'clock. J'hese occasions are always made ,'ery pleasant and helpful in hring ng about a fine spirit of cooperation. ,)n this occasion it will be the pleas ure of the chamber of commerce to have with (them as their guest. Con gressman W. F. Stevenson, who will nake an address. rotary club organized i)r. Corbctt Heads New Organization A Rotary Club was organized on Thursday evening of last week at vhe Crescent Lake Club house, with .he following charter members: Dr. John W. Corbett, W. L. DePass, Dr. Clarence A. Dunn, J. H. Guthrie, -I. H. Heyman, Sam Karesh, William .<ing, T. Lee Little, A. S. Llewellyn, .lev. A. D. McArn, Rev. Thomas J, ?lackin, R. B. t itus, VV. T. Keoi\r.;, 'rof. J. G. Richards, Jr., Ralph N. jhannon, Dr. C. A. West, F. M. Woo'? ,*n, E. C. Zemp, J. B. Zemp, T. V. vValsh, and R. M. Kennedy, Jr. Of .icors were elected as follows: Dr. John W. Corbett, President; A. S. Ldewellynv Vice-President; K. K. Shannon, Secretary-Treasurer ; Sam ivaresh, ,Sergeant-:v .-arms. #Theiv -re more than 131,000 Iiotarians in he country today. It is an organiza tion founded on friendship, and ita motto "Service above Self." Only sne man is admitted from each pro fession or business. The Carmhn Kotary is the 2087th club in the Ro tary International. These clubs are K-attered over the world. At the organization Thursday .vening over sixty visiting rotarian from the towns of Charlotte, N*. C., Columbia, Sumter, Florence, Union, Manning and Orangeburg wore pres ent. The charter was presented by )avid Clarke, district governor of this distr;"t. The principal spea . .?r of the evening was former lln:l .*1 S'.ates Senator, Christie Henet, of Columbia. The we kly rotarian lunches will t?e held at Thomas' ("of fee Shop at one o'clock on each Thursday. "Brief Fnctn About Rotary: ? Ro ary is a philosophy of every day ? iving. It undertakes to inspire men t<"> realiz fully their individual cap acity for patriotic citizenship in their state and nation, to give a square deal to their employees, their custo mers ami their bu viness of profes sional associates, and, individually and through their associa 'on in Ko tary clubs, to luring abourt under standing, good-will, arrl interna tional peace through a world fellow ship of business an I professional men united in the ideal of service. Rotary is not merely a state of mind. He who serves must act. Rotariana through all their daily business, so cial and civic contacts, are expected to engage in the effort to reconcile the conflict between th desire for profit for one's self and the obliga tion to serve others. Th?ir philos ophy demands the* eonsid;>ra/tion of service before self, based on the prac tical ethical principle that he prof its most who serv<.s best." Chicken and Ice ('ream Supper There will be a chicken and ice cream supper at Tim rod Elementary school house Friday night, Novem ber the 11th. The proceeds are to get books for a library.