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1 ? * ' '' v V ; ? VT * - y* The Wateree Messenger TERMS: ? $i.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. "The Hand of the Diliirent Shall Rule" ine nana 01 me uiiigmi snail Kuie CHAS. *V. BIRCHMORE, PROP V0L- 44 CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 25. 1928. NO. 51 Social and Personal Items Dr. Fiank M. Zemp is confined to his home on account of being sick, lie was at church as usual Sunday morning but becanu unwell Sunday afternoon. His many frie?>ds hope that he will soon be up again. Mr. W. F. Nettles is laid up with a wrenched back. He was cranking his truck and in some way received quite a severe wrench. He is better now but not able to be at his place of bus iness. II is friends will be glad to learn, however, that lie is improving and will likely soon be out again. Miss Annie Belle Hudson resumes her teaching in the Clinton gi t led school. She is also organist in the Methodist church and is a fin mu : ician. Miss Alma Hudson i- a student at Winthrop college. Miss The'ma Hudson teaches at Ah bottsburg this term. ? Pee Doe Advo cate. The above y<?ung ladies ar daught ers of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Unison, former residents of Kershow county. Mr. Teddy do Loach of Oastonia. N. spent a few day* last week at the home of his patents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. de Loach. Mr. Troy West, ? f PiUsLurgh Penn., re visiting relatives in Camden 1 Messrs. Cecil Wittkowsky and An dr w Whit.iker left this morning >o resume their studies at the South Carolina Medical College. Charleston, j Presbyterian Church Notes. Th Men if the Church will have I ?heir nexl meeting Tuesday evening' October 2 at eight o'clock at the home of the Pallor. Every man in th 1 church is urged to come. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper j will he eolebiated in this church Sun :^ty morning October 7. The Synod of South Carolina meets \ in the First Church of Columbia Tu.sday evening Oct* her 0 at eight o'clock. Presbytery Congaree meets in the Hose Hill church Octo ber 22. At a recent meeting of the session the following wer se'ecte 1 t0 represent Hethesda church. Synod, F. M. Woolen, delegate, J. S. Lind say, afternate. Presbytery, S. W. Vanlandingham, delegate; and W. I.. I )( Pass, alternate. Pally D.iy will be observed in our 1 t! t .lay :vcl* ?ol Sun lr.y morning Oct ober 7, at 10 o'clock. We hope to ? . . :: -?oh odd at! en dance and offer ing for the Sunday School work in needy p aces of the South. A special pri.grr.m ' 'I he King's Highway" will be given at that time. Sunday morning 121 attended our Sur. 1 r y Srhoo!. This i-; fine. We hope you will help us male, a steady growth in Sunday School interest -lur ing the fall. Sunday School 10 a. m.; Morning wi rship. 1 I : 1 T? a. m.; Midweek servi. Wednesday evenings S p. m.; ('. I.. Sunday evenings K p. m. The pub 1 e nil ally invited to attend all services. Camden Methodist Church T v ? 1 '' 1 . n Street, near Hampton Park. Ceorge Pierce Watson, Pastor.1 Sunday, September Hib'e school. ? 10:00 A. M., with class' s for all 1 grades and ages. Public worship at 1 ' A. M .. on I 7 : .'t0 P. M.. conduct- ' ed by the pastor. ' lard Ttaining School for ' Sunday School worl<ers and others: who wish the opportunity will met ' at !t:H0 P. M., for organization t!:d I the beginning of work. The workers of every congregation in town are co' linlly invited to share these prof its with us. Throughout the week, concluding Friday, the classes will meet at 7:;i0 and adjourn nt 9:!W each evening. 1/ t us establish a record of attend ance and efficiency. No text book will cost more than One Dollar. Come and bring your friends. Choice iloney We are Indebted to our friend, Mr. T. L. Davis, for a jar of very choice honey presented us yesterday. Al ready ye editor and family are en joying it. We appreciate Mr. Davis' kind remembrance. Srxty Ronds Impassably The State Highway Department re ports that there are yet sixty roads In the state that are impassable. Sev eral of these roads touch Kershaw county, but detours can he made In | somf instances. With fair weatlur now they will all soon he opened :\ gain. m- ' BLANEY NEWS Sp cinl to The Messenger. B'uney, !? eptember 22. ? Miss Jean Staines and Miss Susie Shannon, i'.aeaus in the local school spent the |.;.st en 1 in Ridgeway and I'arr r.vqa-cliv; iy with th.ir parents. Mi-s Klise Rose has returned from ' Columbia where she was the guest | of Miss Klise ferry. M.ss Hl.mche Wyndham spei:\ the j v.eek < n i with her mother who is li! in tiiv McLce .i Infirmary in Flor- i < nee. Mi<. Agnes A. Cribb and little s.>ns. I Z;uu> and Remo of Florence are the j gu< sts this week of her mother, Mrs. j C. S. An i ft a. j ,\;i-s K.lle Rose has returned from j Hamlet, N. ('., where she visite i her i sister. Mrs. ('. M. Flaherty. Mi-.s Krt'e Stanley spent Sunday ! with rehuives in Columbia. Rev. .1, [). Uurr.Isvin of Civ sham! spent the p:>t w*.ek end with friends here. M i s > K'.eamu- (Jraee Kelly of Co- j lumhia spent Sunday here with Miss j l.ouiso Rose. Misses II /ma and Fanny Monroe j had a* their guests Sunday, Carl j Knight and (iee.rge Ave. of Oxford, X . C . .>iiss Fva Motley of the Columbia j lli-spital and Miss Ruth Fdens of the Haptist Hospital spent Sunday here with relatives. Mrs. M. H. I.eCiranl and children of Co:umbia spent the week end here with her mother, Mr. J. F. Hawkins. Mrs. Mildred Kasler of Columbia is the guest of Mrs. 1'. (!. Sessions. Mrs. A. C. Sanders is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. ?I. K. Drakeford in Columbia. The recent rains and the heavy storm of last Tuesday ha,- kept the school trucks from running and con sequently the attendance has fallen off very much. A New Enterprise. The Katherine DeLoache Coal Company is a new enterprise for Cam den. Miss Katherine DeLoache is proprietress. The coal yard we un derstand is located on the tracks of the Northwestern railroad. F. M. Bryant, Jr., is manager. Sang Solo Sunday Evening Mr. F. M. Bryant, Jr., who is spend ing a few weeks in Camden, sang a solo in the Methodist church Sunday evening at the regular services of th? church, which was very much appreci ated by the congregation and the pastor. Mr. IJryan<v was an attend ant at Sunday School Sunday morn ing and at Co morning services. Al though the weather <yas a bit threat ening there was a good attendance at both morning and evening services. A Distressing Accident Saturday afternoon Billie, the littls soil of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. I'itts, was inn over and painfully injured by an automobile. The car was. being driv en by Mrs. Deal wh > was greatly dis tressed at the aecidott and did all she c< uld for the little fellow's relief, lie was taken to the hospital at once and given iiv dical attention. It is sai l that the wheel of the car passed over his stomach, and ii was feared at first that he might he seriously injured in ternally, but he is getting along nice ly and will probably b. back home within a day or so. He was still at the hospital ye tor. lay as a precaut ionary measure in case there might : be uncxepecle I devolopnv nts in his ease. His parents were in Columbia at the time the accident happened. Deputy Sheriff Killed When Liquor | Men Smash Car. Anderson, Sept. 18. Forced off n high embankment by an alleged boot legger Deputy Sheriff I-. A. Martin was instantly kille I early today on the Port man Road, near l> op Creek. Martin and Barker Clamp sigh'"! a car they believed l<> be loade I with liquor and gave chase. A sec ond car acting as guard for the rum runner was driven in such a way as to impede the officers. Fitia' ly getting around this car, accord ing to the story told by Clamp, Mar- i tin drew up to the rum runner. Drawing abreast of the rum fan nor Martin fired two shots at the tires. The car drew to the roalsid" as though to stop, then suddenly switched across the road, catching the officers' car on the running b.?ar'! and front wheels, ca.islng it to go off the fill. The car turned over several times Martin's neck was broken. damn was unhurt. (LIBERTY HILLjUAPPEN-j INGS?3fflBn*,vvj Gathered by Our Corres pondent Thrre. i Mr. E liter: ? This community in common with most of the state, suf fered very conisderable damage by the recent storm. Cotton, which was already in bad condition from the wet w.ather of the past month ? was blown and twisted about and much of it pelted out on the ground and with rotten bolls will make the dam age to that crop very considerable. Corn, too, was blown down, and whore the fodder was not saved it will be almost worthless. Nearly all Iruisfs leaked and some damage was caused that way. A portion of the ihw tin roof on the porch of the !'omc of Gov. Richards was torn loose but not blown off. and has been re paired. Many fire- t- res and much limber was "laid low," among ihem several fine large cedars in the- yard of Mr. R. C. .Jones. \ large pine :uul mammoth wild cherry that stood by the sidewalk leading to the church and school house fell and blocked th^ road. A larg< pine and oak near Mis. S. H. Cunningham's place. The large oak in the back yard of V r. C. I). Cunningham fell in front j of his garage completely blocking the ; int ranee, and also the big spreading red oak mar the entrance to his' yard fell across and closed the road to all motor travel for a while ? and [ nur Post Master had to exercise his | nether extrcmeties in going to and from his place of business. Many i other trees and timber were victims ? of the winds, also. A break in the fill ot the Beaver Creek bridge occurred, but has be. n repaired. We hear that Mr. W. J. Richards, who i.s in a hospital at Greensboro, N. C., recupearting from an opera tion, is doing nicely., Mr. W. Z. Hilton informs us that his daughter, Miss Julia, who is un- | dergoing treatment in a Columbia hospital, is not improving as much as was hoped. Mr. J. W. Thompson, popular trav cling salesman, spent the week end with relatives here. Mr. E. L. Jones, who superintends his father's ginnery, was painfully scalded about the neck on Saturday by escaping steam from a pipe at th? g:n. Mr. J. II. Clements and his small <on, J. II., ^Jr., each had a ''birth day" last week and were treated by Mrs. Clements to a "special dinner." Of course! your "reporter" was on hand to felicitate them on the occasion.) and partake of the dinner. "We" and our ''good friend", Mr. R. B. Jones, accepted an invitation by Mr. C. D. Cunningham to visit his place and eat scuppernongs. We got in his car and were soon at his beautiful and well arranged premises where we visited the arbor and par took of the delicious fruit to satiety. "Our friend" did not eat any ? said he was chewing tobacco. Well! the idea! but 'tis said there is no account ing for taste! Our host will please accept thanks for the treat. A fine bird dog of Mr. I<. I'. Thompson fell into an old well or pit filled with water where he was heard and discovered bv Miss Charlotte Wardlaw, who assisted her father. Mr. R. J. Wardlaw, in procuring a ; . 1 rope and extricating bis "dog ship ' from bis unpleasant and dangerous position. The pit is near Miss Ward law's home. C. Program of I'nion Meeting. Below is a program of the Union meeting of the Kershaw Baptist As sociation which meets at Bethany (Westvilb ) Sept. 29th at ten o'clock A. M. All the churches of our asso nation are requested to send up rep resentative As Sunday, Sept. 30, Is state mis sion day in South Carolina we have tri?d to arrange a mission program. 10:00 A. M. l)evotional. 10:15 A. M. Enrollment. . 10:30 A. M. Am 1 My Brother's Keeper? (Jen. 4:9. 10:45 A. M. But First Gave Their Own Selves to the I.ord. 2nd Cor. H : r. , 11:00 A. M. Are the Baptist | Churches of the K< rshaw Association j Robbing God? Mai. 3:H. 11:30 A. M. What the W. M. U. is Doing for Missions. 12:00 M. Miscellaneous. Lunch. 1 :30 P. M. The Cooperative Pro gram. 1:50 P. M. What We Should Know About State Missions. 2:10 P. M. Why Do We Call Our Church a Missionary Church? STRICKEN AREA'S RECONSTRUC TION UNDER WAV Check of I/Oss of Lives Possible ? Put Beyond 2,000 Mark West I'alni Beach. I'la., Sept. 23. ? ? *( AP) : Palm Beach county, swept by o no of Florida's most disastrous hurricanes a week ago, today look ul to the future with plans for rapid rehabilitation, while rescue crews stil worked across the debris and fiords around Lake Okeechobee searching f?>r bodies of victims of the appalling tragedy. Officials announct d today that an accurate check of the dead probably would never be made as the task ap parently was impossible, due to con ditions arising in the stricken lak. area. Bodies now b- ing found are in such, condition, they said, that many won 1> inn cremated while others were be ing buried near where they wok found. Disclosure of the tragic chapter of Pelican City yesti rday when 200 bodies were found beneath debris strewn along the shoreline of the hay opposite the village itself, ltd rescu; workers to express fears that the entire population had died in th?. storm and flood. Population Had drown Normally a village of 2"?0 popula tion, the settlenunt was sail to have been increased recently with an in flux of laborers to work in nearby sugar cane fields. The death list was placed at "more than 1,000" today by Howard Silhy. chairman of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Red Cross, adding that he could "lay his hands" on that many ad ling that since cremation or burial of bodies in the stricken area had be come necessary it would be imposisbl to determine the total loss of life. ! "The condition of bodies we arc finding now," he said, "makes it mcessary to dispose of them as quickly as posible. As a result they are being burned in the fields, buried where they are found and otherwise disposed of with only incomplete ro pbrts coming in to us." In a report made to Selby nf??r complete survey, O. C. Geigpr said that l,.r)00 negroes and 700 white persons had been lost during the hur ricane. Geiger placed property dam age in the lake district at 9r> per cent and said 08 per cent of the live stock and poutlry in the area was killed. Reconstruction Starts Reconstruction of buildings here and at Palm Beach, where the West J Indian roaring in off the Atlantic, after sweeping islands from Porto J Rico to the Bahamas, ripped off roofs smashed plate glass and otherwise created havoc, already has begun. An Error In tht report of the county board of directors for August this item ap p<ared: ('C. W. Evans, on acct. cof fin for Sam Cook. $125.00". Mr. Evans was paid only $20.00 and the re port should have read that way. We are glad to make this correction in justice to the board of directors, al though the error was not made in our office. It was merely a cl* rical error in making a copy of the report. Day of Atonement. . sterday was observed as the D'lv of Atonement by our Ilebnw friends. Their places of business were 'lose I all day, the holiday starting at 0 o'clock Sunday evening and lasting until six o'clock Monday evening. Re ligious services were held ot the Temple. Serious Automobile Accident Sunday afternoon a serious auto mobile accident occurred just beyond Logoff. Mr. Lockard A. Munn, ac companied by three young ladies, Miss Dollie Parker. Misses Sarah and Jean nette Sheffield, were returning from Columbia, when they saw an auto mobile parked on the road and another car approaching them. In effort to avoid tig- approaching car Mr. Munn hit the other car. It was about as near and unavoidable accident ap could w< II be. The glass in the cat was knocked out but the car did not turn over. Miss Parker was serious^ ly injured and was hurried to tho hospital. The other occupant s were also brought to the hospital but their injuries being minor were soon able to leave. Mr. Munn spent the night at the hospital but was discharged this morning. Miss Parker is in a very serious condition. A blood transfusion was resorted to yesterday in an effort to save hor life. A Worth-while Premium. 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HI<; DEMOCRATIC UAI.I.Y Thursday Evening, 8 o'clock There will he a hijj Demo cratic rally Thursday <? eninK a( eight o'clock in i'.ie so'iool auditorium. A prominent speaker will he present to ad dress the meet in Every Dem ocratic voter, men and women, are expected to attend. There are some important matters to he discussed, and as a loyal citizen you should he present and take a part, and help fill the auditorium. Show your colors. Rev. Albert S. Thomas Elected Bishop South Carolina Diocese Florence, Sept. 1(.? f AP). ? The Row Albert S. Thomas, rector of St. Mi chael's cnurch, Charleston, will suc ceed the late William A. Guerry as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, having been elected on the fifth bollot to the office by a special convention here yesterday. The question of reuniting the two dioceses of South Carolina and upper South Carolina was not brought b< - fore the convention, it being under stood that the proposal of reunion had gained so little support that the matter watt- dropped by tacit consent. Many of the delegates reaching her<- had expressed opposition to the union plan. In voting for the bishop no norni.i- ( at ions were made from the floor. After silent prayer ballots were dis tributed among the delegates. On the first ballot those receiving votes included the Rev. Oliver liar', of Chattanooga, Tonn.; the Rev. Mr. Thomas, bishop-elect, the Rev. O. T Porcher of Rennett sville, the Rev. II I). Phillips of Columbia, the Rev. Wil liam Way of Charleston, the Rev. W. II. Starr of Charleston, and the Rev W. S. Paynor of Florence. The news and Courier made the following vi ry pleasant comments with reference to the election of Mr. Thomas: "The election of the Rev. Albc S. Thomas, rector of St. Michael's I Church, as Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, to sweet d I lie la- j merited Dr. CJuerry. will be received with keew satisfaction not only by1 his parishioners and other Episcopal j ians but by the people of Charleston ! generally. He is descended from i families distinguished for their work | in the Episcopal church from the early days of I he colony of South j Carolina. Scarcely another man of ; th< clergy of the state is so familiar! with the affairs of the parishes. Me i is an accomplished scholar in the1 field of church law and literature, a preacher of incisive and penetrating! style, an earnest, devout man." The R v. Mr. Thomas is well known to a number of Canulcn people, lie is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. II (5. Carrison, Sr., and after his; mar riage to Miss Emily Carrison was rector of St. David's church in Che raw. This is a good time to place your advertisement. Telling the people what you have lo sell will help your business. It must be a down-and-out sure enough wh<, can grumble with such fine wf ather as we are now having. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs Thomas Lawtun Willinghara FRIENDSHIP Friendship is something money can not buy. 'Tis far more precious than jewels, and should be treasured ac cordingly. The delicate clinging link ,of love which binds all groat, true friendship is strong enough to over look all petty doubts, and still shine forth from the heights like a glorious beacon. Friendship, purified with the ; passing ywars of life's crosses and heartaclu s, TV^sweet like the thrilling notes of a song'Hjrd, as beautiful as the gleaming silvetVof a dark cloud, and soothing like lender caressing music from some old priceless violin played by a master's hand. It's like jheavm's clear blue after a storm and I has the power to melt the snow's in jour hearts after we h ive been disil lusioned by each bitter folly and trag ic mistake. F.ieniship is like (Jod's own sacrt (1 heart, whieh enfolds is and shines softly 'round us all through youth's spring-time and age's after glow; at the hour of death, friendship, the kind which has been proven worth while, leaves fragrant perfumed mem ?orbs -too deep for mere words. ? Selected. l>r. and Mrs. T. I.. Willingham have planned a vacation for a couple of weeks. j Old Methods Resorted To. For one or two nights lasr week the residents of Camden ivsor'";! to old methods for providing ?h n.selves with lights. Candles an.,1 1 unps Wire brought into use once more, but. with '.he en rgy displayed by the linemen it was for only a short tinv1 lhat lamps and candles were necessary. Comes To Visit Father's People Among the visitors at governor's office yesterday was Lewis Munn of Webster parish, Louisiana, who is a farmer in the gas field section of Louisiana. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Munn, formerly of Ker shaw county, who moved lo Louisiana in 1800 before Lewis Munn was born. Lewis Munn, with his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Young Munn, are back in South Carolina and Lewis is being in troduced t0 his kin. He has recently In en visit ing one of his uncles, J. H. Munn, at Rethune. He has four other uncles in Kershaw and is seeing them for the first time. While he had In ard much of South Carolina since his earliest recollec tions, Mr. Munn says he sees many things which impress him most fav orably.? The State. A CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many goo I friends for their kindness an 1 sympa thy shown us in t he illness of our Son and Rrolht 1\ May Cod bless each and every one of them. Mrs. Flizabeth Thornton and family Shipment of Dictionaries. The Me ssenger Rook Store received a shipment of' dictionaries yesterday. Prices 0()c, $1 .2." and $12.00. A I Smith, the "Happy Warrior," here's wishing him success. Case Nolle Crossed \gainM Chapman Rock ILIl. Sept. H Charges of using th> mails with intent to defraud against the Rev. S. P. Chapman, Weslyan Methodist paster of Rock Hill, were nolle prossed in feder il district court here today. A grand jury yesterday rid hit, I an indictment. Couns' I for the min ister then entered a motion to <piash the indictment on grounds that a threat in a letter t() W. A. F dwards of Westville could not be interpret ed as a crime und< r the statu1". W hen attorneys appeared tod iv, they withdrew the motion. and District Attorney Joseph A. Tolhert announc ed that he had derided lo abandon the charges. Mr. Chapman was arr<?l?d and bound over to court under $ I, <'>'10 bond r>n complaint of Ivlw.irds. In a letter Chapman threatened to ex pose Fd wards for an alleged av?ault upon the wife of a tenant, and for an alleged conspiracy to "make away" with F.lwards' wife, eoupb d wit.h demands for payment o / a $7">0 note and $10 to fifty dollars alleged to be owed a former tenant f,n F Iwu Is' form. Chapman was acting in the capacity of a private detective. Cheer up. The adrkest clouds have a silver lining. And the silver lin ing can lie seen quicker with a cheer ful face.