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W ? ' V <- ' ?'. ' "?'' " ' ..v vV ^? ?'?''. ? ' : V '.'?' fx *:V ?' ?'' v\;"v,'' f ^ ivy ' ' '? 1 ESSENGER Social and Personal Items Mr. J. P. Jones, or Longtown, was a business visitor to Camden last Thursday. Mr. Jones has a number of friends here who are always glad to see him. Mr. E. D. Birchmore, telegraph op- j erator for the Western Union at Sa vannah, Go., visited his parents in Camden last week for a few days. Mrs. E. C. von Tresckow, whose husband, Maj. von Tresckow, holds a consulate at Berlin, Germany, arrived at home a few days ago and is stop- I ping with her sister, Mrs. J. K. Shan non. Mrs. von Tresckow is here to i look after some business matters and will likely be in Camden severa' | weeks. Her host of friends are de- ' lighted to see her again. Mr. Warren Arnold, who with two ? of his brothers and a friend have been ' up north for some time as musicians, 1 has return-, d home. He has accept-' ed a position as an electrical operator j with the Wateree Power plant. His| many friends in Camden were glad to 1 see him again. j We deeply regort to learn that Birchmore Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Newton Kells, is very ill in Columbia, j He was taken sick Tuesday of la*5 ' week and has be:-n unconscious for | the past day or so. His many friends here and in his home community wil : 1 earnestly hope for his recovery. Hi ; is a namesake of the editor of The I Messenger, and is a splendid young j man. Miss Molly Blackwell Freshman Cheer leader at Winthrop The Johnsonian, Winthrop College. Miss Molly Blackwell of Camdew was elected freshman cheer leader Thursday morning at a meeting of the freshman class, which was called by Miss Margaret Jackson, president of the senior class. Miss Blackwell is one of the most 1 enthusiastic members of her class, I and promises that freshman 'pep' this i year will greatly aid their athletic teams in making an. enviable reputa tion. Miss Blackwell is a graduate of tho Comden high school. Durinsr h<*r senior year she was cheer leader j secretary and treasurer of her class, and winner of the declamation con test in Camden. She took an active part in dramatics and In Glee Club ? k During her sophomore year ? t-?iv1ary of her plass. ? Cnf'iden Methodist Church T yttlctcn Street, near Hampton Prik. Gcojge Pierce \*7atson, Pas.cr Sujiaay, October 14: Bible schc:l 1 0 : C 0 A. M. with c!nssf 5cr a grade: end ages. Epwoith L'ngue, 0:4 ? P. M. which all the- yeung i cople arc re quested to attend Public worship, 11 ' 15 A. M. and 7.3*. V'. M. conducted bv the pastor. Morning theme: Th" Snirit of Christian Service. Evening theme: An Awful Alternative. Mid week pray r service, Wednesday, 7:30 I P. M. The public is- most cordially invited to all the services of this Church, seats free. Charming music. Bible studies suitable to the need8 and demands of this stirring age in which we are living. Come and bring your friends. Fish and Oyster Supper The ladies Aid Society of the Cas satt Baptist Church will serve a fi?h and oyster supper at Cassat, Saturday evening October 31, beginning at six o'clock. The public is urged to at tend. Offer Still Open. The Messenger is presenting its | subscribers, new or old, who pay one ' year's subscription, with a worth while premium, a Home and School Dictionary. If you have children going to school they will need the diction ary. If you want a dictionary in your home or in your office, it will be the very thing for you. It con tains 440 pages, is self-pronouncing, gives correct pronunciation of words, how to divide flyllables, what words should be capitalized, parts of speech, etc, The dictionary sells for 60 cents, but is glvon absolutely free with one year's subscription to The I^essongrr. A Forceful Sermon Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of tho Lyttleton Street Methodist church, al wavs delivers a forceful and inter esting sermon, and his sermon Sunday j night was unusually impressive and was lit jned to by his congregation with pfofoiwd Interest. His sermon ? at the morning service was also a fine on*. NEWS PROM BLANEY Special to The Watcree Messenger: Blaney, October 6: ? The many friends of Mrs. A. C. Sanders will re gret to know that she continues very ill in the Columbia Hospital. | Mtss Eva JoneB spent the past [week end with Mrs. Grace Bowon, | Mr. and Mrs. Boykin K. Rose have returned from Hartsville when ihey visited Mrs. Rose's parents. Mrs. J. M. McCabe and children of Columbia were the guests last Sun day of Mrs. J. M. Dinkins. Mrs. S. E. Davis of Spartanburg and Mrs. H. V. Dunn and children of Cheraw were the guests this week of Mrs. W. P. Browt. Earl King of Gonzales, Florida, is spending the week here with friends. Miss Allie Rose is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. F.Eddleman for some time at Forest Hills. Messrs. Paul Branham, Bill Kiker and Lewis Smith of Dillon spent the past week end here. Avery Nelson has returned to his work in Florence aftc-r visiting his father. Nathan Nelson of Columbia is vis iting Henry nelson this week. Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Ross and son, Jack, are spending this week in Snowdon, Virginia, as the guests of their daughter, Mrs. G. G. Knapp. Rev. Messrs. Franklin and Cobb who are holding a meeting in the Rowan Presbyterian church at Lugoff, were visitors here Thursday and Friday and addressed the school pupils during the assembly hour. The boys and girls of the high school are getting their basket ball teams in shape for the opening of the season after Thanksgiving and are planning for a good year this season. Painting Postoffice. The interior of the postoffice has been neatly painted and now pre sents a very pleasing appearance. Work on the doors which started some months ago, is not completed as yet. We understand that some thing more is to be done to them. Registered Voters in Kershaw County. The supervisors of registration Tvere kopt busy for the three lant dayn they were registering voters. The books are now closed and will remain closed until the first Monday ;n De cember. The total number registered is 1830. Of this number 10G7 ar' white males and 755 white female^. Colored males 7 and co'oied females 1. Got. Richards Heard Over Radio Gov. John G. Richards was heard by a number of Camden ci' izens over .he rauio from Nashville, Tenn., last night in his address on " South Caro lina". lie paused in his address to make an appeal for^the preservation of the Wilvr home in Columbia, up on the site of which an auditorium may be elected. m en's M&tmifr-,, v A Laymen's Meeting was held at St. John's church, Spring Hill, Sat- 1 urday, and another meeting will be held in Sumter tomorrow afternoon in Trinity church, beginning at 3 o' clock. Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of the Lyttlcton Street Methodist church accompanied by several laymen from the church here, expect to attend. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES Rally Day was n splendid success In our school last Sunday. 135 were present and made an offering of twenty two dollars and fifty cents which is to be given to Sunday School extension work in the Southern Pres byterian Church. The program, "The King's Highway" was enjoyed by all. Bethseda church is being represent ed this weelt^atSvJJod in Columbia by Mr. L. T. MiTHTand the pastor. The young people of the church shipped a large box of clothing to the storm stricken people in Florida thb week. This wan made possible through the generosity of the people of Camden. The pastor has been asked to re mind the parents of the church of the Junior C. Endeavor work. This or ganization ift intended to embrace the children up to twelve years of aj>;fe It meets under the direction of two young ladies of the church every Sun day afternoon at four thirty o'clock at the S. S. room. It in hoped that; more of the children will attend and benefit from this splendid work. One piece of work recently dono by thin or ganization was to support a Korean leper for three months. The public is cordially invited to all service# of thlfi church. LIBERTY HILL HAPPEN INGS Gathered by Our . Corres pondent There. I Mr. Editor ? With the continuance of fine fair -days during the past week much cotton was harvested and the ginnerys are having about all they can do, but as the crop is short and most of it open the rush will soon be over. We had a lof of thunder and a nice light fall of rain on Sat urday night, good for gardens and turnips, but garden vegetables are very scarce, and the outlook for tur nips is not at all encouraging at this time. Rev. F. A. Drennan preached two interesting sermons at the Presbyter ian church on Sunday ? morning and evening. N Sunday was ''Rally Day" at our Sunday school and an interesting and instructive program was carried out, the subject being "The King's Highway" and the principal charac ters representing twelve spies sent r.ut (as by Moses) to study and re port on the scope, benefit and pro gress of our Sunday school work, all but two made favorable reports thn good accomplished by the establish ment of Sunday schools under varied ">rd>tions and of the phenomenal growth of the attendance from 176, 661 to 426,563 in twenty five years, and of increased gifts for the same time from $122,228 to $868,414. The two spies making the unfavorable re ports after learning of the great good accomplished by Sunday school workers under all conditions and en vironments of people with whom they worked, relented from their opposi tion and rendered a revised rf-port regretting their "lack of information," and opposition to so worthy a cause. "Bach part was well rendered and Superintendent L. P. Thompson and his able assistants deserve credit for the success of the occasion. A col 'ection amounting to $01.69 with more to follow waa taken for Sunday school work. Misse8 Sophie and Marion Richards of Bennettsville school, Mr. J. G. Richards. 3rd, of jCh^Cft-Vi .and Miss Lai Richards, of McBee school, came ovr on Saturday to visit their mother, Mrs. C. E. Richards, and at tend the "Rally Day" exercises. Mr. E. J. Cunningham of Spartan burg, is spending a couple of days with his brother, Postmaster, C. D. Cunningham. Miss Josephine Wardlaw, of Ches ter, spent Sunday at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ward law. Mr. W. J. Richards, who was re cently operated on for appendicitis, is recuperating at the ohme of his mother, Mrs. C. E. Richards. Mr. A. C. Cureton, Jr., who has a position in Columbia and was quite ick last week, is ablo to be up again, ?vp are informed. Mr. W. E. Johnson, one of Cam den's most pleasant and affable cit izens accompanied by his son, Mr. W. E. Johnson, Jr., attended service at the church here. Sunday morning. Mrs. J. H. Clements, who is prin ciple of the Gates Ford school, has gone to open her school for the next lessiOn. Your reporter spent several days '?n Camden last week and wishes to return thanks to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. H'oqt. Mr. and Mrs. Benton Sheom and Mr. and Mrs. L. Gardner for dndnesses shown us while there. C. Another Enterprise for Camdei The latest enterprise for Camden is the Orange Blossom Ice Cream Store. It is located next south of ?Hlrseh T?-nt>>r-rs in the room recently vacted by the A. & P. store. Mr. Walter Gettys, a well known and popular young man, is in charge. The store is a part of the chain system of Wil liams & Owens. Training School Closed Friday Kven> in*. The training scohol for teachers, which was held in the Lyttleton Street Methodist church last week, closed Friday evening. The closing features were made vory pleasant. Luncheon was served by the ladies of the church. There were ten who at tended the school with the view of getting certificates for completing the I course. They were presented with the certificates Sunday morning by the pastor just before the morning sermon. ' Mr. S: E. King, of McBee, was a pleasant visitor to our office Satur day. He dropped in to renew his sub scription to The Mecsenger. Majestic Will Soon Be Open Again A considerable force is working hard to finish up the interior of the Majestic Theater, and they hope to be ready by Friday,- but no definite announcement of the date can yet be made as some of the fixtures are to come in yet. <The interior i8 a mar vel of beauty, and Camden patrons are eager to get a chance to sp'*nd their evenings there and to see what a wonderful improvement has been made. It is a safe bet that there is no movie house in the state that can surpass it in beauty, convenience and safety from fire. The cost of these improvements has been considerable but the hundreds of patron3 will show their appreciation for what has been done to make the play house attract ve by a liberal patronage. The seat ing capacity is GOO, but we Jo not hesitate to say that it is doubtful if there will be standing room on ^.heir opening night which will be announc ed within a ffiw days. Jurors for October Term of Court. The following jurors were drawn Tuesday of last week to serve as petit jurors for the first week of court for Kershaw county which con venes Monday, October 22nd, with Judge Johnson presiding: H. S. Moore, C. C. Whitaker, S. B. Hall, J. N. Lindsay, Clyde Baker, C. B.^cCaski^, of Camden; D. L. Mc Laughlin, S. L. McLaughlin, L. E. Bowers, G. O. Robinson, J. C. Hearon, of Cassatt; J. A. Bell, Lewis Rabon, Eugene L. Branham, John Taylor, of Lugoff; Marion B. Jones, W. B. Hol den, L. A. Hasty, W. B. Hilton, P. A. McDowell, B. B. Bowers, J. E. Lowell, H. S. Hunter, C. R. Gregory, S. B. Faulkenberry, of Kershaw; S. M. Young, W. I). Ray, D. R. Young, of Westvillfc7 D. A. Goff, James M. Thornton, J. L. Goff, of B'.aney; Frank Lee, J. L. King, J. T. Munn. J. M. King, J. R. Hunter, of Bethune. Second Week Jurors The following jurors were draw:, Tuesday morning to serve for the sec ond week of court: W. L. Branham, Lugoff. B. C. Goff, Camden, 2. Frank Young, Westville. ?Ti W. Bowers, Kershaw. Z. L. Player, Camden. N. B. Welsh, Jefferson. J. M. Gardner, Kershaw. D. L. Bradley, Camden. J. H. Ray, Camden, 2. J. M. Clyburn, Bethune. W. W. Cputhen, Kershaw. B. T. Davis, Camden. J. H. Davis, Cassatt. R. C. Jones, Liberty Hill. R. E. Hammond, Stoneboro. E. C. Zemp, Camden. G. T. Catoe, Camden, 6. T. B. Branham, Lugoff. T. F. McDowell, Westville. Daniel Brannon, Lugoff. R. L. Jones, Bethune. W* L. Stover, Kershaw. M. N. Billings, Camden. E. J. Fields, Bethune. A. K. Bowen, Blaney. C. B. Baker, Kershaw. D. M. Melton, Bethune. F. C. Moseley, Camden. J. M. Martin, (->Blaney, 2. J. R. Bell, Lugoff. A. C. Moseley, Camden, 2. W. E. Kelly, Lugoff. Jas. D. Sheorn, Camden. E. G. Moseley, Camden 2. C. W. Holly, Jefferson. Jas. Hunter, Kershaw. Rijjht on the Job. Because we are having small crops this year, and other conditions that are not just as wo all would like to have them, you need not get it in your head that Kershaw county is not going to have a good fair this year. 'Work to this end is going right along. The officials are right on the job. They are planning for a record at tendance this year and a record ex hibit. The fair will open Monday, October 29th, and will run through November 3rd. Mau.* your plans to spend as much time as you possibly can at the fair? Kt>i ahaw county's fair, to which all of the county is invited as well as friends from neighboring counties. It is going to he a big success. We ?re sure of that. Five died Sunday in airplane accl dontg in Detroit. C'apt. Clement W. Brown and his fiance were among the ones killed. NOTICE Is your water supply satisfactory ? We drill four or six Inch welt* through any formation. Also install pumpg. C. Lee Company, Spartan burg, S. C., Route 4. 6tp. I Fire Prevention Week. This is fire prevention week in South Carolina. Gov. Richards has issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of the state to observe this week as such. Here is some in formation that is appropriate at th*Ls time and which may be of value in the observance 0f Fire Prevention Week: A warning in time is worth heeding. To some people there is a "handwrit ing on the wall" in the warning in. the report of fire hazards rendered by the Fire Prevention Week Bureau of a large mid-western city. For the month of June, the Bureau made 4 ,401 inspections, finding fire hazards to the number of 1,305. Pre dominating in this total were bad henting units and rubbish, divided as follows: Flues .... 387 Furnaces, stoves and hot plates . . 58 Heating appliances G Stoves and smokepipes 2i' Total heating units bad . . ISO Accumulations of straw, trash, rub >ish and waste paper constituted fire lazards to the number of 51". Since these two classifications con tained the greatest number of fire hazards, it is very probable that they caused the majority of fires suffered by the city in the past, according to The National Board of Fire Umk-u writers. It is likely that a similar state of afafirs exists in m?>st \>\\\ munities. Let us nil take heed, therefore, ;i"*i correct such conditions. Rubbish, the largest item, requires attention con tinually; it should not be allowed ; t any time or any place. This montl particularly, heating units should be inspected and unsafe conditions cor rected. Soon cold weather will requir the use of these units and if the warning is not heeded there wi1! lie many destructive fires. ' Camden Eleven Takes Easy One. (Special to The Record) Camden, S. C., Oct. 6. ? The* Cam den high school fotboall team made an easy victory over Manning high school yesterday afternoon) when the local boys chalked up 33 points a gainst a scoreless record for the vis itors. Haynes, Camden's fleet half was credited with two touchdowns, while others making six points each, In cluded Chewning, Russell and Camp bell. Russell kicked three times for ?he extra point. W. Horton, Manning end, was tak en from the field early in the game with a broken leg. He was removed to a local hospital where he is report ed as resting as well as could be ex pected. Camden will travil to Florence next Friday where the lo^l outfit will meet Bishopville high at the Pee Dee fair. Camden (33) .... Manning Hi (0) Russell LE Dobson Ogburn LG .... Beatson Fouts LT Rigby Jenkins C Dennis Ross : RG . . Broadway C. Nettles RT . . Thompson T. Wooten RE . W. Horton E. Wooten QB Davis Chewning LH (c) C. Horton Haines RM Brown Campbell FB Rhope Scoring touchdowns: By Chewn ing, Russell, Campbell and Haynes (2). Extra points, Russell (3). Officials: Refere, McCurry (Fur man); umpire, McKnight (Wake forest); headlinesman, Burns (Da vidson). Deputy Sheriff Loses Job. Recently Governor Richards sum moned the deputy sheriff and sheriff of Berkeley county before him to show cause why they should not be suspended from office. The sheriff was too sick at the time set for the hearing, so his case was continued until he was able to attend. It was proven unmistakably that the deputy sheriff had been disposing of the whiskey crfptured in raids and the. Governor took the matter under con sideration. He later issued an order dismissing the deputy. It is report ed that his action will probably t<et into the courts upon the ground that the Governor is not clothed with au thority to dismiss deputy sheriffs. 'If there is not sufficient law to war rant this, then the legislature when it convenes should enact such a low, for it is outrageous to think of an officer disposing of whiskey in any such way. The deputy also claimed that he had distributed some of it around to certain state official*, naming them. He also said that it was given to some parties wh0 nnid SOCIAL AND PERSONAL j Mrs Thomas Lawtun Willinghani f Dr. and Mrs. Willingham, the twins Anna Lucile and Bessie Neil, have returned from a delightful visit to Co lumbia, Little Mountain, Newberry and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Harris have returned from New H .mpshire where thejy spuit the summer. The Rev. Mr. New who will supply the Episcopal pulpit for an indefinite time preached his first sermon Sun day to an appreciative audience. Miss Mollie Heard, of HartsvilU, who has many friends in Cnnrlen, \s visiting her brothers, Messrs. H. E. and S. B. Beard. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. MeCants, of Columbia, and Mrs. M. J. MeCants, of Orangeburg, were guests of M rs. Zeigler on north Third avenue last ?vc ck. The women of Camden were de lighted to have the district Federa tion meet with them last Thursday. The invitation was extended by the Civic League. The speeches made by 'he women were good and the meet ing as a whole uplifting. What Insurance Costs Reference has been made to the in surance which stockholders c,v Yhc Wateree Building and Loan A.-u>seia tion offers in connection with stock 'ssued. In their advertisement pub lished elsewhere in this issue r>f The Messenger the figures are given. It is very small. Stockholders may or may not take this insurance, it bein* optional with them. The advantage is this, however. You take a number of shares in the association and obtain a loan upon them for building a home. If you have insurance and should die then the stock matures at once :'or for 100 per cent, and the home is paid for. By this there will be no chance of leaving a debt upon the property upon which the loan if made. Read the figures over and consider them. Honor Roll for Midway High School for September. First Grade ? Linward Champion, Archie Gordon, Margaret West, Wil lien West. .Second Grade ? Kathleen Anderson, Thelma Brannon, Mary E. Hunnicutt, Duncan Corbett, Elizabeth McCoy, Olive McGuirt. > ? Third Grade ? Milton McGuirt, Wil liam McCoy, Emily McCoy, Gene Cooper, Margaret Anderson, Dorothy West. Fourth Grade ? None. Fifth Grade ? Thelma Stokes, Flo ree Rozier, Margaret Holland, Ruby Gay West, Oralie Brannon. Sixth Grade- ? Virginia Brannon, Francis Hyatt. Seventh Grade ? Mary McCoy, Viv ian Stokes, Maurice West. Eighth Grade ? None. Ninth Grade ? Moneta West. Tenth Grade ? None. Eleventh Grade ? None. (Signed) W. B. Stevenson. Seaboard Announces Two Last Ex cursions for the Season. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad an nounces the two last excursions of the season, one to Savannah, Hanava, Cuba, and Florida points on Thurs day, October 18, and the other to Washington on Friday, October 1!>. Low roundtrfy excursion fares from Columbia, Charleston, Cheraw, Den mark, Florence and other points in South Carolina to Savannah and Hav ana will prevail. Proportionate fares to othor Florida points. Final return limit to Savannah is October 25, to Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Ocala, St. Augustine, October 20, to Key West November to Havana Nov ember 0, to other destinations, Oct ( her 30. Low roundtrip fares to Washington, the Nation's Capitol, will be offered from Camden, Cheraw, Columbia, Mc Hee, North, Denmark and other points | in South Carolina. Final return lim it is October 24. For further infor mation consult the Seahpard offices at various points. they neeeled it for medicinal purposes. Berkeley county has long borne the reputation for looseness along th? line of the enforcement of the prohi bition law, and Gov. Richards is a roused nnd is determined to get at the bottom of this business in an ef fort to see that the' law is enforced, and In this he should have the hearty co-operation of the good people of Berkeley county as well as the ntato at large. Mr. Sidney Smith was a visitor to Camden Saturday, and was being Kreoted by his many friends hero.