The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 02, 1932, Image 1
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CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, PRO*.
CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUG. 2, 1932
NO. 37
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4-H Girls Camp
At Lake Shamokio
The annual 4H gtirls'ncamp is to1
?/( be held' '. Aug. 3 and 4 at the club
v' camp at Lak6 ?hamokin. The girls
arte expected to arrive at camp Wod
fcra/'licsday morning, August 3 at 10
H&Vcloak. They arc txip-ected to bring
S^p'cr'c lunch for Wednesday, noon- ?
Camp meals will be served after that.
i ' M:o. Harriet F. Johnson, Stato
. Girls' Club Agent and Miss Jans Kc*
chc.i, Marketing Specialist, WirAhrcp
CoMage, will be hare ? and will give
ccme valuable intstructions.
In order that^the cwr.|rJ vvi'.l cosx
each gi.l as litt\? as possible each
or. a ij asked to bring the following:
1-2 lb. bacan or ham, 1 2 doz. irish
potatoes, 1 cup grits, 1-2 do's*, eggs,
1 cup sugar., 1-2 doz. tomatoeu, 1
glass jelly, 1 cup mo?.l, 1 :at6aga, i
watermelon, 1 lb. baar.s cr jvaa-. 1
Also tha following articles: Blar.lr.i
or quilt, a towel, soap, V;o'.h
brush r.nd pasta, brush, rnJt
any othe! toilet article.-. Immediately ,
upov. airlving they will resistar und -
pay 26 pants to halp dafray the cx .
pan? of the canvr . I
hm? of the women of th-> county
are going tc assist the Home Agant.
Their names will be sent" in next
... week. i
Below is the camp schedule. i
- WiE DN'RSD A Y .
10:00 Registration of eluh mem
bers.
11:00 Assembly.
12:00 Picnic lunch. j
1:1") Group meetings.
1:4 j Assembly singing.
2:00 Group A, Handwork
Group *B, Canning Deijjon
Group B, Canning Demonstration.
.3:00 Group B, Handiwork.
Group A, Canning Demonstration
4:15 Rest : . vj
4:30 Pictures in the home.
5:30 Swimming. ^ , Ry>
(tor 6:80 Slipper. *
. 7:30 Va-.'pcrs. i
.^8:00 Games. i
8 : 3 3 Cin>pfive. i
" - THURSDAY.
fl "0: Rising bell.
7:03 Mcrning watch.
7:30 Breakfast.
8:30 Camp in order.
0:03 Group A, Handwork.
Group B, Tabl-B service. I
10.00 Croup B; Handwork.
Group A, Table service.
1 1 :C0 General Assembly.
12:00 Dinner.
1:00 Group meetings.
1:30 Assembly singing."
2:00 Arrangement of flowers.
3:00 Swimming.
4:00 Watermelon slicing. i
5:00 Break crmp.
' Bethune News
Dr. and Mrs. C O Terry and dau
ghter.?, Mis.ic.s Beth and K.athryno
left Saturday for thnir home in Quit I
man after a weeks visit here.
Mrs, Mack Kin^ and son, Mack Jr.,
'? of Nee ins are spending rometirr.a in
the homo cf Mi?s Stella Bethune.
Rev. Mr. CI "mom and wife and
daguhter, Shirley, of Philadelphia are j
vi " t : i" ir: th * home < !' Mrs. ('demon's j
father, Mr. F. M Arthur.
Mr: Trumps Cooley and children
of .Swansea are the guests of their
aunt, Mrs. Daisey McLaurin. i
Mr. and Mrs. G B McKinrvon were
the guests of Miss Lillian Goodlet of
|jt' Traveler's llowt Sunday.
|f?> ? Mrs. I/. A. McDowell visited' in
Greenville, Sunday.
Mrs. "Louie" Kelly returned Sat
?J; urday from a visit to her son, F. C.
Kelly. Mrs. Kelly was accompanied
;V harp by Mr. Kelly and> family of
Johnson City, Tenn.
V-' A picnic was given at Big Spring*
TuesdKy evening in compli'ment to
-jThv and Mrs. C. O Terry of Quitman,
Georgia, Mr. a nd Mr#. J. B Johnston
i oif Trenton^ Tenn., Mrs. Mack King
of Neeses and Mrs. L. A. MoIKywell
of Tampa, Florida.
Of Intereft to friend# and relatives
?e 1# th p announcement of the
th of A <*on to Mr. and Mrs. R. M
hun?a of Cher aw.
Mr. ftnrf Mrs. J.,B Johnyrton and
ildren of Trenton, Tenn. returned
their home Wednesday after a vi
of two weeks here.
n Beth Norwood Of McBee and
gueatjo, Mlwefc lAicile Bry
i/oulse Lawton of Garner, N.
dinner gu?ats of Mis? Ka
,y evening.
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MEDAL OF HONOR
FOR TRUESDALE
President Makes Presentation to
South Carolinian
Washington, July 30. ? The Presi
dent today awarded the ~ medal of
honor to Coiiporal Donald L. Trues -
dale, U. S.. Marine corp.* of Lugoff
for service in Nicaragua as set forth
in the following citation:
"For extraordinary heroism in the
line of his profession above and be
yond the call of duty at the risk of
his life as second in command of u
Guardia national patrol April 24, 1932
Engaged at the time in active opera
tions in the field against armed ban
dit forces operating in the vicinity
of Constanica near the Coco river de
partment of JinoteA'a, Northern Nica
ra&ua. While the patrol was in for
mation on the trail searching for a ,
bandit guouf) with which contact had
just previously been had a rifle grc
nade fe.:l from it.-, carrier carried by a
member of the patrol and struck a
lock Igniting the detonator. Several
men of the patrol were in close pro\
imitv af the grenade at the time.
"Corporal Truesdalc who was sev
eral yards away at the time could
aa My hav.^ sought cover and safety
for himself but instead knowing full
well the grtned/e would explode with
in two or three seconds with utter
disregard for his own .personal safety
and at the risk of his own life runrv
for i he gienada grastped it in hii
?/srht hari and attempted to throw it
away from the patrol before it ex
ploded. The grenade exploded in his
hand blowing it off and inflicting
serious multiple wounds about hit
body. Corporal Tiuesdale by hU ac
tion-,3 took the full s.hock of the expio?
ion. cf the grenade upon himsulf
thereby saving 1 ih r? lives of or .-eriou'
injury to his comrade? in arms, H?f
actvonu were worthy of- .the highest
traditions of the professions- 'of arms.''
Tducsdale who ha.-? held tihe rank
of lieutenant in the Guardia was |
anMs'.tjd in the marine coi . _ r
ber 2), 1924, and served until Nov
ember 24, 1928. After five month
u-ir.'T Which he was a member of the
Marine corps reserve on inactivr
'.'?.y hi re arlis'itd April 30, 1929 and
has sorved in Nicaargua ;*tnce June
1929. He has' had' numerous- contact?
with bandits in the Nugwa Segovir
department whero he was on dutj
most of the time. He is now on duty
with t.hs Nicaraguas National Guard
?The State.
Dr. & Mrs.. J. L? Williford attended
a dinner party in Winnsboro Friday
evening given by Mr; and Mrs. S. F
MeMaster.
Extremo in Compliment
The duke of Wellington remarked
n;ter he had see:i I an'rl Wcli' ior. -s:r,
no inn a con! I be im jis It.-n'e*
W (<???:{ f1" 1 ??>'.?
Marriages And Divorces In The
Washington, I). C. ? According to
the returns received by the Bureau of
Census, there were 1,000,095 mar
riag?s> performed in the United' State?
during the year 1931, as compare*
with 1,128,572 in 1930- a decrease of
08,477 or 6.1 per cent. There was ?
decrease of 8.4 per cent from 1929 tc
1930, according to the sam,' report.
For the year 1931 there wore 183,
095 divorces- granted in the Uniter
States. During 1930 there were 191,
591 ? a decrease of 7,85*0, or 4.1 pe?
I cent as against a decrsase of 4.9 pe
cent from 1929 to 1930. The marrage?
annulled in 1931 were 4,338, as com
pared with 4,370 in 1930.
The (population pf continental Uni
ted States on July 1, 1931, was esti
mated at 124,070,000, and on July 1
1930, 123,191,000. Based on the?-?
tjfttimates the number of marriage?
per 1,000 of the population was 8.F:
I per cent in 1931, as against 9.2 pe*
cent in 1930. On the same basis the
number of divorces per 1,000 of po
ulatlon was 1.49 in 1931, as against
1.50 in 1930.
For the United States a? a whole
there were 5.8 marriages for e>ach rli
v.jrce reported, as against 5.9 in I'tHO
The District of Columbia and New
York Stat? etnc.h has but one cause
for absolute divorce. They reporter!
24.7 and 22.4 marriages, respectively
for divorce. The rate in the
other Rt<ates ranged from 12.0 mftr
ringe* to en^h divorce in I/>uisiana to
1.5 to each rMvorce in Nevada.
Th.i Census Bureau has received
many rewuests for this information.
The preliminary reports, according to
tftAte* And grotup* ?f states, have Ven
United States For 1930-31
mi In minwofifrtphed form.
hfb?k'iVi%
Scenes of Bonus Riot at 'Washington
U. S. Troops Drive Vets from Capital
AuTOCASTER. service
No. 1 Unite'! States troops swing?1
ing inlo action to clear Washington
of Bonus rioters w!hen the District
of Columbia authorities confessed de
feat and the situation out of control
The detachment of cavalry and tanks
.-thown marching up Pennsylvania
Avenue, were in support of infantry
and machine gun crews which stag
ed the tear.^as offensive on the bonus
camp.-% No. 2. Scene in one of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bonus Camp?
wthen the battle with the District
police was at its height. In the riot
ing 1 wa; killed and 44 injured, four j
MRS. KLfKARF/ril SOWKIX
I>I KI) LAST WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Mrs, Elizabeth
Sowell, aged 7 J, who died at her homo
n 1 Br .'!? h ;? ? vt:.-?n Tuesday, wcvj
heid \V rdr ?>?day aft.'rno.jn at Reulah
lunch an I the burial was in the
churchyard cemetery. Services were
conducted by Rev. M. Shealy, aAsist
?d by Wan .'n (J. Ar.aiJ, of the
I.yttloton I'trcct Methodist chuich,?of
this city.
Mrs. Sowell had b<r?n an invalid
and confined to b<*d for a long num
ber of years and her (k'ath was not
unexpected. She is survived by a
arge family of children Mrs. l/ou
Pearce, Miss Ethel Sowell, of ("am
den; Mrs. .1. H. Hrvmmond, of State
burg; Mm. J. C. Wylie, of Spindale,
N. C.; I). I< Sowell, I. A Sowell, C F
i Sowell, of Washington, I). C.
Pallbearers serving at the funeral
were: M. M. Johnson, K. C Pearce,
Eugen* I ej'rc: , II. I>. (liv-jn, of Cam
:lcn; R. D. S we.l, of INrt < v i 1 1 >; an'!
Vance II >ujjh, of Kershaw.
VIRITINCi MINISTER A'l
FIRST BAPTIST ( III RCll
Rev. B. E. Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Johnston will sup
ply the pulpit of the 'Camden' First
Baptist Church* next Sunday morning.
Rev. Mr. Wall is one of the states
leading Baptist ministers and it is to
be hoped that, a largo congregation
may hear him on his visit to our city,
The public ifl cordially invited to
attaftd.
v' <? ? 1
of them seriously, many of the _>o
lice. K'o. .'i. General Douglas Mie
Arthur, Chief of Staff of the U S
Army, who was in personal charge
of the Federal troops in both the af
ternoon and evening offensives. No.
4. Ilere was a battle over an Amer
ican flag between Bonus Veterans and ,
Washington police and in which one :
of the police F-hown in t h .* picture wa.
seriously injured. No. f? U. S In j
fantrymcn with drawn bayonets and
in gas ma.-ks clearing the Pennsly- j
vania Bonus Camps, then .wet fire an<! J
burned the huts. After mopping u; j
MO'WIKK AT 13.
North Wilkeshoru, N. Aug.
I ? (A I') ? Mrs. I)ys<ti(? Fay (iolds
(Jrcen of Mount /ion, Wilkes
County, has become the mother
of triplets although only 13. ?
One of the Imbies, born .Inly '2.">,
died, bnt reports from the niegh
Imrhood today said the remain
ing two were normal and thriv
ing.
Mrs. Nancy Golds, grandmoth
er of the youngsters, is but 32
years old.
J' LU BET HIGHER TAXES
li ON BANANA OIL
amp Bologna would
slow Down these
Political campaigns,
I in ^1 II
. ryi\ - ? , ye.'
and clearing the.-e camps, the troops
advanced in an evening attack on
Camp Marks on the Anacostia River
to which 7.000 Bonn, seekers had re
peated. The tear-gas offensive was
resumed, the veterans driven out and
all structure destroyed and burned
These scene.-; mark the most extensive
use of troops in the National Capitol I
since ihe Civil War. In the fore- '
ground of picture No. 5, note the
cameraman within the noting zone
gathering these pictures for the
reader's perusal. Three cemeraman
were injured.
A STATKMKNT FROM MR. BOWKN
Editor Tho Messenger: Please
allow mo lh?' privilege of stating
thru your paper thai the report about i
my being <> candidate for tho County
Board of hiroctors in the race for
th" legislature from Kershaw County
is not true, and furthermore I wish
to state that my candidacy has not
pome about l>y any promises' or agree
nvnts of mine to or with any political j
organization, politician, indidual, 01
group of men; hut solely as a tax
payer, feeling an.l seeing the necess
ity of drastic i eduction in govern
mental expenditure, thereby bringing
about a cut in our t ix levy which will
en<n}>le working people, Farmers, and
all industry to get. on foot again.
I am no politician by trade and
have not profited therefrom, but as J
a farmer endeavoring to make an I
honest living I am sacrificing my i
time just now by offering myself as a
. candidate in this race giving tho poo
| pie a chance to have n practical bus
iness farmer to represent th;?ir in
j tcrest in t o coming legislature from
the standpoint, of taxation which all
; may know is the need of the hour. I
Respectfully,
TO. T. HOWKN.
Undo F,b#?n
"Rome of (lent klngN dut hflil to give
up thrones," sold l-'ncln Ebon, "kIIh to
he so much like ordinary folkR dey
think di '.v'ift luc''y If d:\\ n sent In
n street cur." \Vu: !.'ng'. on Stu.\
Wilson Williams, 18,
Rilled by Gas in Well
A very distressing occurrence hap
j pened on Thursday last in the Thorn
Hill section a few miles from here
I when Mr. Wilson Williams, 18 year
' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Williams,
| lost his life by being overcome by bad
i air, or gas, in a well. It seems that
j the well had gone dry and they were
going to sink it deeper. A hole had
been drilled and a dynamite charge
had failed to explode, when the ex
1 pidient of firing it, with lighted fod
! der dropped in had been tried withou1
I success. One workman wont down
' and brought out the eypkisive, and
! yomig William^ went in to get the
lunbusned fodder and clean up to re
sumo work. He call'd to be brought
I up. The bucket came up without him.
A man went down at once and found
him slumped over and unconscious the
rope was hasitly tied around him ami
both were drawn to the top buj. before
his limp body could be recovered it
dropped back to the bottom about 50
feet. Till/1 body was later brought up
by means of ice hook^ hut could not
_ j- cit . i. It \va> thought that
life was extinct wehn he was first
brought up. The remain^ of the
unfortunate young man were buried
at Thorn Hill church on Friday even
ing after funeral services by Rev. J.
M. Neal. Quito a large crowd attend
ed the funeral and much sympathy is
felt for the family which has been so
greatly bereaved. Mr. Williams, the
father, was overcome and fainted
during the funeral services.
Liberty Hill News
Liberty Hill, Aug. 1. ? The period
of several weeks of unusually hot and
dry weather was broken by a nice
shower of rain on Monday last, since
which time nainsi have fall<*fl"th most
places in our s.ection, but a general
rain did not come until Friday even
ing when a black and ominous looking
clcuj from the north spread over our
country frojji Charlotte southward
ti eating all section; to a dowrnpour of
the much needed rain, so essential to
thr> existence, and development of oil
I plant life. However, it came too late
to be of much benefit to old planted
corn, and most garden vegetables
which were too far advanced, to re
vive. The storm Friday evenin? wa?
accompanied by some w.nd Lnd much
lightning and thunder but we have
heard of no damage being done.
The Wliliam Arthur Cunningham
Chapter U. D. C. gave a o1 .Jigfotful
party on Ahe lawn at the beautiful
home of the President, Mrs. F B
Floyd one night last week. A large
crowd was present. Ice cream and
cake were served in abundant supply
and everybody present seemed to en
joy a very pleasant evening.
The store of Mr. C. V. Hammond
at Stoneboro was broken into on
Sunday night and a quantity of to
bacco and cigarettes, and perhaps
other merchandise was taken. Th#
U. S. Postoffice is kept in the same
building but was not molested, we
hear. Th-e Sheriff was notified and
Deputy Sheriff Cooley andi Mr. J. IT
Mol/ood, Jr. were soon on the scene,
but could develop no clues of much
importance.
K<*v. and Mrs. Ray Tiddilc an I child
ren and Mrs. T. I*. MeOtea <if (x)lum
bia were recent visitors in the home
of (Jov. and Mrs. Jolhn (t Ri ih ir<Js.
Mr. and Mrs. I. R McCoy of the Ml.
//inn section were visitors in t.h** homo
of Mr. and Mrs F. I? Floyd last week.
Rrof. J. R. Richards, principal o!
the I vane aster (Irammar Sohool is at.
the home of his mother, Mrs. C. F.
Richards after taking a special sum
mer course at tihe S. C. University.
Misses Margaret and Johnny Rich
aids have ret/urned after a visit to
their sister, Mrs. Austin Francis of
Sumter.
Miss Gallic Jones, popular member
of tihe Columbia City School faculty,
[ is spending tihe vacation at the home
; of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. ('
I Jones, having finished a course of
! studies at tJhe University.
Miss1 Josephine Wardliaw and the
Misses Douglas of Ohewter w?ro rc
[ cent, visitors in the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J Wardlaw.
.Miss Margaret Ilammon of Stone
boro sp?nt several days last week
with her cousin, Miss Willie I<eo
Higgins.
Deputy Sheriff (J. F. Cooley and
Mr. J II McI*>od, Jr. were on th?
'Hill' a Miort while MonHay. C