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CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, PRO!*.
COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUG. 30, 1932
No. 41
SMITH AND RICHARDS LEAD TICKET IN KERSHAW COUNTY
FARM OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING
SAYS COUNTY AGENT H. D. GREENE
U ?: ncoui aging to know that the
pri.c o;* colion has been increasing
recently and we should all have y
brighter ou look on life and be nunc
optimistic und progiessive and b j ie.-s
discouraged. However, do not allow
ourselves to again become dependent
upon cj ton money to buy those
things which we should produc at
home with particular reference to
food and feed cropr. Do not become
too independent and too spendthrift}- j
on account of the recent ,ise in cotton
price for we must real:ze that as cot
ton prices go up likewise the cost
of cobton production will go up and
if cotton remains at a higher level
until next year we may pxpect to -eo
the price of fertilizers, advance and
possible the pr'ce of Hbor i-.til nml"f
advanced ' \:o, thereby maintaining
the usual am all margin of profit
which we may expeet.
In, view of the above it appears ad
visable that we take advantage of ev
ery opportunity to keep from spend
ing money, hence, we should continue
to do everything possible towards
producing our living on/ the farm.
This fall we should put in grazing
crops far our livestock, we should
conserve rtable and lot manures, we
shcukl planit at leant some Austrian
. peas oi- vetch, using lime. This will
' be a part of your program of soil
improvement and will aleo give you
grea'er crap yields nexit year. We
should' continue the production of
livestock ? cows, horses, chicken*
(and possibly you will have oppor
tunity to get a good mare and raise
colts before very long). We should
take gre?at interest in pur home gar
den and make the garden an all-year
proposition. There are at least a
dozen vegetables which may be plant
ed in your garden between now and
the middle of September. If you do
not know what they are .please ask
your county agent for a copy of bul- '
le in No. 72, "Vegetable Gardening."
Make your turnip patch still larger.
It will supply food for the family
livestock and possibly some needy
nr.'/yhborr- fh's winter. Get in touch
wi'h yor.r county agent and securc
agricultural bulletins on the subject,
you aie mo.-t interested in. Filf
your name with your county agent to
roceiv? the monthly garden lettei
f*v-.r. C'.rcriFon College Which^ is free.
Arrange to enl'arge your pastures in
order that you may produce more
livestock. More livestock, legumes
and lime will help our people to gain
economic freodom. If you have no"
a m'lk cow try at ka<t to trade fo
*a heifer calf and raise her.
Respectfully,
HENRY D. GREEN, Ooun'y A
STATE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN
COMPLETES |PARTY |SET-UI?
Five appointments to complete the
buVnoss and financial organization
of t/hr> Democratic party in South ,
Carolina were announced by Claud
N. Sapp, s'ote chairman, yesterday.
Tho r '.point mm l*. were made upon
reque t of James A. Farley, chairman
of the nat'onal Democratic executive
committee.
Senator R. M. Cooper of Wisacky
wM appointed state director of fin
ancei. As member4? of- the national
? campa'gn. finance committee, Mr
Sp.pp de'ivgracted R. M. Edwards of
Columbia and John T. Stevens of
Kf r.shav. bn h bankers.
71V r^ote chairman named A. Fos
ter McXI . ick of Greenville as chair
man/ of the Roosevelt Rusiness and
Profrsnional league in South Caro
lina.
At the request of Ralph T. O'Neill,
former national commander of the
American Legion, who now he<ads the
veterans' divis'on of the national
Democatic party, Mr. Sapp a/ppoimt
od Col, J. Monroe Johnson of Marlon
a? (Vircctor of the South Carolina aer
vlce men's division. (Jhairman Far
lay transmitted this request. .
Mr. Sapp #aid the national com
mits? chairman has been notified
that all five position** were filled. He
| Wild he know of no funth?r aippolnt
( ment* to ba made In connection with
n&toinal campaitrn operation* in this
&t*te.^Tha State.
Kln^stree?^Thre? local1 warehouse*
to be oparated this wmaon.
Frank G. Williams; Former Camden
Man Dies in Automobile Accident
i Mr. Frank F. Williams, formoriy
! manager of Penney's Depart men'.
I Store in Camden was instantly killed
i Sunday morning when his automobile
collided with a Seaboard train at a
crossing near Mullins.
Mr. William* who left Camden only
a short while ago was employed by
| the Collins Department Stores at
| Mullins. He was on his way to
j spend his 2'Jth birthday anniversary
| with Mrs. Williams who was employ
ed by the same firm in their Conway
branch.
Mr. Williams was accompanied b>
Miss Mattie Goude, of ne-ar Mullins,
a friend of his room mate who was
going to spend the day with friends
near Conway. Miss Goude was fat
ally injured and died at a hospital
near the scene of the accident.
Coroner Clark Gasque eropannelled
a jury, which viewed the victims'
bodies. The jury recessed then un
til 11 a. m., Friday, when a double
inquest will be held.
Members of the crew of th?>
freight train, Local No. 80, north
bound, said the wreck was not due
to failure of stop-light signals at
.he crossing, which, they said, were
Liberty Hill News
Liberty Hill, Aug. 30. ? Dr and Mrs
Walker and Mr and Mrs John Wells
Todd of Laurens were recent visitors
in the hoove of Gov. and Mrs. John G
Richards.
Mr. and Mrs. Hazel McCaskill and
childien of Florence were weekend
visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W C Perry, sinter of Mr. MoCaskill.
Mr. and Mns. W T Boyd and dau
ghters, Missies Margaret and Louise
and Mr. Ira Fowler of Rock'Hill were
Junday visitors in the home of Mr.
ind Mrs. J H Clements.
Mipses Sophie and Rig>hton Rich
ards are visiting in the home of I>r.
and Mrs Dibble of Marion, S. C.
Mr. Charles Cunningham is spend
ing a while in the home of his cousins
.^r. and Mrs. Arthur W Cunningham
of Charlotte.
A dinner party was given on Fri
diay, Aug. 19th by Mr. and Mrs R J
Wardlaw honoring the birthday of
Mr. W A Cunninghamr.father of Mrs.
Wardlaw. The elders of the Pres
byterian church of which board Mr.
Ounningham has long been a member '
were the guesits of the occasion. Mr.
Cunningham is our only Confederate
/eteran and is much loved and res
pected by his friends and neighbors,
who wish for him many more very
pleasant birthdays.
Miss Margaret Perry was given a
party honoring her 12th birthday at
the home of her 'parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W C Perry.
Mrs. Malcome Hunger and (laugh
er, Miss Gladys of Charlotte were
ecent guests in the home of their
datives, Mr. and Mrs F B Floyd.
Mrs. R C Jones, Jr., of Lancaster
ind Mrs. Nannie Bag-well of Honea
'a.th were recent guests in the home
>f Mr. and Mrs R C Jones.
Mrs. James Thompson and brother,
Jeorge Britton Cunningham of Pine
ille, Ky. were recent visitors in the
home of their grandmother, Mrs. S
II Cunningham, who accompanied
them home for a visit and will also
visit relatives in Pennsylvania before
returning to her home here.
Mesdames S W Miogue, R W W'hite
ami J B Wallace were visitors on the
"Hill", Monday, guests in the home
?>{ Mrs. John (1 Richards. Mr Iloguc
the eficient custodian of Kershaw
County tax funds was also here for
i a short while.
Mr. L P Thompson was a business
visitor in Camden on Monday.
COLORED <JIRL l)H()WNK|)
Tena Scott, 13, was drowned while
bathing in the West Mill Pond in the
Casaatt of the County Monday after
noon. SJhe dove lntx> water over her
head. Another colored girl attempt,
fid a rescue but was un?uccew*ful in
her efforts to swve her companion.
The drowning according to tlhe evi
dence wwt purely accidental. No in
quewt was deemed necessary.
functioning. It occurred about 6
a. m. ?
Williams' automobile buried itself
under a box car, the frnnt wheels
1 crossing the opposite tiack. It re
' quireil 43 minutes to extricate the
victims' bodies, as the automob.le
had to be removed first. Ott icers
said this indicated the machine was
moving at a high rate of speed.
Mr. Williams, who was 2D years
old, is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Serena Evarns Williams, and the
following brothers and sisters: B.
L. V^illiams and Mrs George A Mon
sen, of Sumter; R. A. WilJiams, of
St. Paul, N. C, and G W Williams, ol
Pamiplico, S. C.
FUNERAL AT SUMTER
Funeral services for Frank F.
Williams, of Mullins, who was killed
when his car crashed into a train
near Mullins early Sunday morning,
were held at the residence of B. L.
Williams, 22 Folsom street, 5 o'
clock this afternoon. The services
were in charge of the Rev. J. B Walk
er. Interment was in the Sumter
cemetery. A number of Camder
people attended the services.
KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT j
IN GREENSBORO, N. <Xf
Roland Atkinson, 26, employe of tlw
Greensboro Hoisery Company, waaj
instantly killed Saturday, the 2TWV
w.hen he was run into by an automo
bile driven by a prominent lady of
Greensboro. Mr. ^Atkinson was rid
ing a motorcycle when, it is said the
lady made a wrong turn at a stop
signal. Mr. Atkinson is a former
citizen of Kershaw County. He is
survived by his mother, four sisters
and two small brothers. Funeral
services were held for Mr. Atkinson
Monday afternoon at the Hermitage
Baptist church, Rev T. P. Christmas
conducting the services.
MR. MOORE THANKS VOTERS
To the Voters of Kershaw County: 1
wish to thank you for the vote giver
me on August 30th for Clerk of
Court. While I was defeated I am
not discouraged. Being a new man
in politics I consider I received a fine
vote and thank my friends for same.
W. CURTIS MOORE.
MR. BELK THANKS VOTERS
I wish to thank the voters of
Kerahaw County for the flattering
vote given me in the primary elec
tion Tuesday in my race for re-elec
tion to the House of Representatives.
I feel deeply honored by the confi
dence expressed and promise to ren
der thom the host service within my
power.
J AS. R. BELK
4- Year Old Child
Drowned In Lake
YOUNG SON .OF MR. ANI) MRS.
DEWEY CREED MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH IN WATKREE LAKI
SATURDAY.
Thomas Edward Creed, age 4, son
of Mr. and Mrs Dewey J. Creed lost
his. life Saturday afternoon while in
bathing in the Wiateree lake 15
utiles north of Camden on the
Wateree river.
Mr. and Mrs Creed and family and
a group of friends were camping on
the island when the fatal accident
occurred. Little Tommie wuh
group of children was wading in
shallow water when he fell, but he
was not misted for several minutes.
His mother gave the alarm and after
? few minutes searching his body wa?
found close to the spot where the
children had been wading.
Mrs. Creed with other members of
the party rushed with the little body
to the Camden Hospital where all ef-J
forts to resuscitate him were unsuc
cessful'.
Mr and Mrs Creed and family have
the sympathy of the (!n'. ire commun
ity. Little Tommie was an unusually
bright little fellow for hi? age and
a favorite with his playmates by
whom he will be greatly missed.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at t'n<?
^lint Hill Baptist church north of
'Camden. Rev. J BCaston, assisted
by Rev Blackmon had charge of the |
services. I
Pallbearers were: Messrs. Oscar
iSfnyrLj George Creed, Elwood Wil
li^ms/and J. T Anderson
JyM .otfexijngs were many and
Beautiful and the music unusually
sweet.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The followirv^^jervices are an
nounced at the First Baptist Church:
Sunday school at 10 ok:Lock, Mr.
C O Stogner, superintendent. Public
worship conducted by the pastor at
11:15 A. M. Morning subject:
Learning To Do Well. Evolving sub
ject: Ls there a Future Life?
We have two very fine program?
already arranged for the fall. Or
Seiptember 18 Mr. J T Henderson, a
layman of Knoxville, Tennessee, will
come to us for a series of services on
Church Efficiency. We are fortunate
lo be able to get Mr. Henderson as
he is much in demand all over the
South. The revival meeting will be
gin on September 25 with Dr. Johr
A. Davison, a former pastor, now of
Clarksvil'.e, Tennessee doing th(
preadhing and directing the meeting.
In ad<liition to these services we are
planning to put on two training
schools for tihe B Y P U and anothei
for the Sunday School.
The ?public is cordially invited tr
attend all' the services of this church
Charlotte Thompson Opens Sept. 12
The Charlotte Thompson High
School will open the 1932-33 session
on Monday September 12th at f
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the opening exercises.
F. M MELLETTE, Supt.
Camden Graded Schools Students
To Register During This Week
The Camden city schools will begin
kinases September ftth at 9 o'clock,
according to the plan of Superintend
ent. .f. Ci Richards, Jr. High school
pupils will ho registered on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of the
week preceding the beginning of
classes. There arp several reasons
for this early reigitft ration of high
school pupila. In order to meet the
needs of the individual pupil, a large
number of pleetivo subjects is offered
and the most careful consideration
should ho given to the selection of
thesp subjects. Hy early registra
tion, the tiresome waiting in the
classrooms on the f i r At day of schoo.
is avoided. Pupils w<ho register par
ly will have a better chance of bak
ing the subjects they dessire since
the schedule for chasaes will bo to a
largo exterut base-d upon the selec
tion's madlp. f'upibt will not he kept
at achool. all day; ju?t as. woor* as
the pupil h?? been registered he will
be Qxcwed.
Parents of high school1 pupils arc I
urged to discus*? with tihem the I
courses offered in high school and to
a swift the principal in pvery way
possible in guiding t)he young people
into work Mvat. will prove the most
beneficial. If colloge training is an
tic: pate<l, a careful inspection of the
high school work should be made by
t-hp parents of the plipil, for not all
i-he curriculum* in high school meet
college requirements.
The schedule for the registration (,f
c>asRes in high school is as follow?:
Eighth grade, Thursday, September
I?t, 8:30 to 11 o'clock; niinth grade,
'Ityvurswlay, Sc/pitemibcT 1st, II bo 2 o'
clock; tenth grade, Friday, Septem
ber 2nd, K:30 to 11 o'clock; eleventh
grade, Fridny, Kerjxtem her 2nd, 11 to
2 o'clock.
Pupils who live out of t-own will be
registered at the scheduled t;mo or on
Saturday, September ftrd.
A list of the text booiks to be used
1* publipiheded 0WWhere in this iasnifl
of The Messenger.
BELK AND BOWEN WIN FOR HOUSE
W. T. Redfearn Nominated for County
Director. Ciyburn Ke-eledted
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SOUTH CAROLINA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
The following record of industrial
activity lists items showing invest
ment of capital, employment of labor
and business activities and opportun
ities. Information from which the
paragraphs are prepared is from
local papers, usually of town:* men
tioned, and may be .considered gener
ally correct.
Walterboro ? South Carolina Comp
any, manufacturers of Honey Boy
Brand Syrup, moved their plant here
f ix) m Charleston.
Hampton ? Many new homes being
erected here at present time.
Pickens ? Cooperative shipment of
poultry niade in Pickens County dur
ing recent week.\
Greer ? Owners of various peach
orchards surrounding city, are gath
ering, packing and shipping their cf op
to northern markets.
Columbia ? Group of 75 business
men and public leaders of state mtt
here and launched an organized
movement to bring one of regional
home loan banks to state.
Service stores group organized in
Newberry County. ? Newberry Ob
server. 1
Batesburg ? H. B. Ram leasied Car
olina Theatre here. j
Nicholson Bank and Trust Company
reopened . ? Union Daily Times.
Georgetown ? Skylight installed at
Elite Sweet Stfiop- ?mi Luncheonette. !
Dillon ? Dillon Tobacco warehouse?
now opened for business.
Greenville ? Application for con
struction of radio station filed Hy
Greenville News>-Piedmon.t Co. of thfi?
place.
Anderson County roads being r e
paired. ? Belton News.
Gaffney ? <Harrvrick group of mills
resumed operations on full-time basi.-\
Camden ? Right-of-way secured or
State Highway No. 34 from here to
Lee County Line.
Spartanurg ? IPacolet Mills resiumeJ
operations.
CoVumbia ? Drygoods, clothing and
*hoe departments opened at Faust
ind Ed-ens store.
lake City ? Br:ck tobacc i ware
house, destroyed by fire some time
ago, now rebuilt and opened for bus
iness.
. ..Tonesville ? Night work resumed at
Wallace Manufacturing Co.
LIME IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS
OF LEGUMES
In order to impress tho importance
of usin-K limo with legumes in Ksr
shaw County and especially with re
ference at this time to winter leg
umes such as Ausrian FVas and
Vetch I would like to call' the atten
tion of farmers of Kershaw County
to the following paragraph taken
from a letter dated July 27 addressed
to me and writtten by Mr. I A
Riley, Rupt. of the Sandhill Kxperi- I
me nit Station at I'ontiac:
"Each fall since 1927 we have at
tempted to grow a considerable
acreage of hairy vetch ami Austrian
winter peas at tho Sandhill St at ion
and in spite of the fact that every
seed planted was thoroughly inocu
lated with commercial culture or sod
we have invariably mot with disaster
except where we had used reasonably
small amounts of Dol'omitic lime
stone, inasmuch as this form contains
sufficient magnesium of which there
is a deficiency on the soils of thin
statiom I should state tihal where
relatively large amounts of barnyard
manure wasi used' we have succeeded '
with those crops without lii,unt> hu I, \
the use of manure in this connection
must necesmrily Ire limited because
of the lack of the availibility of thin
material."
1 Respectfully,
MWNRY I). OREE.N, County A jrt.
PKotoirtpKle Fact
Brnnettes are easier to photograph
than blonds. Shadows and dark tones
?to v/hat count In pictures. Blonds
<ffer less contrast to Ihe camera.
1 Ll;;ht lrilr, eyes and ?1<ln blend Into
t-iich o|! e".
Th? Democratic Primary election
held Tuesday, was one of the hardest
fought contests ever held in Kershaw
County. Great interest was mani
fested iu the various contests and in
several instances the decision were
close. Thousands of people from
Camden and the county were on the
streets last night to get tihe re
turns and cheer for their favorites.
It is estimated that probably ii.OOO
people viewed the returns on the
rcreen at the office of The Camden
Chronicle. The huge crowd was or
derly and well behaved an 1 no dis
orders resulted.
The race for County Director in
DeKalb Township probably excited!
greater interest than any other owing
to the popularity of the two oontest
antants and the hot fight waged by
both sides. The results were close,
W. T. Redfearn defeating the in
cumbent, II. G. Carrisx>n, Jr by a
majority of 10f> votes.
Kershaw County gave Ellison D.
Smith a plurality over his opponents
for U. S. Senate with Cole L B lease
running second.
J. P Richards carried the county
over Stevenson for Congress and ac
cording to returns from other counties
will have a substantial lead in the
I district.
For U. iS. Senate
Blea3? 1,863
Hjarris 492
Sroith ? 2,081
Williams 804
For Congress ? Fifth District
J. P. Richards 2,838
W, F. Stevenson 2,608
For Representative
J. R. Belk 3,761
E. T. Bo wen 2,728
Wads H. Jones 2,105
Newton Kelly 2,044
For Clerk of /Court
J. H. Clyburn 3,889
W. Curtis Moore 1,517
For Superintendent of Education
W. F. Estridge 1,925
Alva Gaskin 510
I. J. McKonzie G70
Kathleen B. Watts 2,301
For .Master fn Equity
W. L. DePass, Jr reelected without
opposition.
For Coroner
G. R. Clements 1,124
I. F. Holland 218
C. V. Masscibeau 475
Fred Mo?eley 503
Joe Moseley 113
J. B. Ru?<h 1,272
W. C. Stewart 186
Tom Turner 206
S. J. West 1,008
J. II. Wilson 153
For Director ? DeKalh Township
H. G. Garrison, Jr 1,118
W. T. Redifearni 1,224
For (Director? Flat Rock Townshtip
I). II. Goats 1H2
J II. So we 11 365
For Director Buffalo Township
I). M. Kirk ley 728
Erneist B Truesdale 808
For Director ? Water'oe Township
J. \,. Kirk land, Jr 259
W M Poake 321
John Rabon, Jr. 285
For Magistrate ? DeKalh Township
R B Hlytlher 355
D. M. Me.Cwskill 725
B. M. .Smith 1,116
For Magintrate ? Flat Rock
W. (J. Anthony 233
T G Fletcher 134
L. P. Thompson 73
Ij I) Vincent 405
For Magistrate? At Krrshnw
Otiw Hroom 253
W I) C,ook 134
n F Roberta 73
W R Taylor 465
For Magistrate ? Af Bethune
1 G. G. Pate 342
' John A. Young 346
In this race Pate dermniKls n recount
owing the smnll majority of Youmg ?
4 votes.
For Magistrate ? F,owpr Watoree
J. I). Wati?rf>n reelected! vVithout. op
postiion, W D Sanders' having with
drawn from the race.
For Magist rate- -Upper Watoree
Ad-olphus Dowey 150
M. B. Rnbon 195
Nick Kay 68