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VOL. 49 CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY>. SOUTH CAROLINA, DEC. 14, ^32 and Save NO. 1( S. C. Cotton Crop Smallest in Years i South Carolina cotton crop i<< estimated at 696,000 bales of 60* pounds gross weight by the United f-; States Department of Agriculture in the final report of the season. This is the second smallest crop since 1883 the next smallest being that of 1922 when only 492,000 standard baler were made.- The largest crop of th past twelve years was the 1,008,000 bales of 1926, although production ir both 1930 and 1931 was practicall' the same, being 1,001,000 and 1,005, 000 bales, respectively. The State' record crop of 1,649,000 bales wa made in 1911, although the crops 1920, 1918 and 1914 were almost a large. The area in cultivation on July 1 i now estimated at 1,861,000 acres, an< that pickcd at 1,842,000 acres, th' abandonment amounting to 1.0 pe? cent. Last year's picked acreage wa' 1,960,000. Based on the above acreage th?* yield of lint per acre is 180 pounds which compares with 245 pounds last year and the average of 165 pounds for the years 1921-30 . The Census report shows 665, 0? running bales ginned in South Caro lina prior to December 1, which com pares with 975,000 last year and 942,000 in 1930. > The crop got off to a fairly good start this season, but weevil activity became a serious threat by early July However,. the last three weeks of July were hot and dry, so that -final weevf damage, although heavier than in the y two previous years, was less than . early expectations. This checking or -y-;weevil activity, coupled with relative ^ ly gfopd U*wei$in^^th?r, result*/ in a final crop about <17 p^r cent a bove the August estimate. The 1932 United States cotton crop ir estimated at 12,727,000 bales of ? 500 pounds gross weight in the Dec* ember 1 report of the Department of Agriculture. This is 780,000 baler more than the November 1 forecast The tdfal crop last year was 17,096. 000 bales and in 1930 the crop v/ < 13.932,000 bales. The average yield of cotton ne' . acre for the United States in 19!. w?s 169.1 pounds per acre, comparr with 201.2 pounds last year. T> f^n-vear avernge for the years 1921 1930 was 151.4 pounds. The estimated acreage har<--p (picked) is 37,589,000 acres, whir'1 2.7 per cent mo-" than the fo?* harvest on which the Sopteiv.K 1, October 1, and November 1 fop cists were calculated. Current ir formation indicates that about l ? * cent of the planted r-oreagn was .*? bandoned this year, v.hich i-dicaV the ronton rc-eage in ?'uU;ivat??>n Jul . 1 to have been 38,227.000 acre*. The increase in prospective produc tion over the Ncomher 1 fo'-enast i duo pnrtlv to bette" yi^'ds per ^cr<" t being realized in all *t~te Part of the increase is rlso due to t'-. fact that early reno-^s of "croag pl?n<,<y' <o poMiri "/ere unduly lov acreage in nearly all states, necessitating increases in estimate' ' Reports indicate that the averag woight of running bales this seasoi will be somewhat heavier than usun1 ^ although less than last season. Thi' B difference between the weight of run ning hales and 500 pound gros* weight bales will mean that tote ginnings in running bales will prob ably be about 300,000 bales less than the calculated 500 pound bales. Ginnings prior to December 1 arc reported by the Census at 11,681,361 running bales, compared with 16,018, 408 for 1931 and 12,887,099 for 1980. a . ; ? ? Kershaw County Cotton Ginnings >. ' ik ' According to R. K. Tompkins. Special Agent, there were 18,510 bales of cotton ginned in Kershaw County from the crop of 1982 prior to December 1st, 1082, as compared with 22,260 bales ginned to December 1, 1982. ? SERVICE? AT DeKALB CHURCH There will be preaching at DeKalb Church, Sunday at 11 o'clock by Rev. Faile of Kershaw. All members are Urged to be present and visitors wel .... (Liberty Hill News I ? December 11. ? Sunday was a cold I dreary and disagreeable day with an ' almost incessant downpour of rain, keeping most people indoors. v No services were held at tho church and outside exercise and travel were re- 1 Juced to a minimum. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson on Friday evening last entertained in 1 "tonor of the Great Falls High school Tli ok e present from Great' Falls were: Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Miss! :,ig, Miss Dantzler, Miss Compton, Miss Bickley and Mr. Wallace, all re turning to Great Falls late in the ev- 1 ening after a pleasant hour spent in ; the fine old "ante-bellum" home of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. Mr. E. L. Jones and Postmaster C. D. Cunningham were business visi tors to Charlotte on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Floyd, accom panied by Mrs. L. P. Thompson anc" Mr. W. C. Perry spent Monday in Camden. Mr. Floyd was attending the last regular meeting of the 193r grand jury of which he is a member. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Higgins and Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Hammond attended the "Old Fiddlers' Convention" at Baron De Kalb school one night last week, an* report some good music and a- very pleasant evening spent in that popu lar institution. Mrs. John G. Richards received r message announcing the death of Mr J. M. Jennings of Winnsboro ? a brother-in-law of Mrs. Richards. Gov. and Mrs. Richards went on Mon day to attend the funeral at Winns boro that evening. REV. FRANCES CRAIGHILL SPEAKER AT ROTARY MEETING Rev. Francis Craighill was the guest speaker at the Thursday Rotary meeting, and Dr. Joljn W. Cor- 1 bett had charge of the programme. The visitors this week were Mr. Whitner and Mr. Bailey of Atlanta A. D. Hollis of Columbia, Dr. Wim berly, who recently arrivid in Cam den to have charge of the Methodist Church, and Mrs. Taber, field agent for relief work of the Recohstruct ion finance Corporation. She war int. -- ced to the club by Stanley Llewellyn, who is serving on the Com littee for this work. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., was appointed Chairman of a Committee took into he advisability of having a Com munity Christmas for the poor thir -rear. Rev. Craighill spoke of the econom .c situation that is facing the world today, due to the development of the '"machine apfe." He spoke of . the days and shorter hours will not re lue to machinery replacing men, and of the large increase of unemployed to be expected during the next few voars. He says that fewer working days and shorter hours lwil not re 'ieve the situation, as new machinery is coming forth daily that will dis J place thousands and thouspnda of men with jobs today. He told of r survey that had been made by thr world's best engineers covering 1,0()( products showing that there is ar overproduction in everything, and thir great overproduction has been ac complished with fewer laborers, or account of modern machinery. Mr. Craighill said that the situa tlon is a very gloomy one for thir and future generations. The programme next week will bf In charge of R. B. Pitts, and Dr. Car lyle Campbell, President of Coker College, will be the guest speaker The girl members of the graduating class will be the guests of the Club At a later date, the boy members o' the class will be invited to a Rotarj' meeting. MIDWAY SCHOOL TO PRESENT MINSTREL The Senior Class of Midway High School will present a minstrel, "Fun | and More Fun", Friday night Decem ber 16, at seven-thirty o'clock in Midway High School auditorium. If j you want to laugh and grow fat come to the minstrel; if you want tc laugh and grow slim, come to thr minstrel; if you Just want to laugh come to the minstrel. Admission fifteen cents for adult, fhre cents for children. Thomas GordotkMcLeod Died ac Hifc^lumbia Home Thomas Gordon McLeod, twice gov ernor of South Carolina and long an I influential figure in the politics ot j the State, died at his residence, 812tf Wheat street, yesterday afternoon, about 1:40 o'clock after an illness of seven months. For days he had lain at the portals of death, his life de spaired of by physicians and members of the family alike, and when he passed in the stillness of Sunday af ternoon it was as one falling asleep so quiet was his going. Long before his malady ? cirhosis i of the liver ? had so developed that he was confined to his residence, his friends knew that he was a seriously ill man. His gracious manner ana cordial greeting were never wanting but those close to him realized that he was far from well. After being confined to his home, he failed stead ily, rallying at times but gradually losing ground until he passed into a coma a few days ago from which he revived only for brief intervals. Mem bers of the family werq about hin* when he died. Funeral services will be held at the Washington Street Methodist Church in Columbia at 10:30 Tuesday morn ink and will be conducted by the Rev. W. L. Mulliken, pastor. After thfe services in Columbia, the body will be taken to Bishopville, his for mer home, where interment will be {^. the Methodist churchyard. The afe'fvices in Bishopville will be held at 1 p. m. Tuesday. The former governor is survived by his widow ,who was before mar riage Miss Elizabeth Alford. of Dil lon county; two sons, T. G. McLeod Jr., Roanoke, Va.; Yancey A. Mc Leod, Columbia. One son, Donald Al ford McLeod, died a few years ago. A daughter, Mrs. A. C. Mclntyre. Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and a grandson, Thomas G. McLeod Mcln tyre of Stratford. Brothers surviving are: Dr. W. R. McLeod, Timmon8ville; Walton J. Mc Leod, Lynchburg, a former member of the house; D. C. McLeod, Birming ham; and Frank A. McLeod, Sumter solicitor of the Third judicial circuit the eldest brother in the family, Dr. D. M. McLeod, Florence, died about a year ago. A sister, Mrs. Mary McLeod McNeil of Birmingham, also survives. Honor Rolls for Camden And County Schools SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL CAMDEN CITY SCHOOLS For Second Six-weeks Period 1932-3} Grade 1 A David Barnes, Jack Boy^ kin, Alton Cole, Thornwell Haiw Frances McCorkle, David Partin, Bob by Smyrl, Robert Thompson, Billt* Waters, Carolyn Baruch, Jacqueline Davis, Sybil Drakeford, Retta Hal sail, Doris Lake, Betty Muller, Doris Rush, Jane Thomas, Dorothy Mar shall. Grade 1 (Zemp). Marion Brown Steve Connell, Briant Cox, Shelby Hough, Sammie Ogburn, C. L. Poison. Earl Priester, J. B. Richardson, Eu gene Sheom, Bennie Spears, Tommy Waters, Lantye Williford, Margaret DeBruhl, Juanita Grandon, Leatrice McCaskill, Maggie Taylor. Grade 1 (Wolfe). Thomas MassS beau, Kathleen Bullock, Sallie E. Crosby, Sibel McKenzie, Ruth Lang ley, Annie Robinson, Doris Trapp. Grade 2 A. Joe Christmas, Charlie Durham, Robert Frietag, Jim Gandy Harold Hatfield, Dargan Jennings, Fred Ogburn, Billie Smith, Hughey Tindal, Caleb Whitaker, Macie Den ton, Mary Cameron, Louise Copeland Elizabeth Drakeford, Ruby Evans | Hollie Hancock, Betty Lewis, Vivian I Little, Elizabeth Shivar, Beth Wilson \ Grade 2 B. Evelyn Twitty, Haze' Beasley, L. J. Watts, Cyrus Watts Elvin Trapp, Thad Munn, David Melton. Grade 3 A. Charlie Boineau, Billir Clyburn, Bobby Deans, John Lang ford, Bill Mims, Alva Rush, Marion Schlosburg, Colvin Sheom, Luthei Sowell, Frank Sullivan, Kirby Tupper Tom Turner, Doris Babln, Betty Campbell, Ellen Dempster^ Marjoric Dill, Artie Dixon, Mabel Foster I Juanita Godwin, Cary Guthrie, Bev i erly Hendrix, Margaret Hlnson, Jane I Hoffer, Peggy Little, Edna Moseley Peggy McGuirt, Mary Pitts, Gwen dolyn Shirley, Patsy Trantham, Vir ginia Mae Trapp. Grade 3 B. Harel Horton, Mar Player, Dora Robinson. Grade 3 C. None. Grade 4 A. Claud Lamoy, Waltei Mims, Charles McCaskill, Leonard Schenck, Marvin Smith, Jack Smyfl Edna Aldret, Carolyn Cooley, Marthf Gettys, Annie Mae Godwin, Rett? McDowell, Frances Rhame, Mary Smith, Jane Trantham, Margie TriiX' ler. Grade 4 B. None. ' ,i > v i Grado 6 B. (Oakes). H. C. Christ i mas, Bill Drakeford, James Frye Herbert l*ee, Louise Newman, Lorenf Smith, Juanita Trapp, Sarah Welch Grade 5 A Jerry Hancock, Her* bert Moore, Billy Pitts, Hazel 1*witty Robin Zemp, Betty Boitfoau, Marjoric Creed, Minnie Bell Cunningham, Ze ) V. leni DeaChamps, Margaret Pischel Phyllis Kareah, Beatrice Kirkland Ida, Mae McManua, Virginia Riles, Betty v SfWeU, Ann A^hitaker. ^J^i^\&^ (Cantey) . Mary Atkin Grade 6 C. Virginia Frye, Ther esa Reed. Grade 6A-1. David Wallnau, Ail een Belk, Louise Dill, Dally Jackson Neta Kirkland, Elsie Redfearn, Lottie Smyrl, Vashti Thigpen. Grade 6A-2. None. Grade 6B. None. Grade 6 C. Jack McLain, Beulah Cain. Grade 7 A. Albert Irby, Paytor Shirley, Jack Richards, Jack Ville pigue, Anne Clarkson, Beulah Gra ham, Loufse Mickle, Margaret Os borne, Paulette West. Grade 7B. LeRoy Caulder, La veme Conyers. Gradq 8. Carolyn Cantey, Carolinr Nelson, Dorothy Snyder, Jean Van Landingham, Minnie Sue Brue, Eliza beth Pitts, Naomi Walker, Bobby Marye. Grade 9. S. B. Hatfield, Mary Edith Copeland, Sadie Freitag, Viv ian Lee, Emily Sheorn, Lena Steven son, Helen Tindal, W. H. Branharr Joe Jordan Eliza Jackson. Grade 10. Alvih Christmas, Mary Ella Moore, Ruth DeLoache, Char lotte DuBose, Frances McLeod. Grade 11. Marjorie Walker, Alvir Sanders, Johnsie Carpenter, Ruby Eddings, Lurile Ford, Lorine Strak , Elizabeth Moore, Peggy Pitts, Mary Elizabeth Wooten. HONOR ROLL FOR MT. PISGAH SCHOOL I First Grade. Earle Bradley, Ar 1 thur Ellis, Odell Ellis, Almetta Ellis Louise Roberts, Harold Eubanks, Pauline Byrd, Albertine Catoe, Lee Catoe, Wilson Holley, Ethel Mnngum Oletta Raley, Thomas Horton, Coit Boone. Second Grade. Junior Bradley Beauford Mosley, Perley Mosley, Mil dred Richardson, Perry Baker, David Baker, Lois Catoe, Geneva Munn Harry Raley, Ned Sowell, Loraine Welsh. Third Grade. Junior Brown, Ev elyn Carnetf, Bemlce Roberts, Earleer Mungo, Ruby I*ee Catoe, Lily Mao Gardner, Ray Holley, Lucile Mungo Margie Raley. 1 Fourth Grade. Jasper Baker, Nan nie Lee Baker, Catherine Boone, Wil liam Catoe, John W. Man gum. Fifth Grade. Marie Threat*. A!en? Sowell, Charlie Munn, Lula GrtBM Byrd, Vallerie1 Brown, Gary ftowell. V Sixth Grade. Margaret Brown Myrti* . Catoe, Clybtirn Catoe, Billy Johnson, Cleo Baker, Willie B. Catoe llyrtia Gardner, Cleti* Robert*, Ell S. C. News Review M. ? ..^Columbia ? Approximately 4,000 will be employed during course ^ $2,500,000 highway instruction program for relief, completed recent ly with third letting, State Highway Department announced. There were 6,111 bales of cotton ginned in McCormick County, from crop of 1932 prior to November 14, 1982. ? McCormick Messenger. Lake City ? American Legion Aux iliary of Wilbur Jones Post No. 73, this city, making plans to plant trees along Loop Road and to beautify this road. Standard Dredging Co. awarded contract for derdging about 3,000,000 cubic yards on South end of Little River to Winyah Bay section of in tracoastal waterway. ? Georgetown Times. Belton ? Retail fruit store being established here. Columbia ? Veterans Administra tion Hospital here formally opened. Walhalla: ? Strand Theatre reopen ed short time ago. Walterboro ? Work of preparing flying field for this plac> completed hue Keddic Seventh Grade. Vi" ginia Richard son, Truman Roberts. Eighth Grade. Sarah Lee Holley; Kate McCaskill, Cleo Eubanks, Bob Holley. Ninth Grade. W. F. Hyatt, James Holley, Dorothy Elliott, Ha*4^1 O'Neal Masie Gandy, Gertrude Catoc, Mary Myrtle Raley.' Tenth Grade. Elmer Bradley, Wes ley Holley, Ruth Raley, Mabel Wil liams. Eleventh , Grade. Ira Byrd, Ada Belle Byrd, Edna Cotae, Bernice Raley, Mattie Lee Byrd, Jack Coates Lois Roberts, BETHUNE PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOR ROLL For Second Six-Weeks Period 1932-33 Eleventh Grade. Distinguished: Gladys Joyner, Thelma Davis, John Edwin Williams, William Estridge Ida Outlaw. Proficient: Alma New man, Juanita Watkins, Cleora Es tridge. Tenth Grade. Distinguished: Fran ces Gardner, Mary Ipllen McLaurin Mary Alice Baker. Proficient: Sar ah Ruth McKinnon, Myrtle Horton. Ninth Grade. Distinguished: None Proficient: Frances Bethune, Mary Alice Helms, Nannie Ruth Hilton. Eighth Grade. Distinguished: Gracp Horton. Proficient: Rachel Williams Richard McLaurin. Seventh Grade. Distinguished: Robbie Newton Marion. Proficient Frankie Beard, Edwin Estridge, Ilr B. Mangum, Jaunita Pate. Sixth Grade. Distinguished: Mar garet McLaurin. Proficient : Iris McCaskill, Jerry Davis, John Dan Mc ] Laurin, Katherine Foster, Rowenr Holland, Lorene Hlackmon, Eva Hor ton, Nellie Margaret Whiteley. Fifth Grade. Distinguished: Mar Kie Jones, Loutee Hinson, Emilj Hearon. Proficient: Clarene Hilton Alene Hilton, Alvin Kelly, Myrtip Mungo, Lawrence Copeland, Minnie Edna McLeod, Irene Mangum, Oran Baker, Hertha Lee Hearon. Fourth (irade. Distinguished' Frances Helms, Melita Baker. Pro ficient: Blanch? Edna Brannon, Josif Horton, Nellie Horton, Alvo McCas kill, Drueilla Ratcliff, Dorothy W,?t kins. Third Grade. Distinguished: Har vey Johnson, Betty Best, Doris l ane Mary Nancy McLaurin, Vera Horton. Proficient: Louise Watford, Doris Blackmon, J. W. Hearon, Janetto Hinson, Sue Hilton, Alva Horton. Second Grade: Distinguished: Nonr Proficient: Sara Margaret King Betty Hammond, Tom Bethune, Sara Gordon, Elvin Jones, Jim Ingram, Camell Baker. First Grade. Distinguished: RalpV McCaskill, John Watts Smith. Pro ficient: Dora Marsh, Wayne Black mon, Maggie Lee Catoe, Laura Hear on, Nancy Horton, Violet Williams Vinnie Lou Hunter. Supreme Court Denies Howell Petition A move tc stay the execution of the death sentence by electrocution hanging over O. F-. S. Howell, Sumter hight watchman, failed yesterday be fore the state supreme court. Howell is to be electrocuted Friday. A plea for a writ of habeas corpus for Howell was argued before the court yesterday morning by A. L King of Columbia, his attorney, and in the afternoon the court, in an or der signed by Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease, denied the petition. Mr. King said last night he wa? considering if any other action wore possible to stay execution of the sen tence. In the meantime only action by the governor can save Howell from the electric chair. In asking a writ of habeas corpus Mr. King said he hoped to stay the execution in order to gain a chance for a rehearing of the case. He bas ed his appeal to the court yesterday on the constitutionality of an act o" 1923, under which the date for elec trocution of Howell was fixed. Howell was convicted of the mur der of E. Hart Williams, Sumter filling station operator, which occurr ed June 18, 1930, at Sumter. He and his wife, Carrie Howell, were tried in July. Howell was convicted and his wife acquitted. Howell was grant ed a new trial and again convicted in February, 1932. ~He was to hav? been elctrocuted last April, but lega1 procedure delayed the execution of the sentence. November 20 J. B. Westbrook, clerk of the supreme court, notified peni tentiary officials that the supreme court had disposed of the 'Howell cape and that the remittur had been sent down to the clerk of court of Sumter county. "It is required of you," the notice read, "to execute the judgment and sentence of death on O. E. S. Howell on the fourth Friday after service upon you of this notice." In refusing his petition, Chief Jus tice Blease announced that an opinion on the petition would be issued in a short time. Mr. King also calimed that Howell was illegally held in the penitentiary and he asked that he be returned to the Sumter county jail. In his trial Howell claimed he shot Williams after his wife, Carrie How ell, had pointed him out at a filling station as the man who had attacked her. The wife said she had pointed to Williams only after her husband in a rage had demanded that she show him the man who had invaded their home. She did not even know Williams, she testified. Mr. King said his only hope in his move before the court yesterday wa? to gain time in order that the case might be reviewed. ? The State. JAMES OWENS KILLED BY EI) PEACH James Owens, farmer, of the Muf falo section of this county, was shot and killed by his uncle Ed Beach, at the home of Peach Saturday morning. The two men were engaged in a diffi culty Friday night when Owens cut Peach. Saturday morning Owens re turned to Peach's home and the dif ficulty was renewed. Owens was warned by Peach not to enter his homo and when he persisted Peach fired on him through the door, inflicting wounds that resulted in the death of Owens. At a coroner's inquest the jury's verdict was that Owens came to his death by gun shot wounds by the hand of Ed Peach. Monday morn ing Peach was granted bail in the sum of $1,000. KERSHAW COUNTY TEACHERS' MEETING The Kershaw County, Teachers' As sociation will hold Its regular meeting Thursday night, December 15th in the Camden High School Auditorium The departmental meetings will begin promptly at 6:4fi and the general meeting opens at 7 :30 at which time the Camden High School Glee Club will entertain with a Christmas pag eant and a very special program is being arranged.