Camden Merchants
Back N. R. A.
The following letter was received
by Mr. John K. de Loach, president
Camden and Kershaw Countv Cham
ber of Commerce:
"Dear Sir:
H'x Will yo utake the initiative im
mediately in organizing a campaign
committee in your community to be
? composed of the Mayor, the official
heads of the Chamber of Commerce,
Clearing House Association, , Rotary.
Kiwanis, Lions, Retil Merchants',
Federation of Labor, Advertising
Club, Federation of Women's Clubs,
Welfare Societies, Ministei\ial Asso
ciation, and any other civic organiza"
tion which in your judgment is repre*
sentative of an important element in
the economic life of your community ?
The function of this committee is co
direct a campaign of education rnfi
organization which is to be a pa*? of
a National movement to speed the
return of prosperity through tho ex
pansion of consumer purchasing pow
er in accordance with the principles
set forth in the National Recovery
Act.
It is an inspiring thing to be a part
of a great National movement to re
sto'c economic security to our people
and I appeal to you to marshal all
the forces of your community in one
united effort to get rid of unemploy
ment. Sincerely yours,
HUGH S. JOHNSON,
Administrator
The following is the reply:
"General Hugh S. Johnson, Adm..
National Recovery Administration,
Washington, D. C?
Dear Sir: I
We havo yours of the 26th instant
and beg to advise that we shall be
glad to co-operate in every way to
?f carry out or foster the carrying out
of the principles aet forth in the
National Recovery A<ft."
The following have been asked by
Mr. de Loach to serve on the cam
paign committee:
R. M. Kennedy, Mayor
Hughey Tindjil, Rotary Club
W. A. Alexanden, American Legion"!
J. B. Caston, Ministerial Union
J. E. Robinson, Labor
Mrs. W. J. Mayfield, Associated
Charities.
Mrs. A. S. Raresh, American Leg
ion Auxiliary.
Mrs. L. I. Guion, Garden Club
John T. Mackey, Merchants Assn.
A. S. Karesh, Shrina
G. A. Rhame, Medical Association
J. Team Gettys. Bar Association
Miss Etta Robins, Nurses Associa
tion.
K. D. Nile.*, Chroniclc
C. W. Birchmore, Wateree Messen
ger.
Henry Savage, Jr., Chamber of
Commerje.
Samuel Russell, Chamber of Com
merce.
W. A. Boykin, Farmer, Boykin, S. C
N. P. Gettys, Farmer, Lugoff, S. C.
T. V. Walsh, Railroad
C. H. Yates, Banker.
R. B. Pitts, Manufacturer
A. S. Llewellyn, Manufacturer.
To Camden and Kershaw County
Consumers:
At a Meeting of the Camden Mer
chants Association held July 81, it
war unanimously decided to adopt
service hours in Camden 8 A. M. to
. 5 P. M. during week days and 8 A. M,
to 9 P. M. Saturdays, and during the
month of August to observe our
present half day schedule on Thurs
days.
We are pledged to support the
President's request a'.id ask that you
as a patron and consumer abide
thereby In arranging your shopping
to conform with our senvice hours.
Signed:
JHN T. MACKEY,
President Camden Merchants Assn.
The following telegram has been
sent to the N. R. A.:
"Mr. Hugh 8. Johnson,
N. R. A,; Washington, D. C *
Camden Merchants Association
reports one hundred per cent cooper
? ation with N. ft A. Code.
JNO. T. MACKEY, President. "
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D*?'( Be * Quittwr
It's almost at contemptible to be ft
Quitter M to be I cheat.? Woman'#
Home bbiripfcfttM* ' -
Lad Drowns in
Forest Lake
While in bathing at Forest Lake
club with three smaller children and
several other children, Elmer Lee
Roberts, 13-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Roberts of near Columbia,
was drowned at 10:80 yesterday
morning when he stepped past the
boundivy line into deep water. A
rope designates the place where a
built up sandy beach end, and deep
water begins.
His body was removed from the
water after a few minutes by Hey
ward Douglas, who was summoned
from the Foerat Lake Country club
house, which was 200 yards away
from the scene of the tragedy. Ar
tificial respiration was applied and
efforts of resuscitation were made for
two hours without success.
Funeral services will be held from
the Dunbar Funeral home at 3:30
Sunday afternoon and interment will
follow in Elmwood cemetery.
Elmer Lee was a bright boy and
of gentle nature. He was popular with
his playmates and was a promising
student of Wardlaw Junior high
school, where he would have entered
the eighth grade this fall.
He is survived by his parents; five
hrothers, William, 16; Ronald, 12;
Emerson 10; Melvin, 9, all of whom
were present when he was drowned;
Albertus Roberts. an infant, and
Hetty Roberts.
Herman Rich, 13, who went with
Elmer Lee and the other children,
said that the boy who drowned was
unable to swim. "He was swinging on
the rope and going down and touch
ing the bottom on the deep side of
the boundary," Herman said. "I could
swim a little and I walked out nearly
to where he was, told him to come
closer the shore where we could
practice swimming, then turned my
back and started in the direction I
indicated.
"Someone in the crowd yelled that
, he had gone under, then I turned &nd
dived where he was, but could iioi
find him. A girl who was swimming
with us also made an attempt to .get
him. so we called for help."
Mr. Douglas answered the call and
I recovered the body about ten minutes
after the youngster was last seen. !
The drowning took place at a time
when no life guard was on duty. The
member-parents had been notified not
to allow their children in the water
except at the times wh$n a life guard
was there, but the. parents of Elmer
Lee were not members of the club
and attendants of the club did not
know the children were in bathing
until they heard the cries for help. ?
The Stat?
Elmer Lee was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie C. Roberts, former resi
dents of Camden. They have the
sympathy of their many friends here
in their sad bereavement
REGISTRATION BOOKS TO
BE OPEN IN AUGUST
The Board of Registration for Ker
shaw county will open the registra
tion books on the first Monday In
August, : being the 7th day, and will
remain open for three days.
It will be necessary to present a
registration certificate !n the election
?n November, when all of the counties
of the state vote on thr reneal refer
cnuum, In Kershaw county the wet
candidate will bo Jflenry Savage, Sr.,
while Former Governor John G.
Richarda of Liberty Hi'.), will be the
dry candidate. Thb same rules gov
erning a general election will be in
vogue on election day in November.
The board will be in session again
on the first Monday, the fourth day
of September and remain in session
for fifteen days. Again on the first
Monday in October, the second day,
the Board will be in session and re
main open for a period of three days.
Do not put off getting a certificate
if you do not have one, for it will
be impossible to vote befoer showing
one.
Vlkla|*? Tomb Uncotntil
A nnclent Viking burial place was
found At Valsgarde, , near Uppsala,
Sweden. Among the relics unearthed
was a boat, In which lay a warrior
dressed for battle, with three uhlelds,
two swords, knives and a helmet, all
I'lohly ornamented In gilt bronte. In
the bow of the ship were the remain#
of MveraJ boreee.
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Dr. C. E. Burts
To Speak Here Mon.
Ex-Gov. John G. Richards, of Lib
erty Hill^a leader of tie ' prohibition
forces in this State anji a candidate
for the prohibitionists firom Kershaw
County in the electioh in November,
was in The Messenger office Monday
morning and gave out the following
notice of an address to be delivered
at the Court House by * Dr. C. E.
Burta, Executive Secretary of the
Temperance Federation la South Car
olina, Monday morning atUO o'clock:
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"Dr. C. E. Burts, Execute Secre
tary of the Temperance Federation
will speak at the Camden Court
House next Mondy morning at 10
o'clock. Dr. Burts will speak on
Temperance and Prohibition. No mat
ter what the views of the individual
may be, all are cordially invited to
attend. Dr. Burts is one of the most
eloquent speakers in South Carolina
and it is felt that all will enjoy hear
ing him. All Ministers throughout
the County are earnestly requested
to announce this meetnlg from their
nulpits and urge the attendance of
their congregation."
MODEL T 'GOING STRONG'
AFTER 17 YEARS' USE
Edgefield, S. C. ? Eleven years of
constant service from th? jfjfcme se*
of Fisk red top.tireB ? with* Only two
punctures! A rathe unusual'.rfccord in
itself. But tie that up witli^* Model
T Ford of 1916 vintage on Wiiph the
tires performed for that exceptionally
extended period, and you save the
complete experience of Mr. . v C. E.
Turner, Edgefield Count jr farmer,
who owns both the car and'the tires,
and who thought so well offihirir long
and satisfactory servic^ thwbi wrote
n letter to his local newspaper about
The editor; trinted^y^Mp||j
added a footnote 'to the effect tha^
the manufactUfet' ^'Wth' cat^'l^wficj
N tires should present the firmer an
entirely new outfit And send the ven
erable relic to the Chicago world's
fair. A copy of the newspaper reach
ed the desk of the president of the
tire company. S6 impressed was he
that he promptly ordered a new set
of tires dispatched to Mr. Turner.
Mr. Turner is still waiting for the
""w car. despite the fact that the old
Model T has been in his possession
since 1916 and has a mileage ercord
running far into the thousands, al
though it carries no speedometer to
accurately record the distance. The
owner states the car has been operat
ed at a minimum of expense to him;
that it has the same top, the same
bearings and pistons as when it came
into his possession 17 years ago.
DEATH OF MRS. W. H. STEVEN
SON
Mrs. Rebecca Addison Stevenson
died in a Sumter hospital Monday,
July 24, after an illnes of several
wetiks. Mrs. Stevenson was the wife
of Rev. W. H. Stevenson, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Dalzell,
S. C.
She is survived besides her husband
by four sons.
The funeral party left Kornegay
Funeral home at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning, July 25 for Due West where
services and interment were held. Dr.
Stevenson of our city is a brother of
Rev. W. H. Stevenson.
TO CLEAN OFF ANTIOCH
CEMETERY
All those interested in ce'.anintt off
the cemetery of Antioch Baptist
church are requested to meet at ths
church Thursday, August 8rd. A pro
tracted meeting begins at this church
August 6. Preaching at 11 A. M. and
8:80 P. M. The services will be con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. D. T.
Duten. The public is cordially invited
to all of these services.
Of the female workers in Japan's
factories, more than one-fifth Are
girls under 16.
Shadai of lh? Past
It has been estimated tiint In the
approximately generations since
4000 B, O. 2,000.000,000.000 people
have lived In the world. It Is Impos
slble to state, even as an estimate, the
number of tinman Inhabitants of the
earth since It* creation, or, more ac
curately, since the beginning* of hu
man lire, eiace thle has not yet been
definitely dated.- Washington Star.
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Charlotte Lady Dies in
Accident Near Camden
Mrs. Nannie Helms, 35-year-old
Charlotte woman, was almost instant
ly killed two miles north of Camden
on the Camden-Charlotte highway
Wednesday when an empty truck
driven by R. O. Ferguson, also of
Charlotte, crashed into the rear of a
truck belonging to the , Bowman
transportation company.
The accident occurred at an early
hour and is said to have been caused
by poor visibility of the Charlotte
driver. The Ferguson truck is said
to have been on its way to Charles
ton for a load of produce. Mrs. Helms
was a passenger with Mr. Ferguson
to visit relatives in Charleston. Mr.
Ferguson was cut. about the head and
knees.
Harold Weathers, driver of the
Bowman truck, stated that he lad
engine trouble and had parked his
truck as far off' the road as possible
when the crash came.
The body of Mrs. Helms was car
ried to Charlotte Wednesday morning
by the Kornegay motor ambulance.
Mr. Ferguson was' able to return
home also. An inquest will be held
at some future date.
The wrecked Chevrolet truck in
which the woman was killed was
hauled to the local Chevrolet agency
here Wednesday, where it was shown
to be badly damaged. The entire side
of the truck where the woman was
sitting wa scrushed ? in and [partly
I torn away.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Helms
At Charlotte
Charlotte, July 27. ? Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Nannie Helms, 35, of
$L? 1-2 West Ninth street, this city,
tfho was instantly killed yesterday
iftofnixif when the truck In which she
was riding crashed into another truck
on the Camden-Charlotte 'highway,
Wfll be hold this afternoon at # o'clock
tMyral 1 hoTQ-fy t . . ?
Mrs. Helms was an occupant of a
truck driven by R. O. Ferguson, also
of Charlotte, that crashed into the
rear of a truck driven by Harold
Weathers and owned by the Bowman
Transportation company of Columbia.
, Rev. W. W. Jones, pastor of Allen
street Baptist church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery.
Weathers stated that engine
trouble developed and he parked the
truck as far off the road as possible.
Ferguson's truck ran into it. Death
was instantaneous for Mrs. Helms.
Mr. Ferguson was slightly hurt. The
accident occured about two miles
north of Camden.
Police launched an investigation of
the wreck, and an iquest will be held
in a few days, it was indicated.
Mrs. Helms wa sthe widow of the
late William S. Helms and is sur
vived by four sons, Charlie, James,
W. C. and Robert Helms; one
daughter, Miss Virginia Helms, all of
Charlotte; three brothers, John, and
Sam Carter of this city, and Harry
Carter of Rodman, S. C., and three
sisters, Mrs. T. M. Mihter of Prince
ton, N. J.; Mrs. Mary Ingram of
Chester, S. C. and Mrs. C. W. Edge
of Charlotte.
She was a member of the Allen
Street Baptist church.
EN LI STEP IN MARINE CORPS
Andrew C. Baker, Jr.. son of Mr.
Andrew C. Baker, Sr., of Camden hns
been accepted for enlistment in the
United States Marino Corps at the
Marine Corps Recruiting Station,
Post Office Building, Savannah, Ga.,
and transferred to the Marine Bar
racks, Parris Island, S. C., for train
ing according to an announcement re
ceived from Lieutenant Colonel A. B.
Drum, Officer in Charge. Baker is n
graduate of the Antioch High School.
Colonel Drum has also announced
that a limited number of hlf?h school
graduates will be accepted during the
month August. Applications will be
mailed upon request.
OwM LI fa to Cough
At Dar-tu*-Salaam, Tanganyika, an
African native la pointed out as the
man who coughed In hit grave. Pro
nounced deafl, his relatives had assent
bled and the drama had reached the -
moment of burial when the chief ac '
tor coughed loudly. He recovered, ex
pressed a belief that hft had been on
der a spell and started for the village
witch doctor, who coughed onto and
fled.
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Bethune News
Bethune, S. C., July "31.? Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. 'Clyburn, Sr., entertained
at a lovely course dinner Thursday
evening in honor of their son and his
bride, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Clyburn,
who were recently married.'
A profusion of summer flowers
made a lovely setting for the occas
ion. A beautiful cake, decorated with
a minature bride and brldgroom and
lace ferns centered the lovely dinner
table.
The following intimate friends of
the bride und bridegroom were pres
ent: Mrs. Eva Morgan, Misses Louise
Tiller, Luree King and Messrs Frank
Lee and Vance Morgan.
Mrs. C. M. Wilson and children of
Columbia spent Wednesday night
here, where they joined Mrs. Wilson's
mother, Mrs. Louise Kelly and Mr.
George Kelly for a motor trip to Mr.
Flyn Kelly in Johnson City, Tenne
ssee.
Miss Mae Long has returned to her
home at Prosperity after spending
awhile with Mrs. Love Hearon.
Mioses Louise Tiller and Luree
King are attending a house party at
Myrtle Beach this week.
Miss Beth Norwood of McBee was
a guest of the Misses Truesdales last
week.
Mrs. Kate McNaull of Columbia
.spent the weekend with relatives
here.
Mrs. J. A. McCagkill, Mrs. D. T.
Yarbrough and Mrs. Kate McNaull
spent Saturday afternoon with their
sister, Mrs Maggie Lee at Monroe,
N. C.
The many friends of Miss Carrie
Yarbrough, who recently underwent
an dappendix operation, will be de
lighted to know that she has suffic
iently recovered to return to her
home from the Camden hospital.
Mi s. A. B. McLaurin and children
visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P. H. H Alter in Asheville, N. C. rec
;ently^^r
ft, Miss Frances McDonald of Harts
r^U?;jwa^^he j weekend guest'Tof Mt^r
Lorena McDonald.
r>' Sedley King and "Bum" Wilkins of
Greenville Were weekend visitors ini
town.
Mrs. M. G. King and John Edwin
King spent Friday and Saturday in
Asheville as guests of Mrs. King's
sister, Mrs. J. G. Richards. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. C. O.
Terry and daughters, Misses Beth
and Katherine Terry.
Miss Margaret Truesdale left Mon
day morning for a two week's stay
in the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority !
Camp at Jackson, Mich. Miss Trues
dale and Miss Ann McLaughlin of
Charlotte are camp representatives of
Queens-Chicora College an dwill visit
the World's Fair until the camp
opens August 5. Misses Truesdale and
McLaughlin went by automobile with
Mr. and Mrs. Neil E. Truesdale, who
will spend the time until the party
returns traveling in the Northern
part of the States and in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mays and chil
dren of Florence were weekend
guests of relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. BeRt, Mrs. D.
M. Marsh and Miss Lizzie Kate Davis
left Sunday morning t>y automobile
for the World's Fair.
Rev. J. T. N. Keels is visiting and
assisting in a revival in Alabama.
Mrs. W. R. Rozier was called to
the bedside of her husband at Camp
Oteen, Asheville last week. Mr.
Rozier is slightly improved.
IRA GUY IS HELD
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
A preliminary hearing for Ira Guy
accused of murder in connection with i
the death of Luther Catoe was held >
b yMagistrate Games on Wednesday
morning and the defendent was bound
over to the court of general sessions.
Toy Gregory appeared for the defend
ent and asked that ho bo released be
cause of insufficient evidence to hold
the man. Col. R. S. SterWart who wa?
hired by those interested in the case
to prosecute held that the defendent
who had a driver's license was at
fault in permitting his wife to drive
the car with only a learner's permit.
Only two witnesses were heard,
Elmre Stogner who saw the accident
and Patrolman I^eo Jenkins who tolrt
of the permit which the negross car
ried for driving a car.
?Col. Stewart said that $1,000 bond
would be satisfactory, to him. Guy's
wife waa recently released on $1,000
bond signed by a circuit judge, I
Lancaster Neva j
To Give Street
Dance for Camp P-52
The City of Camden and the Cam
den Merchants Association will en
tertain the members of Camp P-52,
Civilian Conservation Corps, located
near Blaney, with a street dance Fri
day night, August 4, from 8:80 to
12 o'clock. A nine piece orchestra
will furnish the music. Refreshments
will be served and a great time gen
erally is anticipated. The dance win
be held on Laurens St. at Monument
Square. At least one hundred and
fifty young men from the camp are
expected to attend and all the young
ladies of the city are urged to be
present and help entertain these
young men.
ATTENDS AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF COOPERATION
We are informed that R. M. Foster,
Supex-intendent and teacher of Agri
culture in the Mt. Pisgah School, at
tended the American Institute of Co
operation held at Raleigh. While in
Raleigh he also attended the annual
conference of Grange Lecturers and
the Annual Farmers Week.
Some of the outstanding farm
leaders of the nation were present at
these meetings. Secretary Henry
Wallace o fthe department of agri
culture; L. J. Tabor, Master of the
National Grange; Dr. E. C. Brooks,
President of North Carolina State
College; U. B. Blalock, Vice President
of the American Institute of Coope
artion; W. Kerr Scott, Msater of N.
C. State Grange; Dr. Clarence Poe,
editor of the Picg.essive Farmer and
Southern Ruralist; T. E. Browne, Di
?ctor of Vocational Education; W.
G. Wysor, manager of the Virginia
Seed Service; Francis W. Peck of the
Farm Credit Administration, Wash
ington, D. C.; and C. C. Teague, pres
ident of California Fruit Growers
Exchange were among those heard
during the Ipqtitute.
The entertainment program con
sisting of folk' dancing, folk songs
by Professor I. G.. Greer. formerly of
the Appalachian Statfr Teachers Col
lege, negro spirituals by negro choir
I of Raleigh and group singing was
' enjoyed by all in attendance,
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ANTIOCH NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. McCaskill and
children visited Mr. Willie Boykin
Sunday as their Annual Reunion was
held.
Mrs. H. L. Greene returned to her
home at Shilo after visiting her
mother, Mrs. F. A. Atkinson.
Miss Ora Lee Ford visited her
grandfather, Mr. L. T. Pate the past
week.
Quite a number of young folks
I gathered at the home of Miss Carolyn
Hill Friday night to a party. Every
one present reported having a nice
time. /
Mrs. S. N. Welsh of Elliott visited
her sister, Mrs. F. A. Atkinson the
past week. ^
DR. WIMBERLY RETURNS FOR
SUNDAY
Communication from Dr. Wimberly
tells us that he will he at home for
his Sunday services. Ho has just
closed a ten days camp meeting at
Hannibal, Mo. He was supposed to
have left there Monday, and will
mnke one or two stops on the way
home.
NEXT SUNDAY AT THE METHO
DIST CHURCH
The regular service* will be re
sumed next Sunday at the Lyttleton
Street Methodist Church. I will meet
the Sunday School, at 10:00 o'clock,
and will meet my Juniors promptly
at 10:50.
Preaching at 11:15 A. M. and 8:30
P. M.
C. F. WIMBERLY, Pastor.
SERVICE AT BAPTIST CJIIJUCH
The? following services are announc
ed for t.he week at the First Hniptlst
church :
Public worship at 11:15 conducted
hy Rev. George Smith, Pastor
First Baptist Church of CJheraw, Sun
day school at 10 o'clock with C. O.
Stogner In charge art superintendent.
Men's prayer meetlnR at 9:30 A. M.
B. Y. P. U. 7:30 P. M. Midweek
prayer and prasln service Wednesday
evening at 8:30.
Tho public in cordially Invited to
attend all of these Mrvtce*.