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VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1933 NO J
County Fair Is
A Big Success
The Kershaw County Fair held last
week under the aus^ces of the Cam
den Shrine Club and the American
Legion Post No. 17 was a big suc
cess, and was attended by large
crowds. The exhibits were unusually
fine and tjie Midway was good.
Wednesday the Merchants and
Manufacturers of Camden wtre l.osts
to the citizens of Kershaw County at
a barbecue given on the Fair g-oumls.
Throngs attended and enjoyed the
hospitality of the merchants and
manufacturers.
Thursday was Farmers D;iy. At 11
11 'clock Prizes and Ribbons were
awarded the successful entrants. At
3 o'clock the Dog show was held with
entries throughout the sf.ate.'
Friday, school day, was featured
by a big parade of school children, j
and various other organ'- tions. I v. |
the afternoon the feature event was
the football game betwe?r Camden i
and Brookland-Cayce. The game \va \
closely contested and was full of I
thrills, Camden winnr.ig by the score |
or 7 to G. *
Saturday was colored .school day ?
and was featured in the morning by
a big parade by colored school chil- j
dren and citizens. In the afternoon
was the football game ber.w.een J;uk
son High School and Urv.on High
School, which resuhed-in- a draw, the
score being C to 6.
NITRATE OF SODA WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
^ Winners in the Nitrate of Soda
guessing contest held recently at the
Kershaw County Fair have been an
nounced as follows:
1st Lamar Rush, 1515 Mill Street,
Camden, S. C.
^ / 2nd Ajrs. W F. Jasckson, Hamp
ton, Avenue, Camden, "S. C.
3rd Miss Sara Kirkland, Camden,
S. C.
The correct weight of the pumpkin
wa? 22 3-4 pounds.
Much interest was shown in this
contest, around five hundred people
making estimates on the weight of
the pumpkin. This Interest shown by
the people of Kershaw County is
greatly appreciated by the Arcadian
Nitrnto of Soda people.
Ip addition to the above prizes, the
following will receive 25 pounds each:
Rev WimbTTYly. Camden, S. C. j
My. W. T Holley, Route 2, Jeffer
son, S. C.
The winners may receive thoir
prizes by calling at the firm of Mc
Leod and McLauchlin.
License Year Changed
From Nov . 1 to Oct . 31
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 9. ? A changc
designed to expedite the handling 'ot
the large volume of license plate
business and to make for more eco
nomic administration, to
the public is. now J^8ipg/1^'pj^t<rate(i
imbey 1st;
t, Jfr the'
Vof frojt> .Inn- j
year is|
as h' 'ffisult 6f 'ito " Jpjtfsed by tho |
''''last session of the<l^prni Assembly.1
This act, No. 389, provides in section j
^2, that "application for licenses shall |
Ifbe filed'wit/h the State Highway De- 1
pnrtment on or before the thirty- first
' day of October of each license year,
and any person, firm or corporation
who shall fail to file such applica
tions before such date shall be sub
ject to the penalties now imposed by
l&vv upon delinquent applications." j
Application forms to all motor ve- !
hide owners have been sent out by
} the highway department and the mo- 1
? v tor vehicle division is operating in ,
lull gear to^ send out t)he license ]
T plfttes as soon as the applications are
received.
The department is expecting that
the entire load of handling this im
mense volume of business will be
* completed in record time this year.
i
Added Mil****
Civilization has complicated life by
IV; equipping the straight and narrow
path with soirte very Interesting de
8an Diego Union.
W&W-'K*
Cream Station
Established Here
Arrangements have just been made
whereby a cream receiving station
will be established in the County
Agent' office in Camden in coopera
tion with the Piedmont Creamery of
Rock Hill. The cream truck will take
up cream from this station each Wed
nesday about 2 o'clock.
Farmers bringing oream on ?or be
Fore Wednesday may either leave
their containers and have them
I brought back the next Wednesday
when the truck returns or else the
cream may be sampled and then put
with other cream in ten gallon con
tainers. This sample will be tested
later and of course records will be
kept as to whose cream each sample
represents and payment will be made
accordingly on the following Wed
nesday.
The price of sour cream is not as
high at this time as we would like,
but when small^w^kly cream checks
are multiplied by S^weeks 'n the
year the result is usually very pleas
ing and profitable. Kershaw County
farmers greatly need to develop their
dairy and cream business- and -me j
reason the cream station is being
moved to the County Agent's office
is so that closer contact may be kept
with the farmers and m*>re work may,
be done with them towards develop
ing their cream and dairy enterprises. '
Since the County Agent's duties have
been so greatly changed, most of the
agricultural financing has to go
through his office nmv and he is un
able to devote sufficient time to visit
ing individual farmers on various
enterprises as he did before he fell
heir to the financing work in the
County.
There are many fanners in Ker
shaw Gounty at this time who could
ship sour cream if they would only
get started. Anyone milking 3 or 4
cows now could Ret started with nb
expense. Anyone inteersted in this
will please get in touch with the
Gounty Agent and^pvery assistance
possible will be given.
HENRY GREEN, County Agent.
TAXPAYER AGAIN
ASKS FOR INFORMATION
Editor of Wateree Messenger: In
your issue of two weeks ago I asked ?
by request ? that the head officials
of the RFC organization in Kershaw
County give the public through the
Press ? the monthly overhead expense
of the organisation ? the officers, of
fice force and inspectors with salaries
paid each ? the request has, so far,
not been complied with and a number
of people during Fair week have ask
ed mc U try agoin!
Tl>e people assume that where gov
money ? which is the people's money
is being used that they have a right
to know how it is being spent, and i
that if every one is getting a square
deal ? there is nothinK to bo conceal
ed. I hope the oficials in authority
will givo heed to this very reasonable
request and perhaps, prevent the ne
cessity of further inquiring. ^ I
Thanking you for space, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
O. R. CLEMENTS
Liberty Hill, S. C.. October 10, 1933
cAmdkn i?oy honored at
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Quite an honor came to a lo^pal hoy
at the University of Pennsylvania
recently when T. It Hruce wapr elected '
President of the tophomore class in 1
the School of Veterinary Medicine.
This seems quite unusual In a big|
eastern university with only two
?on the rn boys in the class for one of
them to he thus honored.
Congratulations to you T. It #/e|
hope that you were elected on merit >
and will continue to make good.
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NEW liEAUTY SHOP
IN OPERATION
Mrs. J I) RyVd has recently begun'
I operating The Marian Beauty Shopi
, next odor to The Corner Hook Store
'on Main Street. Mrs Hyrd's assist
I ants are the Misses Helen Hazel of
I Augusta, C*a, and Miriam Pickoll of
? Greenwood. The shop is nrt>deru and
attractive in arrangement, and those
I who have* already visited it aro en
I thuslaetic in their praise.
Liberty Hill News I
Liberty Hill, Oct. 16. ? The write*
spent a couple of days at the Ker
shaw County Fair last week. While
we think that man yof the farm and
garden product^ were not as fine a?
have been shown in previous Pairs ? -
owing no doubt to the unpropilious
seasons ? we saw many exhibits of
freal merit. Some very fine corn, rib
bon cane, sorghum cane, sweet pota*
toes and extra nice pumkins. Mr. W
T Holly progressive farmer of th^
Mt. Pisgah section had an individual
farm exhibit which seemed to contain
almost every agricultural product
grown in this country. He was a-j
warded the blue ribbon on his splen
did display, while our near neighbor,1
former Gov. Richards captured the j
red ribbon on a display not so extens
ive and varied, but which contained
things we did not know could l^e
grown in this country at all. .
The Community booths of Lugoff,
Mt. Pisgah and Gates Ford were
beautifully and tastefully arranged
with almost every, thing one could
think of in fancy work, canned good?
and farm and garden products. Lu
goff captured the blue ribbon with
Mt. Pisgah a close competitor taking'
the red. Some fine cattle and hogs
were shown. The Merchants and Au
tomobile' tent were interesting but
we failed to see th display of bauty
at the fashion show ? which we re
grr': very much.
'The D?>g Show of all sorts and
sizes attracted a whole lot of interest.
The grounds were literally jammed
on Friday with school children and'
others and many amusements as well
as the lunch and drink stands very
probably enjoyed a fine business.
The large crowd was good humored
and orderly ? very little evidence of
drinking in comparison with the
year.* ago.
We attended the meeting of the
anti repeal speakers presided ovf'by
former G6#. "RiVftattilf, t-T^n^lfitrodtic ed
Dr. Wimberly to make the opening
prayer, Sergt. York afjd Dr. Burts
each made very forcible and convinc
ing talks ? if intoxicants are good for
any one, why does railroads and all
big employers insist on sober men ?
The meeting was turned over to
County Chairman Johnson. Rev. Cas
ton offered prayer and Judge M. L.
Smith presented the other Speakers,
Senator Blease, W. M. Manning and
Lieut. Governor Sheppard, candidates
for each of wh<Sm made short talks.
Congressman Richards was called on
and made a short talk as did also
Solicitor Spigner who was sighted a
mong the audience. Each one of the
speakers was given considerable ap
plause at the close .of his remarks.
Quite a number of our citizens at
tended the York meeting and the
County Fair at Camden last week.
Mr D M John, head of the RFC
work in I/aricaster county and Mrs.
John, and her mother, Mrs Powell,
were guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs L I' Thompson on Sunday and
attended church while here.
Congressman J P Richards and
M rs Richaids are visitors in the home
of his parents, Mr and Mrs N S
Richards.
Mr II S Higgins will leave for
Charleston this (Monday) morning to
sefve on the U. S jury Mr I. P
Thompson will accompany him and
visit his brother, Mr J W Thompson
and family.
The C C C camp boys gave a party
one night last week and a number of
our peoplo attended and enjoyed
toasted marshmallows nnd a weiner
roast with the boys.
M iss Sadie Craig, demonstration
agent, and Miss I?illian Smith attend
ed t.ho State Fair in Columbia Mon
day.
Misses Olive Nettles and Lenora
Rhame spent Sunday at home.
Miss Mary Fmma Hough, who is
teaching in Kershaw spent the week
end at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moore and
I little daughter. Syble Header are
I spending this week with the formor's
( parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Moore tof
Lugoff and from there they'll spend
: a week in Cross Hill with Mrs.
I Moore's mother., Mrs. R K Reeder.
I
Fall Meeting County
Council Saturday
; The Kershaw County Council of
Farm Women will hold its fall meet
ing at the 4-H Club House at Lake
Shamokin next Saturday, October 21,
beginning at 10:30 o'clock.
The morning program will consist
of business. The various County
^Chairmen wil| outline their places
for the club chairmen for the coming
year. Miss Minnie Floyd, Extension
Nutritionist, from Winthrop College
will talk on the State Plan of Work
t'or 1933-84.
At the afternoon session Miss
"iovd will give ;i demonstration on
School Lunches. Unfinished business,
music and recreation will complete
the program.
All members of the sixteen Home
Demonstration clubs ocated through
out the County are expected to be
! present for their fall Council Meet
ing. Each member is requested to
bring picnic lunch and a cup or glass.
This meeting is to be held at the
4-H Club House next Saturday, Octo
. a. o'clock.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
CONFERENCE
In just ona month there will be as
sembled in our city at least two
hundred and fifty of the best citizens
of South Carolina, and elsewhere. All
.the lower half of th<* "state will be
with us? ministers, lawyers, mer
chants, physicians, farmers and
teachers. Not only is this true, but
leading educators and laymen will be
here from Nashville, Tenn.;?r<&tlanta,
Ga., Richmond, Va., Spartanburg
and Columbia. It is going to give
oor city an opportunity to show this
laige group of representative citizens
hoSflL welj w^ can do things with th?
hifffest expression of ?^uther?-hoitw
pitality.^ It is to be hoped that our
people will not wait to be canvassed,
or solicited to share this worthwhile
responsibility, but will come forward
and offer their homes for these
guests. We must send them away
with swelling gratitude for the roy.a1
entertainment received by the good
people of Camden. ,
METHODIST CHURCH NEXT
SUNDAY
Sunday school at 10:00 A. M.
School assembly at 10:50 with
chalk talk by the pastor.
Preaching at ll:15.k Theme: "Let
Your Light Shine."
Preaching at 7 :30. Evangelistic.
Good music at both services. .
C. P. WIMBERLY, PASTOR
ROTARY CLUB NOTES
The Thursday's meeting of the Ro
tary Culb at the Hotel Camden was
unique, inasmuch as it had as guests
so many^ outstanding men in public
life of ^outh Carolina. Dr. W L
DePass was in charge of the program
and the following guests were intro
duced to the club: Coleman L. Blease,
former senator; James Shephard,
lieutenant goevrnor; Hon. Wyndham
Manning; Congressman J. P. Rich
ards; Hon. M L Smith, Hon. E T
Rowen, Mr. Blackmon, formerly of
Camden and now of Greenville; So
licitor A. F. Spigner, J Roy Jones
commissioner of agriculture, and
others.
Other guests introduced to the club
but who did not make speeches were
David R. Williams, Jr., and Ralph
Cha??e, of the tourist colony, Mr.
I/ewis, J. Team Get/tys and M. M
Johnson.
Rotarian Robert W. Pomeroy was
welcomed back to the club after an
a'bsenco since last spring.
The club enjoyed short, talks from
tho distinguished visitors and these
talks were received with considerable
applause*
Rotarian David Wolfe was congrat
ulated on his fifty-eighth birthday.
The program next week will be in
charge of W. T. Redfeam and ""the
following week in charge of David
Wolfe.
Mrs. G A Rhame and Mta. Boykin
Rhame were -Hsitors in Columbia
Monday.
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Bethune News Items
Bethur.e, October 16.? Mrs. G B
McKinnon and Miss Eloise Miller
were associate hostesses at d lovely
party Saturday evening announcing
the engagement of Miss Thelma
Strowman to Mr. R R Burns.
The living and dining rooms of the
McKinnon home werr thrown ensuite
and attractively decorated with fall,
cut flowers.
Heart and Shakespearean contests
were enjoyed in which Miss Stella
Bethune and Rev. Keels and Miss
Mildred E.adford and Mr. Van
Morgan were winners. The interest
of the evening centered around a
treasure hunt, which culminated in
the finding of cupids bearing the an
nouncement "Thelma Strowman?
Russe! Burns, Dec. 1, 1933."
Miss Strowman is from Orange
burg and graduated with distinction
from Columbia College. Sho is a
member of Sigma Tan Delta English
fraternity and teaches English in the
high school here.
Mr. Burns is from Gray Court and
was graduated from the University.
. He is principal and atheletic coach in
the school here, where he has taught
the past five years.
Out of town guests present were
Miss Esther Ramsey and Mr. Leroy
Burns of McBee.
Refreshments consistnig of ice
cream and cake were served. Favors
were minature halloween pumpkins
bearing the inscription "Strowman ?
Burns Dec. 1, 1933." ,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Truesdell and
Mr James King attended the Duke ?
Tennessee football game at Durham
Saturday.
Miss Sara Gettys spent the week
end in Camden with her parents.
Amon gthose who have been to Co
lumbia to hear Dr. Truett from this
place are: Mr. and Mrs. J C Foster,
Rev. Keels and Mr andv Mrs. Neil
Truesdell.
Hr. "and ""Mrs.' "H Jof>^ H artaym*
spent the weekend with Mrs. L D
Roberston,
Mi s Edith Clyburn has returned
from a visit to Miss Frances Chewn
ing in Camden.
Miss Lottie McSween of Darlington
was a recent guest of her sister, Mrs.
Clara Davis.
The Bethune school system attend
ed the County fair in Camden Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McDonald, who
reside near here, receive da message
Sunday morning informing them of
the death of their daughter, Mrs.
May Rabon of Columbia.
Mrs. Rabon graduated in the high
school here In the class of '28 and
later married James Rabon of Colum
bia.
Under the auspices of the- local
chapter U. D C., a play entitled "See
You Later" was given Friday evening
in the high school auditorium.
Dr. E Z Truesdell and Dr. .Stokes
of McBee attended a county medical
meeting at the home of Dr. Sanders
ni Lugoff last week.
Miss Leona Smith has returned to
Columbia after a visit of several
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W H Smith.
The Bethune school faculty attend
ed the County teachor's meeting in
Camden Thursday afternoon.
Dr. G M. Horton was a visitor heer
for short while Saturday en route
from his home in Kentucky to Flor
ida. Dr. Howerton was at one time
pastor of the Presbyterian Church
here.
Mrs. Charles Rivers and little
daughter have returned to their hrrni^
in ( Chesterfield after spending awhile
with Mr. and Mrs M O Ward.
WHAT IK RIGHT WITH THE
CHURCHT
For the past thre# Sundays f D?
Wimberly has been giving some time
ly addresses to tho Mon's Iti bio Class.
The Ladies Bible Class joined with
us last Srfnday, and the subject was:
"What is Wrong with the Church?"
No member of either of these classes
can afford to miss these addresses.
Notice the subject for next Sunday.
What is Right with the Church? All
men of tho congregation and t riends
are invited to hear these thought
provoking addresses.
JACK MOORK, Secretary.
Jurors to Serve
For Second Week
The following: jurors have been
drawn to serve, for the second week
of criminal court which convenes on
Monday, October 30:
\V. F. Russell, Jr., A. M. McLeod,
J. C. Gillis, J. M. Gandy, J. K. Lang,
W. D. Goodale, J. W. Boyd, A. D.
Hurst, W. H. Drakeford, W. C. Catoe,
W. H. Wooten, I. J. McKenz'ie, Tal
madge Gardner, J. W. McLain, Cecil
L. Gardner, Norman Truesdale, Cam
den; C. P. Hilton, W. J. Powers, G. D.
Munn, G. R. Truesdale, Frank Xoung,
Westville; B. M. Rosborough, It. S.
Ray, N. P. Gettys, T. C. Hinson, Lu
goff; D. E. Baxley, Lewis Virtceut,
D. A. Barfield, C. H. Broom, T. C.
Jones, Ernest W?st, Kershaw; C. B.
Watkins, W. A. McDowell, Bethune;
T. M. Keith, J. T. Ross, Blaney; L. L.
Bowers, Cassatt.
John McCaa Dead ;
Burial In Camden
The funeral services for John Mc
Caa, of Columbia, were held at Eau
Claire Baptist church Tuesday after
noon and the burjal was in the Cain
den cemetery the same afternoon.
Mr. McCaa's death was sudden and
happened at'xt?:30 Monday morning
at Andrews railroad yard. He ap
peared to be in good health when he
left his home, 3011 Bouknight street,
Eau Claire, Monday morning arid
went to his work at Andrews, where
he was a car inspector. He had been
in the service of the Southern rail
way for more than 25 years and had
been presented a gold medal in recog
nition of his long and faithful -service.
He was a member of the Eau Claire
Baptist church and had the respect of
all who knew him. ^Ie was 68 years
old and was a native of Kershaw
county.
He is survived by his widow, who
before marriage was Miss Theo Allen
of Sumter county; three daughters,
Mj&p Isabelle McCaa, Miss Elise Mc
Q&a and Miss "Mary" -B,~ McCaa; one
son, John McCaa, Jr., all of Columbia;
four sisters, Miss Mamie McCaa, Miss
Millie McCaa and Mrs. Will Rose
borough, all of Lugoff, and Mrs. Lou
ise Mickell, of Camden; two brother^
Jimmy McCaa and Willie McCaa, of
Lugoff.
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
The following services are announ
ced at the First Baptist Church:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock with
C. O. Stogner, superintendent in
charge,, public worship conducted by
the pastor at 11:15 A. M. and 9
P; M. Morning subject: The Sin Of
Doing Nothing, evening subject: An
Important Question, Men's prayer- J
meeting Sunday morning at 9:30,
Senior B. Y P U. Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock, Prayer and praise serv
ice Wednesday evening at 8, Junior
B Y P U. Sunday evening at 7.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all tho services of this church.
4-H LOCAL LEADER
TRAINING MEEITNG
M rs. Harriet P. Johnson, Girl's 4
H Club Leader, held the first training
meeting at the Court House ast Sat
urday afternoon with six leaders
present. This is the beginning of
local leadership work for girls in
Krshaw County. -'
A local leader is an older girl or
woman who is intereated in tho girls
of her community and who volun
teers her services to help those girls.
Mrs. Johnson is to come to the County
every three months and give special
| training to these leaders.
That the leaders are cooperating
with iM iss Craig, the Homo Agent, is
shown by tho following letter: "Dear
Miss Craig: Would love to be tho
local leader for club. T
think having those training meetings .
every three months is simply splend
id. You can count on me to help in
any way I can."
Those present for the first meeting
were Mrs. W. J Hasty, Mrs A A
West, Mrs L D Mroome, Mrs A B
Holland and Misses Lillian Smith and
Louise Hunnicutt.
Mrs. Johnaon will hold the second
training meeting the first Saturday
in December.
W?ll-F*?or?il M*n * 'f
To be n well-fn vored mai. the gift
r>f fortune, hut to write and rftad
comes by nature.- Shake*pear?.
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