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VOLUME 50 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1933 CHAS. \,'. BIRCH MORE, PROP. NO. 3 > Camden Boys in Automobile Wreck! On last Friday night a Civilian Conesrvation Corps truck, with four C. C C. boys as occupants, overturned injuryir.g three and killing one. In the truck were two Camden boys, Arthur DcLoache, the driver of the truck, and Harold McNinch. They with a boy from Chester were taken to the hospital at Ft. Moultrie, where they are recovering. The other boy, Alvin Culbreath of Greenwood, died in a Conway hospital, near the loca- I tion of the camp. The accident hap- 1 pened on a curve between Murrell's Inlet and Conway. The truck was meeting a car and in attempting to avoidsa collision drew out of the road and turned over. CAMDEN ON TRIAL Irn view of the coming session of the South Carolina Conference which meets here in about two weeks, this entire community is on trial. Just what wo will do to show our apprec iation of this honored body, as to our hospitality, and our ability to do for this body what all the othe" towns of the lower state have done. Some of them not more than half the size of Camden. Wo can no* afford to fail in this wotrhwhile undertaking. The entire town of Camden joined in the' invitation, and now it is up to this town to put ourselves in an honored ? lightbefore this wide area of repre sentative people. The best of all the communities a:e to be our guests, and we must not fail to get ourselves on record for generosity and hospitality, j \ It must be done this week, if at all. . C. F. WIMBERLY, Pastor \ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EOJB CG-OPERATIOjN | The Chamber of Commerce is hope ful that all denominations and all peoplo of Camden will join with the Methodist Chinch to make the anr.uaj^ South Carolina Methodist Conference which has been invited to hold its meeting in Camden November 15 to j 20. The Chamber of Commerce join ed with other civic organizations in Camden in inviting the Conference to Camden and citizens of Camden are urgently requested to do all in their power to make this Conference a suc cess in oider that those who come wni carry back with them the pleas ai.vest memories of our city. NOTICE TO FARMERS WHO SELL HOGS Federal processing and other taxes with respect to hogs will, it is ?.x- i pected, become effective November 1 , j 1933. in order for United States Collectoi of Internal Revenue, loi S , C. to secuie a complete list of all po- i tential tax payers on hogs in Ker- ' shaw County on or before October 24, j 15)33, the cooperation of all hog pro ducers in the County is requested and this shall br notice thereof that ail farmers or othor producers of hogs in the County who slaughter and sell hogs, either locally oi otherwise, <" i e 1 directed to list their names with the County Agent's office on or before October 21 in order that ample time may be had in compiling the list and forwarding to the office of Internal k Revenue so as to reac hthat office I P not later than October 24. I , This list will be divided into two $? parts. Tho fjrst part will consist of hog producers who sell slaughtered hogs regularly and the other lis<? will consist, of producers who sell slaugt >v ?red hogs only occasionally. This notice applies to local butchers, meat markets, and the like in Kershaw B County as well as to farmer produc ^ an*. ?jv ? *. rhoso who do not comply with the G& terms of this notice with respect to notifying the County Agent as above set forth shall be considered evaders of tho act* HENRY GREEN, County Agt. The rutabaga-eating champions are 'Oliver Dubois and Walter West of ^Cumberland, Wis., who each put away ive quarts of cooked rutabagas at ' sitting. Adult Classes to Be Organized in County At no time in the history of our Statu has such an opportunity come to our people as now, when our U. S. Government through the R. F. Cfund, has qffered to furnish teachers that will teach our adults the things they could not get during their youth. This has been the dream of Miss Wil Lou Gray for years. It is due to her and Mr J", H Hope that the funds have been made available for this great work. Miss Gray has been working for years to. give our adults the chance of an education that would mean to them dollars and conts and also an added pleasure in living and, in turn, make better citizens. Beginning with this week there will be classes organized in every county in South Carolina for the teaching of our citizens. In these classes, pupils will be taught the things they are ?^st interested in, primarily the making of better homes, parents, and I citizens. No one should fail to avail! himself of this rare opportuntiy. I hese schools will be taught by teachers especially trained to teach, the things each community mostly needs. The U. S Government is trying in every way to meet the needs of the people in this ciisis. For some time it has been aiding those financially depressed. But, now, it has promised to help iii this work of teaching our people to he?y themselves. Mrs. Watts, the County Superin tendent of Education and the Board of Education are vitally interested in this p>ogram, and are lending inval uable aid to the cause. For the information of those in terested throughout the County, the schools will be conducted as follows: ^ , Smyrna Church; Tfiacher, Q,'rJftr4.S Pool. All of West Wateree is invited to attend a "GeT-to Gether" meeting, Friday, October 27 at 7:30. Mrs. Watts and other prominent speakers will be on the program. Music, also, will bo a feature. Beaver Dam, Teacher," M J. R West. The "Get-to-Gethej^rneeting will bo held Friday at 7: 30 in the Midway school house. Rev. Caston, of the Camden Baptist church and Mr. Stevenson will speak. Lockhart, Teachers, Miss Sallie Young, Mrs. G. C Rush This com munity meeting is scheduled for 7:30 Friday in the Lockhart school house. Program to be announced later. All citizens of the Watereo Mill, Hermitag Mill, and^DuBose Park communities are invited to take part in a community meeting at the New Mill School Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, October 29, at three o'- ' clock. The program will consist of several musical selections and talks by some of our well known and well loved citizens. LET US DESTROY THE CHURCH This is to be the thomo next Sun day morning of Dr. Wimberly, ad dressing the Men's Bible class at the Methodist church. These serios of church talks have been greatly enjoy ed. The Sunday School auditorium ought to be packrirl with men, next Sunday. This is a startling subject, and the class awaits it with much interest. For the past two Sundays, the Ladies Bible class have dismissed! to hear the pastor. We invite all the men of the community not attending Sunday School elsewhere. It will be worthwhile. Remember the hour - 10:0(1 A. M. JACK MOORE, Sec. SERVICES NEXT S(!NDAY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH The Sunday School in all of its do partments will meet at 10:00 A. M. Let US try to roll tip n big attendance! next Sunday. At the closo of the teaching period,! the pastor will give a chalk talk to th<? school, at 10:5ft, Preaching by the pastor at 11:15. Also at 7:30. Our night congrega tions are ^rowin^I let us help build them up. The 34th child of Otto Glanzer, a farmer, was horn in a hospital In Berlin. '?T Bethune News Items Bethune, Oct. 23. ? A Leadership"* Training School will be conducted in the Presbyterian Church by Coin. John H. Cudlipp and Mr. Cudlipp, be ginning the 6%i Sunday evening at 7 :30 and continuing through the fol lowing Friday evening. Mrs. Sallie Robertson entertained Friday afternoon in honor of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hamel Thomas, who is 'a recent bride. Many useful and lovely gifts were . presented. A sweet course was served. Mr. and Mrs. Haml Thomas of Hartsville were the week-end guests of relatives here. ^ Mr. Norwood Thomas 1 spent the week end in Winnsboro with friends. The U. D U. met at the home of Mrs. L I) Barr Wednesday afternon. The following contributed to the program on early inventors: Misses Eloise Miller and Stella Bethune and Mrs. T R Bethune. Mrs D~M Mays was appointed a delegate to attend the National U I) C meeting in Balti more, Md. During the social hour a sweet course was served. Mr. J. C Foster and family spent the weekend at th ehome of Mrs. Foster's parents in Pauline. Miss Mary King of Columbia Col lege spent the weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs E B King. Mr. R. R Burns was at his home in Gray Court for the week end. Miss Eloise Miller was the weekend guest, of her parents in Pauline. Miss Mildred Manning spent the weekend in Clio with her parents. Mrs. Kate Lasater, Miss Iula Las ater of Jonesboro, N. C., Miss -Marga ret Lasater of Sanford, N. C. and Leander Helms of Clemson College were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. F M Hlms. Misses Elsie Mae Hammond and Mary B. Ratcliff of W intfyrgp College spent the weekend Iv^re with tKefir parents. Mrs. Ella Twitty of Cleveland, Ohio is visiting her brother, Dr. E Z. Truesdell. Mrs. Clara Gardner of Wagner was the weekend guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Z P Gordon. Dr. E. Z Truesdell and family and Mrs Ella Twitty attended the Duke Davidson game at Davidson Saturday. They were accompanied home by Miss Margaret Truesdell, a student at Queens-Chicora, who spent the weekend here. Miss Luree King left Wednesday for Durham, where sho has accepted ?. po-ition. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission has announced that com petitive examinations as follows: \a nior Oarduate Nurse, $1,620 a year, various services throughout the United States. Teacher of Home Economics, Senior High School, $2,000 a year, Teacher of Home Economics, Reservation and Junior High School, $1,HOO a year, Indian Service, Department of the i nterio:. Junior Teacher of Homo Economics, $1,020 a year, Indian Service, De partment of tho Interior. Student Fingerprint Classifier, $1, 440 a year, Division of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. Senior Stenographer, $1,020 a year, Junior Stenographer, $1,440 a year, Senior Typist, $1,440 a year, Junior Typist, $1,200 a year, departmental and field services. All salaries given above are subject to a deduction not to exceed 15 per cent as a measure of economy and to a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 per cent. All States except Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, New Hampshire, Vermont, v Virginia, West Virginia, and tho Dis trict. of Columbia have received less j than their share of appoi .nents in | the apportioned department" service I at Washington. ? Full information may be obtained I from M. H. Moore, Secretary of the I United States Civil Service Board of | Examiners, at the post oVfice in this cit?. i j An 8- year -old boys admitted to police in Syracuse, N. Y., that ho had turned in a false alarm "jiwt to nee 1 tho fire engine run." Farm Tour to Be Conducted Saturday A short "farm tour is 10 be con ducted Saturday morning, Oct. 28^ Only two demonstrations will be vis't ed. Both of these will deal with suil buitding. Only about 2 1-2 or'3 hours will be required for inspec*nig and studying these two demonstrations The first will be a study of results obtained from the use of Winter le gumes such as Austiian Peas and Vetch. This will be on teh farm of Mr. B D Boykin who lives just off of the Sumter Highway between Camden and Boykin. Mr. Boykin was one of the first farmers ni the County to begin using these valuable winter le gumes and he has received very out standing results. The demonstration this year is in cotton which followed Austrian Peas and Vetch which grew on tfie land last winter and were turned under this Spring. The second phase of the trip will be an inspection of Crotalaria which is now growing on Clifford Plantation which plantation lies between the Liberty Hill Road and the Lancaster Highway opposite DeKalb Station. About 200 acres of Crotalaria are now growing on this farm and since previous demonstrations with this summer legume cover crop have prov en so valuable and beneficial, It is thought well that our farmers become acquainted with this new legume without further delay. Much of the 200 acres of Crotalaria will average almost shoulder high to a man. It is growing on ve:y thin up-land sandy soil. There was no soil preparation, no fertilizer, and no cultivation. The leed were broadcast. The cotton to be studiexi at . Mr, Boykin's plantation is large, green d well fruited. In fact, much of it (is taller than a man while cotton on the same type of soil just across the road which received no Austrian Peas or Vetch or other legume cove-crops is only the ordinary type of cotton which is so common in our County. Every farmer who is interested in improving his condition, building up his soil, making bigger crop yields with le?s commercial fertilizer and less cost shoule' by all means take time to inspect thsse two elemon ra tions. a Everyone who goes on this short' tour is reejuested to meet at the Court) House in Camden in time to leave the Court House not later than 9:30 A. M. HENRY GREEN, County Agt. ANNUAL B. Y P U. PROGRAM j The annuul B. Y P U. meeting of the Kershaw Association will be held at Mt. Pisgah church Friday after noon and night, Oct. 27, 1933, begin ning at 4:30. All B Y P. Us. of. the j Kershaw Association are urgekl to at tend the meeting. Each B Y P U. is expected to bring lunch and stay for both afternoon and night meet ings. The following program will be rendered: FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 ? 4:40? Song Service. 4:40 ? 4 :55 ? Devotional, Mr. Wade, Carpenter, Camden. 4:55 ? 5:25 ? Business, roll call, re-, ports, etc. 5:25 ? 5:45 ? Junior period. 5:45 ? 6:05 ? "Developing the Indi- j vidual Member, " Bethany Westville. J 6:05 ? 6:10 ? Piano Solo, Miss Cor-' nelia Gardner, freffthaw. i 6:10 ? 6:30 ? The Purpose, Plan and i results of a Business Meeting and I Program Planning Meeting, Mt. Pis-! t?ah Sonio rUnion. FRIDAY NIGHT 6:30? 7:30? Lunch 7 :30 7 :35 ? -Song Service. 7:35?' 7:45 -Devotional, Thorn Hill' Juniors. 7 :45 ? 8:15 ? Intermediate Period. 8:15 ? 8:35 ? "Enlarging the Assoc iation," Rev. A T Usher, 1/ancast.er. 8:35 ? 8:40 ? Duet, Misses Harriet! Lee Truesdale and Josephine Hough, | Kershaw. 8 :40- 8 :55- "The Place of Mtisic. on j our Program," Mrs. Ralph Gregory, ; Kershaw. 8:55?9:10 ? "The Young People i and Their Work," Mr. R. R Burns, Bethune. 9:10? 9:20 Announcements and adjournment I City Was Host to Seaboard Officals Last Thursday the City of Camden and the Chamber of Commerce .vere host to the following official# of the Seaboard Air Lino Railway: L. H. Dyer, District Passenger Agent, R Vauhgan-Lloyd, Division Passenger Agent, J M Stuart, Assistant Pass enger Agent, S. G. LinderbeckjTJen eral Passenger Agent, Jacksonville, C H Gattie, General Passenger Agent New York City, J A Blaser, District i Passenger Agent, Boston, Edward; Plack, Assistant Passenger Agent, I Washington, C. B. Barton, A msimi'. | General Passenger Agent, Pittsburgh,! J. M. Stuart, Assistant Genera! i Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. i The Party after arrival at 11 o' clock were entertained at Mulberry,' the home of David R. Williams, and | with a luncheon at the Hobkirk Inn. Those also present at the luncheon were Dr. John W. Corbett, Physician for the Seaboard, R B Pitts, Chair man of the Tourist Relation Com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, R. M Kennedy, Mayor, J K. deLoach, President of the Chamber of Com merce, and Samuel Russell, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, D. R. j Williams, R W Pomeroy, and J Ei Ross, local Seaboard agent. After lunch the party visited various gar dens, homes, golf courses and race tracks and other points of interest. Mayor R. M Kennedy entertained at] supper at Colonial lake. The party left at 7 o'clock. The purpose of this visit was to advance the interests of Camdtn as' a resort point by a personal contact with the Seaboard agents of the va- 1 rious important cities. CH YRLOTTE THOMPSON P. T A. MEET The Charotte Thompson P. T A. met at the school Wednesday even ing. F. M Mellette, leader for the evening, preesnted an interesting program. The club was fortunate in I having Rev. F H Craighill as speaker, find his discussion of the necessity of character building in the child was most appropriate. Mary Moseley gave a humorous reading and Kate Mel lette recited Kiplings "Recessional." Plans are being made to convert the association's next meeting into a Halloween party. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES Men's prayermeeting Sunday morn ing at 9:30, Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Preaching by the Pastor, J. B Gaston at 11:15 and 8 o'clock. Moaning subject: "Overcoming Our Enunies." Evening subject: "The Honorable Name." Senior B. Y P IJ. Thursday evening at 8, Junior B. Y P U. Sunday even ing at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. j CHARLOTTE THOMPSON HOME I) EM O N ST R A TI O N C L U B The members of the Charlotte Thompson Home Demonstration Club, had one of the most enjoyable meet- ' ing.q at the home of the president, Mrs. Mattie R West. During the ses sion 1933-34 dues wero paid and the NRA pledges signed. Tho devotional was conducted by Miss Bertha Moseley and the roll call was answered by a joke. Tho min utes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. B M I'earce. Miss Craix, the Home Agent, K*ve a demonstration on making Cottage' Cheese. She also tfave a number of variations of co'. tag's cheese dishes that are likely to find flavor with the j family. Amonx them were molded, cottage cheese naiad and cottage) cheese and raisin sandwiches. During tho social hour a number; of Karnes were enjoyed and delicious refreshments consisting of congealed fruit salad, cheese straws, pickle, sandwiches, cake and coffee were served by the hostess. The color j scheme of yellow and was car-| ried out in tho refreshments and in ; tho attraM-ively arranged living room.j Information About Cotton Options County Agent Green has just re ceived the following letter from G. A. Cobb, Chief, Cotton Section, Wash ington, D. C. regarding the handling and disposal of the cotton option: Washington, D. C. October 1G, 1933 "Mr. Henry D. Green, County Agent, Camden, S. C. Dear Mr. Green: We are in receipt of your letter of September 19, requesting information on option cotton. It is hoped an dexpected that forms for exercising the option contracts will go out of this office on or about Octber 25, 1933, to all county agents. When all the forms shall have been received by the county agents, they will be advised of the exact date when the options may be exercised by the farmers. The purpose of this pro cedure is to give each holder of an option contract the same and equal opportunity to exerciso his rights, therein. It would not be fair to al low one farmer to exercise his option when tho market is good and at a later date allow another farnu r to exercise his option when the market is not so good. We are trying our best to give every farmer an ejual opportunity to obtain the most possible from the ex ercising of his option contract. There fore, you may safely advise the farm ers that from the latest information you have, you believe that the on+ions will be in their hands before the end of this month. Very truly yours, C. A. COBB Chief, Cotton Section Production Division" WIMBERLY HALL DEDICATED A unique service was held Tuesday night by the Young Women's Society of the Methodist church. It is well known that, through the untiring ef forts of the pastor, Dr. Wimberly, the basement of the old ante-bellum pars onage has been transformed and con verted into spacious rooms, The Young Women's Society has assumed the upkeep of these rooms, which are so arranged" that there is the large assmbly hall, a dining room, a kitchen and servants quarters, with toile^ ac commodations. The rooms have been decorated and beautifully equipped with curtains and wall pictures. For some time they have been ar ranging for a dedication of the rooms I Tuesday night this was done. A short j but interestnig program was render ed. Miss Nancy Dempster, the presi dent, presided gracefully, giving a history of what had been, then intro duced the musical numbers. Miss Rosa Curry, from Kershaw, sang two beautiful solo.->, accompanied by Mrs. F. N McCorkle; then Mrs. McCorkle rendered a piano solo. Mrs. J M Gandy also played whiel the refresh ments were being served later. Miss Dempster made the presenta tion speech to Judge Mendel L. Smi'h who read the dedicatory service and then made a most timely address on the subject of dedication find its meaning. A beautifully framed jdac ard was placed upon the wall, which read as follows: "Wimberly Hall Named and Dedicated by the Young Women's Society in Recognition of the Vision, Energy and Determina tion of our Pastor, Dr. C. F Wimber ly, without which this muehneeded equipment to our Church would have been impossible." All the ministers of tho city were invited but some of them had previou engagements. Rev. Littlejohn and Father O'Brien were the only minis ters present. Tho official board and leaders of tha Missionary Society wero guests. LEE COUNTY SINGING CON VENTION TO MEET The Leo County Singing Conven tion will meet in special session with The Church of God of Lamar on Sun day, Oct. 27th at 2:30. We extend a cordial welcome to all Choirs and Singers of Camden and Kershaw and adjoining Counties to meet with us and take part in the convention. A warm welcome to all. L. A. MOORE, President