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Farm Financing To Be Discussed Production Credit System of Timely Interest to Farmers of Kershaw County. A meeting of the farmers of Ker shaw County is to be held in the Court House in Camden next Tuesday, November 21, beginning at 10 o'clock for the purpose of hearing a repre sentative of the Production Credit Corporation of the Federal Govern ment discuss plans for the organiza tion of a County Production Credit Association. Through such an organization farmers of the county should be able to finance crop and livestock produc tion. The Farm Credit Administra tion proposes to set up these credit associations which will or should be permanent organisations for financ ing farmers. This is an important meeting and the county agent urges you to be presen:. SHRINERS TO MEET AT ROCK HILL NOV. 17 Rock Hill, Nov. 13? J. C. Hardin, Rock Hill manufacturer and potentate of Rojah temple of the Mystic Shrine, expects 500 to 1,000 nobles at the temple's fall remonial here Friday, November 17, and local Shriners are making elaborate plans to receive the visitors,, one of whom they expect will be Governor I. C. Blackwood. The governor is a shriner. The day's program will open at 11 a. m. with a meeting of the govern ing board in the Masonic Temple. The ceremonial proper opens at 2 p. m. ( with a business meeting and the first , section of the ceremonial in the Ma- 1 sonic Teir>ple. At 3:30 p. m. a parade will move from the Andrew Jackson hotel on Main Street to Winthrop ^ college. i A feature of the day's program will b? a band concert and patrol drill on the Winthrop campn by Hojaz and f Oasis temples, the latter bringing about 100 men in uniform from western North Carolina. The second section of the cereanon ial will be in the Winthrop gymnas ium at 5 p. m. From 6 to 1 , a dinner for the nobles and their ladies will be given at City Motor Company, op posite the post office on Main Street. The potentate's ball will be staged in the ballroom of the Andrew Jack son hotel to conclude the day'j ac tivities. Candidates will report to the re corder's office or the mezzanine flo? r of the Andrew Jackson hote] at i>. m. SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNOUNCE MENT Rev. W. G. Ariail, a recent pastor of the Methodist Church here, will ad dress the Adult Classes of the Metho dist Sunday School Sunday morning at. 10 o'clock. Everyone is cordially invitee* i.o at tend. Mrs. Henry Board, Miss Charlotte Boykin and Alfred Boykin are on a trip to Miami, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. B C Bra?.inffton and children of Paw Creek spent the week end with relatives. Miss Olive Nettles spont .Sunday with her parents. Mrs. Robert Chcwninj? spent sevor al dnys with her mother in Columbia la?.t week. Mrs. S. Bernard Kaplan and daugh ter, of Trenton, N. J, are visiting Mrs I/eon Schlosbur#. Miss Margaret Chewnin# was the wrek end Kuost of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W M AJexnnder and Mm George Nicholson spent Friday in Charlotte. Miss Elizabeth Zemp and Miss Grace Robinson of onverse College, fipartanburff, upent the week end with their respective parent*. Kershaw Citizen Passes Away Just before going to press we learn that J. M. Hilton, worthy and highly respected citizen, of Kershaw, di#. at his home on Ihe east side of town at about 9^ o'clock tonight (Wednes" day) and will ibe buried Thursday afternoon following funeral services to be conducted ?from the Frist Bap tist Church, of which he was a mem ber, by Rev. J. B. Caston, of Camden, a life-long friend, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. J. Bradley, who is in the hospital at Camden. Mr. Hilton, 66, was bom and rear ' ed in the Flat Creek section of Lan , caster county, where he was engaged ' in farming and merchandising, serv ! ing also as postmaster at the Flat Creek post office before moving to Kershaw to make his home here. Dur | ing his residence in Kershaw he had j continued his farming operations and 1 merchandising, being first with the ! Cook, Estridge Company, afterwarf! j in general merchandising business fbr I himself in the store room now occu pied Cook & Love, from which h>? re tired to move with his family back : to his old home place for a time. Lat j er he returned to Kershaw and open j ed a Five and Ten cents store in : which he was still engaged when the j end came. j Mr. Hilton was one of Kershaw's most exemplary citizens in his life, I being a consistent member of the j Baptist church, and it was after ihs I return from prayermeeting service on Wednesday night of last week that 1 he was stricken with paralysis after retiring for the night and from which he did not regain consciousness. He was also a member of the Masonic and Junior Order fraternities. He is survived by hi^ widow, two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Massey and Miss Clara Mae Hilton; two step daughters, Mrs. i J. T. Catoe and Mrs. P F Gardner, and four sons, W F., J M. Jr , J. D. and Pressley Hilton, who have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. ? Kershaw Era. I NOTICE OF ELECTION OF LI BRA III AM Teh members of the Camden Li brary Association are hereby notified to meet at the Library Room, at four o'clock, Monday afternoon, November 20, 1933, to elect a Librarian. Only those whose annual dues are paid will be allowed to vote. The books show ! but five who are now qualified. LAURENS T. MILLS, Pres. Nov. 9, 1933. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES Men's prayer meeting Sunday morning at 9:30, Sunday School at 10 o'clock. Preaching at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. by pastors from the Methodist I '!ont erenco. ^ Senior B. V. P TfrThursday even ing at 8, Junio- B. Y. P (I. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The public iri cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. SUSPEND RAIL MAIL SUMTER TO CAMDFN Washington, I). C., Nov. 8 ? The postoffice department today announ ced the discontinuance, effective No vember IB, of the present railroad service on that part, of route of the Northwestern Railroad company of South Carolina, between Camden and Sumter. It is not stated how long this order will be in operation or whether any other s^rvire has been substituted. IV H McO. TEACHER'S MEETING THURS DAY | There will he a teachers' meeting j Thursday, November 1 0th at 4 o'clock | in the High School VAuditorium. This is a departmental meeting and j all teachers are urged to be present. LOST One German Police Dog about 8 months old. Last seen following children to school November 7th. Answers to name of "Pal". Reason tble reward. H. O Burns, DuBose Park, Camden, S. C. Kershaw County Cotton Ginnings Kershaw County ginned 11,240 bales of cotton up until Nov. 1st., ac cording to Mr. W. D. Trantham, formerly gin census taker. Ml. Trantham has resigned this job so as to devote his time to new position at the C. C C. Camp. He will be suc ceeded by Mr. F. B. Poolo of the Rabon's Cross Roads section of the County. Kershaw County ginned 9,514 up to Oc:. 18th. It is estimated that the final re port will show about 12,500 baleq, which will make it one o fthe smallest crops during the past twenty years. The crop of 1916 was 12,500 baes; 1921 was 12,933 and 1922 was 12,344. Some of the large crops during the past twenty years were: 1915 ? 24, 879; 1918?31,397; 1919?30,199; 1920 ?42,215; 1925?28,696; 1926?33,692; 1927?24,432; 1930 ? 21,928; 1931? 22,791. Last year's crop for our County was also a small one ? 15,501 bales. Basing this year's crop at 12,500 bales, the average for the past twenty I years is 21,827 bales, so this crop i? nearly 10,000 bales short of an aver ago crop. The largest crop for the County was 42,215 bales and* Che smallest of the last generation was in 1922 ? 12, 341 bales, making a difference be tween the large and small crop nearly 3o,00(J baleA, It is likely that this year's crop of j '.2,500 bales will bring more than last , year's crop of 15,500 bales. This year's shortage of production can be attributed to plowing up th? crop, boll weevils, dry weather and lack of fertilizer. The acreage planned has gradually dwindled since 1920, the big crop year, and many fields that were planted them are now cov ered with broom straw or small pines. Another factor that gives us small- ] er crops each year is that many acres formerly in cotton are now part of large estates or hunting preserves Many acres have been been cultivated! in pines that will not produce cotton j for perhaps several generations to come. Lands along the river or lands ! suitable for cattle raising are no longer planted in cotton but are now i taking care of large herds of cattle. A number of years ago there were 115 active gins in Kershaw County. Today there are only 39 active. Sixty five gins are listed in the County, leaving 25 dormant, which will prob ably remain that way in the future. Twenty-five years ago there were sixteen active gins between Camden and Liberty Hill, a distance of twen ty-two miles and today there is not an activo gin between tho two points. Kershaw County has fewer bale? ginned per gin than almost any county in the state. There were 46 active gins last year, according to the Government report that handled 15, 501 bales, or an aveage of 340 bales per gin. From the same source we gather that Cherokee County with 14 gins handled 14,154 bales, or an aver ago of over 1,000 bates to tho gin. For the State of South Carolina there wore 1229 active gins and TTandled ' 22,229 bales in 1932, or an average of nearly 600 bales per gin. In other words, Kershaw County gins only ginned 60 per cent of what the aver age gin handled in South Carolina in 1932, and will probably have that average this season. IMPORTANT TAX NOTICE Wo wish to rail the attention of the taxpayers to an act passed in the last session of tho South Carolina legisla ture enabling the taxpayers of Ker shaw county, who have not paid their state and county taxos for 1932 and back, an opportunity to pay one tenth of taxes in arrears. We advise all to pay one tenth of back taxes to savo further execution costs. Thisc act doo? not force the pay ment of the 1933 taxos and tho one tenth on taxos in arrears in one pay ment Wo are glad to s#iy further that the reduction of 1933 taxes to each payer over the past taxes will take care of he ton percent payment in mos4, cases. K. T. BOW FN, J. R. BFLK, Members of Housn. Liberty Hill News Liberty Hill, Nov. 13. ? Liberty Hill vote: For repeal of 18th Amendment 1, against repeal 39. Last week brought the coldest weather of the season, with .the first ice and kilting frost observ ed this | fall, but bean and tomato vines and j cotton leaves are still green and grow ing on open and eevated positions | whero there is more air movements. Many of our farmers are busy gathering their corn crops, Messrs. R C Jones, F B Floyd, L P Thompson, L A Perry, N. S Richards and W C Wardlaw on Singleton Creek and1 tributaries and W. Z Hilton and Abel Hilton on Beaver Creek, are reported ^ to have fine crops. Your reporter,; who stands six feet, saw a stalk frorii the field of Mr. L P Thompson with! the ear out of his reach on tip-toe, I too! Tall for convenience of pulling fodder. But here is another one for! Ripley: Mr. H. S Higgins has ai gourd vine covering his garden fence , for a distance of sixty feet with over [ orty gourds on it. It did not spring up over night as Jonah's gourd of Biblical record did, but has spread! md developed throughout the sum mo:. Congressman J. P. Richards with Mrs. Richards and the child # n were Sunday evening visitors in the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs N. S. Richards. Camden's eminent jurist and at torney, Judge M. L. Smith, stopped in our village a short while Saturday evening. He was on his way to Great Falls to make an Armistice Day address. Former Governor John G. Richards ?ind Mrs Richards were also visitors ?n Great Falls Saturday night. The 'Governor" being invited over espec ially to introduce Judge Smith to the mdience at the High School auditor ium. Mrs. R C Jones and daughters^ Misses Louise, Jennie and Annie wore! Lancaster visitors one day alst week. Mr. P G Richards with Mrs Rich ards and the children of Dukesville, j N. C., were week end guests in the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. N S Richards. J ftfessrs. R C and E L Jones and Rev i P A Drennan were Camden visitors | on Friday. Mis. J. B. Cunningham of Chester i was visiting relatives here on Tues-! day last. ^ Deputy Sheriff CooK?y and Con- 1 stable Hpugh ^J)^on Sunday looking after some seed cotton that | had been stolen from Mr. W. C. Perry j the night before. The result of the election on last j Tuesday was very disappointing to many people as a much greater voto was expected, but was however, very gratifying to most of our people, and j especially so to former Gov. Richards, i who ha.? worked zealously against re- j peal of the 18th Amendment making speeches in a number of different j counties on the question and attend ir.g meetings in Columbia and other points, where his counsel and advice, j t > v^oubt contributed much to the . placing South Carolina in the column A States "that are different." EXTENDED CLOSING DATE The Civil Service Commision has just extended the closing date for the receipt of applications for the ste- ! nographar-typist examinations to j November 30, 1933, but only for per-1 sons who will have roached their for tieth but not their fifty-third birth- I day on Nov. 30, 1933. M. H. MOORE, Local Sec. HONOR ROLL FOR BARON DE KALB SCHOOLS, 1ST PERIOD i 1st Grade. No reports. I 2nd Grade. Dorothy Broome, Caro lyn Owens, Lorena Outlaw, Johnny Sowell, Junior Morton, L. C. Bran ham. 3rd Grade. Viola Horton, Marga ret McDonald, Eugene Falkenberry, Max Rush, Sam Truesdale, Jr., Frank Workman. 4th Grade. None. 5th Grade. Nina Young, Cleo Smyrl, Hoyt Owens. Oth Grade. Ruby Young. 7th Grade. Ruth McDonald. 8th Grade. Ann Clarkson. 9th Grade. None. 10th Grade. None. 11th Grade. Myrn Owen*. I A Warning I To All Hunters | The following has been received by , us from Capt. C. M. Adarns, 8ti^ In j fantry, Public Relations Offi<?d/:^v [ "Dear Sir: Deaf Sir: * It is requested that you display prominently in your paper a warning to hunters to take every ;preeaution against injuring by an accidental shot one of the many members of the Civilian Conservation Corps at work in tho woods. There are several thousand of the CCC members now working in the forests of South Carolina and the carelessness of hunters in mistaking them for game might possibly result in tho loss of life. The commanding officers of th^ camps near you will bo instructed to supply you with information as to the locations of the various work projects being undertaken by the men of the Corps in the woods so that your warnings may be definite as regards certain areas. Your cooperation in this matter is most urgently needed and will be sin cerely appreciated." CAMDEN DOWNS DARLINGTON, 49-0 Branham and Wooten Star in Onesided Contest The Camden high school defeated the Darlington high school in a one sided contest on Zemp field here last Friday by a score of 4U to 0. During the game air of Camden's players had a chance to play and pioved themselves fit for the foe, making a total of '20 first downs to their opponents' blank. Wooten, halfback of the local team, made a spectacular play when put in during the second quarter by mak ing a goal one minute later, with .Jigg Team adding the extra point. The visitors, although playing a hard, clean game were unable to *>core against the Bulldogs. Outstanding players were, Dargan, Jones, Page and Stroud. W. H. Branham played the best game of his record, making three of the touchdowns, one made by the most elusive running of the day. Scoring touchdowns were: Wooten, 3; Team, 1; Sanders, 1; and Branham, 3. Officials: McKain (Citadel), Rhame (Citadel), Kirkland (Clemson). I Lineup: 1 'oh. ? Camden. Darlingljon. LE ? Noland Dargan LT ? Reed Jones LG ? Myera Wilson C? Creed Simon RG ? V. Sheheen Howlo RT ? Rhoden Huff RE ? D. Branham Cunningham QB ? Sanders Kilgore HB ? Boykin Doylo HB ? W. H. Branham Page FB ? Boheler Stroud AFTERNOON TEA AND GIFT SHOWER AT THE CHILDREN'S HOME On Wednesday, November 20th, the day before Thanksgiving, thero will be a Gift Shower at t.he Children's Home on Fair Street. As well as being short of funds this year we do not have as many fanned goods and potatoes stored up as in former years. On Wednesday the 20th from two to four o'clock, Tea will be served at the Home and we hr/pe all will come *nd bring eatabes, woarables, etc. We give below suggestions of what will he mostly needed during the winter. Bags of flour, cases of canned vege tables, cases of canned fruit, buckets of lard, bags of cornmral, bngs of sugar, srweet potatoes, white potatoes, bag? of grits or anything to eat or wear. We hope you will all come and see us again ami meet your friends and neighbors. Your respectfully, ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, WARREN, H. HARRIS MRS. W. J. M A Y FIELD Mmidard of GrtatnaiiT A great lender seems to he one who tnken 'lie rrertlf "'en Hilng* work out I'ii tt>fl : ( Ine. Methodist Conference Convened To-day Conference will open Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. The ad dress of welcome for Camden will be delivered by Hon. Mendel L. * Smith. The welcome from the church es will be oiade by Rev. A. I). McArn, chairman of the Ministerial Associa tion. The address of welcome from j the Lyttleton Street Methodist church will be made by I)r. W. Robin Zemp, chairman of the board of stewards. There will be preaching every afternoon at the Methodist church. There will be an anniversary of some of the various boards each night, with !a speaker. All these will be of spe jcial interest, and the public is invited to attend them all. Conference ses sions will be open to the public, and they are invited to attend any of them, which will be every morning from the hour which will be fixed ? 8:.'J0 or 9 o'clock. NEW COATS FOR OLD Last Thui sday~~~morning seventeen | women brought their old coats to the clinic to "be made new again. Mis? Mary Shaw C.uiam, Clothing Specia list from Winthrop College, diagnosed the cases and gave suggestions for | treatment. The women followed the suggestions and during- the two days | clinic nineteen coats were renovated, t The clinic was held in the R. F. C. i Sewing Room in the Town Hall. The j first day was given over to cutting and fitting the coats, and finishes were given the second day. Along with this, Miss Gilliam gave many suggestions for old coats. Spring coats that were too short were com bined with new material for skirt and a new collar or .scarf for the coat re sulting in an attractive ensemble. Coats of light weight woolens were converted Jjjto attractive dresses. Short cojtfs in hip, finger-tip, and three-quarter length were cut from old ones. Separate skirts that may be worn with sweaters and blouses were made from old coats of medium weight. Miss Gilliam gave many practical suggestions for the care of clothing. She taught the ladies how to make the best tyrpe of press cloth and tailor's cushion. This cushion is help ful for ^pressing curved or shaped seams, shoulders and tops of sleeves. She also gave directions for making a sleeve board which is indispensable to the woman who does her own sew ing. There were lessons in removing shine from woolen materials, press ing, pattern cutting and fitting. Those who attended the clinic found it one of the most practical, helpfnl meetings in clothing ever held. Miss Annie Ervin and Miss Sallie I'earce, Home Agents from Sumter and Lee County, were the visiting agents who attended the clinic. Miss Craig, the Home Agent, wish es to thank the R. F. C. officials for the use of the sewing room, and Mrs. Blackwell and ehr corps of workers for their many courtesies. Womlrow Wilson said, "Every wo man wno practices strict economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the Nation." iTomo Demon stration Club women are practising strict economy for during the month of November all-day clothing renova tion meetings will he held throughout the county. Not only will coats be cleaned but hats and dresses will be renovated. It takes originality, ingenuity and careful planning to bring old gar ments up-to-date, but successful renovation brings untold satisfaction since it is an economy measure. MEETING OF SPINSTERS CLUB Miss Willie Haile was hostess to the Spinsters chi/b Monday evening. Miss Carolyn Hurnett, bride-elect and M rs. McFarland of Moston, sister of Miss Burnett and Mi=?s Charlotte Salmond were invited to play with club members. Lovely Ohrysantheums were used in the card room. Miss Carolyn Richardson won the high score prize. Miss Burnett, who is to bo married this month received a lovely gift. The .hostess served apple pie with coffpe.