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*? WATCH THE DATE ? W f? * ON YOUR LABEL I? I I* Camden Chronicle ^gi^ggg?wpwaaCTWiw^*wwgm!'Bfff??'ga^*W*B^ ? juux.x, , .1 . . ?? j 1 lm." i ? ji . vs^mmmmmmmmmammsgsssss: .y.,...1 w11. . ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923. NUMBER 24 VOLUME XXXV. MUST GROUP MEETING. % ,1 Ot Home Demonstration Club* For Hoys and (ilrln "Held Here. The fnut group meeting of the Home Demonstration Club Girls and Boys of the Eastern District was held Ht Camden Tuesday, The meeting began promptly at 12 o'clock with contestants from three counties, Chestevfield, Lancaster, and Korahaw. The Biscuit Contest was conducted by Miss L. I. Landrum, state leader. Mamie Wolfe, of Lancaster, scored 115*4, and Margurite Truesdale, of Kershaw, scored 89%. The 6gg judg ing contest was conducted by Miss Juanita Neilly, poultry specialist, with Chesterfield's two boys com peting, Eddie Abbott and Charles Meehan. The score was 99.44. The young folks worked with interest and determination to win. These scores will be compared with those made by cl'ub members at the four other group meetings that are" to follow in the eastern district. The visiting club members were hospitably entertained while in Camden by the County and Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Jennie Boyd, with a nice luncheon served at the Rest Shop, and the vis itors were taken to Mrs. B. H, Trues dale's lovely country home and there Miss Neilley gave caponizing demon stration. Mrs. Truesdale wasa de lightful hostess, in which all the vis j itors were allowed to give a demon stration of how much ice cream and take each one could eat and live to tell the tale. Mrs. S. O. Plowden and Miss Bessie Harper, district agents of the Pee Dee and Piedmont Districts, ST'Hssteted Miss Rovri nt. t.hp me?tir>g and attended the luncheons at the Rest Shop and at Mrs. Truesd^le'S house. Eclipse of the Sun'. While the eclipse of the sun Mon day afternoon Was not total in^South Carolina, it was easily visible "and hundreds of citizens noted the pas sage of the moon across the face of the sun. The earth entered the shadow cast by the moon about 3:40 o'clock and passed out from the shadow about 5:40. Approximately <?() per cent of the sun's disc was hid den from view when the eclipse was at its maximum in South Carolina. Twenty- Year-Old Maxwelli A Maxwell roadster. of the 1903 type was a curiosity here Friday night when it parked at the Carolina Motor Co. for the night. It was own id and driven by Aden- Sheriff and his son of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was on a long tour of the United' States. The autoists started on their journey on May 15th, and have traveled more than 11,100 miles and visited 21 capitals of the Union. The p?: with its many deco rations attracted quite a bit of atten tion while here. Mrs. Barfield Dies. . . The funeral services of Mr^. Mary Barfield, who died at a 1 late hour Wednesday night, in the Baptist hos pital, will be held this morning at i'ine Grove Baptist church, Kershaw county. Mrs. Barfiold was a native of Kershaw County and . was about 67 years of age. She was a member of the South side Baptflt church. She had been ill for two months. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clar ence Davis, 608 Sixth street, Colum bia, and three sons, two of whom live in Kershaw county.- ? Friday's State. Rev. Lightfoot To Speak. Rev. E. M. Ligbfoot, superintendent <>f the Anti-Salopn League of Soyth Carolina, will deliver three addresses :n ' amden on Sunday, September 16, the subject being, "Enforcement, of the Prohibition jLaw." ' Rev. Light Toot will speak at the Camden Bap tist church at U o'clock a. m., at the ( 'ty School auditorium at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and at 8:30 p. m. at the Wateree Mill Baptist church. Rev. Lightfoot is coming to Camden under the auspices of the liftll villages ?nd other citizens of Camden and the people of the entire count yof Ker shaw are invited to attend* either or three of the meetings above men tioned. The ministers of the churches f)f Camden and Kershaw County are requested at their Sunday services ftext Sunday morning to announce the hour and place of the afternoon and evening meetings and addresses by R*v. Lightfoot. Rudi*ill-Brawn. All. Carl J. Brown and Miti ilflk Rod Lift], both of CftiMen, were mar ried here on Saturday, September 8th. Protwto Judge W. L. McDowell per forating the hiii? | INDICTMENT FOR HARVEY. Former Governor Charged With Vio lating Hanking Uwh. Charleston, Sept. 11. ? A qpeoiflil presentment on the affairs of the de funct Enterprise hank was made this morning to Judge I. W. Howman, pre siding at the September term of the court of general fissions, the grand jury recommending indictments against former Governor Wilson G Harvey, president and director; his bfother, II. Lee Harvey, and Frederic C. Peters, two of the bank's four di rectors. It was set forth in thp pre sentment that "we have to report that t* .1 banking laws have been vio lated by the officers and directors of the bunk in several instances" and that "the affairs of this bank were handled in a very loose manner." It' is recommended that the solicitor pre pare and present to the grand jury indictments against Wilson G. Har vey, as president* and director of the Enterprise bank, for violation of Sec tion 296 of the criminal code of 1912, in that he macle sundry loans alleged to be illegal; also for violation of Sec tion 346, it being alleged that he re ceived deposits for several days pre vious to the closing of the bank, and, on the morning the bank closed', No vember lj 1921, when he knew the bank to be in an insolvent condition; against H. Leo Harvey, qs a director, being alleged that a loan was made him personally, in violation of bank ing .law; and against Fred C. Peters, as a director, it being alleged that he made Certain loans indirectly to him self and on behalf of certain corpo rations. in violation of banking law. Former State Bank Examiner J. H. Craig is severely censured for, his ac tion in regard to this bank while bank examiner, and special legislation- con nected with the office of the state baijk examiner is recommended. Judge Bbwman, on receiving the presentment, declared it to seem very thorough, and said it appeared that the af fairs of -the bank ? had been handled in a loose manner. s He di rected Solicitor St^iey to take such steps as he saw fit on the recom mendation, ..either at this term, or at the ensuing term of court. Real. Estate Sales. The Camden Real Estate Exchange .announces the sale of a corner lot near the residence of Mr. W. R. Hough, on North Broad street to Mr. C. C. Shaw, of the Camden Iron and Brass Works. The lot measures 100 by 200 feet. Another sale made by them last week was a lot 89x260 feet, formerly the property of Mr. David R. ' Wil liams, to Mr. F. N. McCorkle, of the American Express wCo. . This lot is also on North Broad street just north of the residence of Mrs. Lydia Mur c hi. son. Peach Growers To Meet. Peach growers of South Carolina, [ through their state organization, are working in close touch with growers in other Southern states toward per i fecting cooperative marketing, and a special meeting to that end has been called for October 10, to be held at the _Jefferson hotel io, Columbia. L. I. Guion of Lugoff is fcres.ident of the association and A. E. Schilletter of ! ClemBon College is secretary. Meeting in Interest of The Fair. Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., held a meeting in the office of the Farm and Home Demonstration Agents Satur day afternoon at five o'clock, to dis cuss the duties of each chairman of the previously appointed committees. The dates for the Fair was decided, [ November 15th and 16th, 1923, and ; also the place. After much discus I sion *and consideration, it was decided to hold the *Fair in the old. Court House. Miss Shannon very gladly gave permission to the use of the building. Very' soon Mr. J. VV. San ders, chairman of the Premium lists will have the booklet ready for dis tribution. Some most attractive prizes will be offered. Oet' ready to win. Make the best better. Miss Minnie Clyburn is chairman of the Committee of Arrangement and Ccn i cessions, Mr. L. W.. Boyltin,% chair man of Committee 'on Amusements, Mr. H. D. Niles, chairman on Pub licity, Mayor H. G. Carriaon, chair man on Finance and Miss Jennie Boyd, chairman on Soliciting Entries. Anyone wishing information, call^on the above chairmen.^- ? ! /? Mayor Carrison is heartily in favor of a School Day, and we expect each tnii avery >chool to Camden and Kershaw County can haver a good big Fair. Why not? r'" ~ - Jennie Boyd. - . C i ?Home Demonstration Agent. ?- ? MIXING WITH THE (iKRMANS. Mr. Jordan Spends While in Old His toric Kothenburg. * !, (A. H. Jordan in Dillon Herald.) Kothenburg, Bavaria, Aug. 3rd. In my last letter 1 promised to tell you something about the historic town of Rothenburg. Rothenburg is way off the beaten tourist path, though why it is no, t visited by. thou 'sands of tourists every year I am un able to understand because it is rich in history of the ? Middle Ages. The buildings, the houses and thtj great' city wall are preserved ijj. their orig- J inal state. A tiro insurance company could write risks in Kothenburg, at one-tenth the minimum American rate and get rich because the whole city, including the<. homes and public buildings, are constructed* of .stone and there is nothing to burn. I i \ plored Rothenburg from pillar to post and from garret to eellar, so to speak, and the only pieces of wood I saw were some immensely heavy oak planks which were used as flooring in one of the ancient towers on the wall around the city.* The treading of mil lions of feet through many ages had worn deep grooves in the planks. Rothenburg has a population of 9,000, but the streets are so narrow and the houses are so small and built so closely together that It does not cover an area njore^ihan half the size of Dillon. It ia. located on a very high elevation ? almost jk mountain top ? and the hillsides run down to -deep valleys at a very" sharp angle. Until it was taken by Tilly, after a seige of many months, it was consid-* erpd the best, for tifieu town in the whole of Bavaria. In fact as one stands on the top of the high wall, from eight to fifteen feet in width and rising to a height of-from 50 to 100 feet, it is easy to imagihe how the inhabitants looked through the port holes and laughed at the attempts of the enemy to storm the town's walls. At varying distance of from 500 to 1,000 yards high towers r^se into the air, which g&ve the observers a fine view of the country for many miles around and the approach of the ene my could be* seen for several hours before they reached the city's walls. I have looked through the sa%ie portholes through which anxious eyes peered 600 or 700 years ago hoping to catch a glimpse of the enemy wthich lay concealed behind hillsides many mile* away or lurking near the city's walls. I have walked around the town on top of the old wall on which soldiers trod with clanking sabre or single-barreled musket, many centu ries ago; I have been down in deep dungeons, dark and dismal, in which political prisoners weffe executed so long ago that their bones have long since gone back to dust. In the town hall which is still preserved in its original splendor, is the dungeon ip which Burgomaster Toppler, who held the city against all onemles for sev eral years, was executed when the city finally fell into the hands of Tilly. It is not known when or how he was done to death by his captors ? it is still' a mystery in Bavaria ? but on the wall of his dungeon were written these words: "I died neither from thirst nor lack of food." That perhaps was the only message he could leave to his friends. I have been through th^ Bastile whose grim walls could tell many a horrible story of torture or midnight murder and assassinations. I walked through narrow, dingy little streets and on stone pavements tw6 or three feet wide, witlv quaint little -homes buile Hush with the walks and caught the odor of goat's milk until the follow ing night I woke with a start from a horrible dream in which a great herd of long-horned Angoras were trying to butt me over the edge of a bot tomless precipice. Tradition holds that Tilly would not have been able to take the city if it had not been for ?ho premature ex plosion of a can of powder in one of the turretH which killed several sol diers. The report spread through the city that Tilly had forced an entrance through the wall in the lower part of the city and the people became panic stricken and opened the gates. This may or may not be true. X give it to you just as I got it. But anyway af ter Tilly entered the city he was given a goblet of rare old wine which put him ins* good humor and he proposed to the city authorities that if they could produce a man who would drink ^ goblet full of wine at one draught he would select a local man of their choice to administer the laws of the city. The challenge waa accepted the citiaens produced a 1 > who &nnk ?* **** (Owlliiued 011 BK SLOW TO SKI X COTTON'. 1h Advice of J. Clifton Rivers of State i Warehouse Commission. Colombia, S. C?| Sept. 10. A greiu number of people all over the State are asking me what my opinio!) is concerning the future price of cotton, and a h it is impossible for mo to answer all such Inquiries by letter 1 desire space in your paper to give them my views on the subject.., 1 have kept in close touch with alV the condi tions which control 6r affect the cot ton market and I feel that as a public servant of the people that I should give them the benefit of such infor mation as the advantages of the of fice I hold bring to me. I know that advice i* . cheap, and by most people read with suspicion, but here^and now I wish to plead with Jthe cotton growers to be slow in selling a bale of cotton of this year's crop. 1 be lieve the cotton people at last see the handwriting and with the reserves of sjpinpable cotton in the world almost gone; with a short crop coming in this fall with no let up in the wearing out of clothes, nor any increase in the amount of manufactured goods in sight, my prophecy is that the price of cotton will' advance from the pres ent level materially within the next few months. Another thing is that the bettor grades of cotton, in my opinion, in the very near future will demand a high premium over that which is carelessly handled, and will be sought after eagerly by the -cotton people, reason for which would require right here too much length to explain. How tut; we Lo make the cotton we are producing of a higher quality is the question asked by those who think on the subject. First, cotton should be gathered or picked as quickly as possible after it opens, and then piled up in the house unginned until it has time to cure out; at least three weeks should elapse after pick ing before being carried to the gin. It will by that time be in condition, if kept dry, to gin off th^ seed uniform ly and not nap up and gin cut as will be the result of undertaking to gin it off green, and will give you a better out-turn on both your grade and Sta ple, besides a great increaqji in the amount of lint cotton, whiclr at last represents the market value. When taken fro.m the field and ginned be fore having time to cure out a lot of the lint is sold by the bushel and not by the pound, even if placed, green for gining, in the hands of the most careful ginner with the best of ma chinery, jt is impossible to gin the seed clean or make a staple of first class quality. After you have got it ginned put it in your warehouse, either on your own farm or the near est one in your community, get your State . Receipt and relieve your obli gations,. if necessary, until all the crop is baled. It can then be graded by a competent grader for you with out cost, and sold collectively for cash fqr its full market value at any time you may desire. I honestly believe that cotton will bring $50.00 a bale more before next March than it is bringing now, which will mean thousands of dollars to the farmers and business interests of the State. Let us help you with the State Warehouse Syste^m any way we can. "* ? J. Clifton^Rivers, State Warehouse Commissioner. Annual Meeting To Be Held. The Woman's Missionary Union of the Kershaw Association will hold its annual meeting on September 20th, at Mispah Baptist church. Miss Blanche White, Mrs. George E. Davis and Mrs. T. M. Scott, state workers, will be at the meeting to make addresses. All the Baptist women of the Association are cordially invited to attend the meeting. The - morning session will open at 10 o'clock. School Notice. Due to unavoidable delays which have ariseiv The Charlotte Thompson School will not begin until Monday, September ^-Ith at A45 a. m. The trucks will make their first trip on this date. High school pupils and those having conditions to work offj will see the superintendent at his of fice today for classification. A meet ing of the teachers will be held to morrow as announced. N. M. Huckabee, Supt. Notice To Auto Drivers and Owners, i All tars must carry two head lights, dimmed at all times while on J?ye4^ ftreets. and one red light on rear of ear. AlT cars most hate" good" muffler* on and drlfors most refrain , frdm vsing cat <mt? while in ? City ( limits. A. G. WHFPAr~ SCHOOLS SHOW (JRKAT (JAIN. 1-Hrjeest Knrollim-nt in History Moth Grammar and High School*. The 1023-24 session of the Camden City Schools was ushered in on ISloiv day jnoming with an interesting pro gram held in the auditorium of t*u Crammar School. The program was as follows: Scripture reading and prayer, Dr. Harding. , Address of welcome to ? teacher.*, Dr. Harding. . ' ' / Vocal solo, Mr. llollis Cobb. ? Addresses to the students of the schools, Mr. H. Yates and Mr. 'J no. T. Mackey. Piano Duct, Mrs. McCorkle and Miss Mildred Qardner. Announcements, -J. G, Richards, Jr. Many parents and friends were out for the opening and the auditorium could not hold both students and jpu trona. Many stood in the hallway, some against the walls, and the eighty first graders were kept in their class room during the exercises. The enrollment in the Cirammar School was highei than at any pre vious opening, there being 2(56 boys and 261 girls, total 520, which was from 25 to 50 more than the. opening number of the previous year. The enrollment in the High school was even higher in proportion than that of the elementary school. There we.re 07 boys and 110 girls total 218. This was an increase of 20 over that taf the close of the first month of the previous year. An estimate of the growth of the Camden High School is shown in tho statement that in 1017 there were in round numbers only about 80 pupils enrolled in thnt school. The Malvqjyi Hill school and the Mill school opened with about their usual first day enrollment. This opportunity is taken to thank the patrons of the schools for their co operation in the matter of placing their children in school tyid in making necessary adjustments for the new schooLyear Also to earnestly seek the cooperation of all the parents In securing the right start and the right! attitude of their children toward their j studies. Now is the time to see that 1 your son or your daughter forms the fright working habits, and not rafter i you have received a notice from the school authorities -that he or she is falling behind in studies A proper amount of care right at this time by both parents and teachers will pre vent many a failure. Robinson's Circus. Coming. The above announcement will bring joy to the kids and grown-ups as well, for won't the grown-fcps have to carry the kids along? It has been several years since a high-class cir cus visited Camden and everyone will enjoy a day of fun mixing with the ["crowds. An advance man was here Wednesday and secured licenses from the city clerk. The show tent will very probably be pitched on the base ball grounds, near the Seaboard freight depot. Tuesday, October 2nd, will be the date for its appearance here. Mrs. Bauskett Dead. Mrs. Margaret Nelson Bauskett, after a lingering illness since last November, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. D. Trantham, on Fair street, at 4:30 o'clock Wednes day evening. Mrs. Bauskett was 57 years of age and was the widow of the late W. T. Bauskett, at one time editor of the Jacksonville Times Union and later secretary to Senator Taleoferro, of Florida. She was a daugter of the late Dr. W. D. Nelson, of the Longtown section of this coun t,y* Mrs. Bauskett is survived by one sister, Mrs. Fannie Bauskett, of Cam den, and three children ? Mrs. W. D. Trantham, of Camden; Mrs. L. II. Rockefellow, of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Captain William T. Baus kett, of Fort Riley, Kansas. Mrs. Bauskett was an excellent Christain lady and had made many friends since coming to Camden, where she was well known as a young lady. She was a member of the Epis copal faith and the funeral was held from the residence Thursday mora*, ing at eleven o'clock, conducted by Rev. Wiliam Stoney, of Hagoods. The honorary pallbearers were Messrs. T. J. Kirkland, B. B. Clarke, C. H. Yates, W. D. Barrett, C. J. Shan non, Jr., Jack Whitaker, Sr.; active, Dr. O. C. Trantham, A. L. Geisenhei mer, John R. Good ale, Jack Whitaker, Jr^ Millw Boyhin, J. B, Zemp, Dan Jones and John Villepigu^T NKW KTOKK V<>\< (AM DION. John I.. . MimnitUKh ft) Open HrnnoU Store in Former Iturdell IbiildinK. Announcement was made lie re lAst. Friday afternoon by John F. Mim naugh of Columbia, one of the. best known merchants of South Carolina, and pYoprietor of "Carolina's" Faroes t Department Store," that within two weeks from that date ho will open quite an extensive department stoio in Camden, to be conducted along the 1 same lines with the same class of goods carried in his Columbia More. Mr. Mimnaugh and his manager, ^lr. \Y. c. Folk ins, weyg in Camcjci Kl'iday and made a deal with Springs & Shannon Company whurftTf they have leased for a term of years the building on the corner of Froad and Kutledgo streets, formerly known as the'Rurdell building and occupied for many years by the Hank of Camden as a banking house. The building is now being remodelled and made into a first-class store room with two HOors with elevator and stairway convey ances to second floor. t i ? Mr. W. S. Burnett, of Springs & Shannon had personal supervision over the remodeling of this store, being both architect and contractor, and changed it' into a most creditable store buUtiing. Mr. Mimnaugh and his manager will personally select the furniture and fixtures for equipping this stor*, and they tell us they will stick to their slogan, "Customers First Always." They buy with this aim in view', and they state that in coming tq Camden they do not do so in an an tagonistic spirit ? rather ? they are coming to their customers instead of their customers coming to them. ? Mr. Albert W. Albea, formerly of Washington, Ga., but for a number of years with the Columbia store of Mimnaugh, will have the management of the Camden store. Before going with Mimnautjh, Mr Albea had a num ber of years experience with Fcopo)d Adler, of Savannah, Ga., probably the largest department store in tho South, employing probably three hun dred salespeople. Aside from the manager, Mr. Albea, the other salespeople will be employ ed locally, if th<?y can be secured here,' "as will be seen from an advertise ment by this firm found on the last page of The ?hronicle today. Women's ready-to-wear, shoes, piece dress goods, silks, woolens, do njestics, novelties, hosiery, gloves and a complete line usually found hi the largest department stores will 4be carried here. , Mr. Mimnaugh always has been and will continue to be a liberal user of advertising space and The Chronicle readers can watch for his opening ^announcement soon to appear in this paper. Gasoline Money Refunded. Approximately $149,60(3 collected during the month of August under provisions of the state three cents a gallon tax act, has been divided be tween the state treasury, the state highway department and the several counties of" the state. The total represents an increase of over $8,000 in the return from tax in July and a gain of 'about $14,000 over the re ceipts for June. Of the total, approximately one third $49,634.79, has been distributed by the state treasurer among the various counties. The state highway, department receives $49,808.82, while $49,868.83 has been allocated to meet the general expenses of the state government. A balance of $34.03 yet remains to counties' credit to be dis tributed next month with the funds brought in by the tax during Septem ber. In the distribution of the coun ties' quota of the moneys, Charleston receives the largest amount, $4,630356 while Spartanburg county is second with $3,742.73 and Richland third with $3,337.66. McCormick county is at the end of the column with $324.31. Kershaw county's share of this tax money amounted to $887.86. The moneys collected under the thr<?e cent a gallon gasoline tax are distributed equally between the state highway commission, the coufltics and the state treasury, the counties' share in turn being divided in proportion of the taxable property in the 'several counties. Will Give Recital Mrs. Fannie- Pack bsteen, the blind lady from Sumter, will give a recital at the First Baptist Church on Friday evening, the 14th, at 8 o'clock. This recital will be for the benefit of the ['South ie ia cordially will