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VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1?, 1928 ? ~ f * ?/Ha: ?! ?? ? .? NUMBER 12 honors for this county Won by Women at Recent Short Cour?e lit Winthrop liitst Friday fourteen happy pas lenger'a arrived In Camden and Ker sdiaw on the Southern train from Rock Hill. These were the Kershaw county delegates to, the State Short Course at Wjnthrop College. Be sides the Home Demonstration agent there were seven women and six girls appointed from the Home Demonstra-, tion Clvfo of the county to the Short ourse. They left Camden on Thurs : .1 y the 4th and returned on Friday thi* 12th? having spent a whole week tin guests, of Win'throp College. The State Short Course is alwaySL a groat event in South Carolina, but everybody agreed that this year it was oven t>e'tter than usual. There were between five and six hundred delegates present, and they had the privilege of hearing a number of "ad dresses by very distinguished men and women. Among these were Dr. D. B. Johnson of Winthrop College, Dr. Bohn of the New York Times, Mr. Fitzhugh McMaster of Columbia, and Governor Thomas JMcLeod. It would be difficult to say just what was the best feature of the Short Course, and perhaps would be well' :o tell what interested each delegate ?' most. AU -of them felt very proud when Mrs. Moody Hough, the If^r* shaw County Market Secretary j^nd Council representative gave her . re :?orl, for it was one of the very best, and the entire state depends on Ker shaw county as a leader in Club Mar keting. Mrs. Hough took a promi nent \art in all marketing discus sions atad lias come home planning to niakeVur market even fetter than t is. Mrs. R. j fi.' Rembert of the" Charlotte Thompson Club, who has been one of the staunch supporters of our market attended the Short Course by special request from Wirf throp, and took a course in cake mak ing. Those who know Mrs. Retybert's fakes will wonder tilery is room for improvement, but just Wait and gee. ' ? ,J Mrs. J amesWestrjFrom the Midway i Club and Mrs. Thomas Waters from] M t. Zion Club look a course in judg ing breads, cakes, etc., -^n fair ex Tibits and it is well to know whoni we can call on when out" neighbor ing counties ask us to " send them judges. Mrs. J. A. Bell of the <Lllgoff Ciub took this same judging work in relation to canned - products, and the logoff Club will no doubt add new honors to its already famous name. Mrs. C. O. Stogner of the Tim rod Club took a poultry course and Mrs. B. F. Bolton of the Bethune Club is now an expert judge of sew ing. , Those who have been to Winthrop Jo not need to be told that these women enjoyed the Short Course. In 'act they came very near forgetting that they had chickens and flowers and husbands at horpe. They did not forget their children, however, but ?hey might have been taken for s a ounch of college <gfrls. But if pos*j Mble the girls had eveif a better time -ban the women.',, vOn lad their tivnt Jr I / life and such, fun at / / have when 250 of thl / ^r for work and pla be one of th& * hoi r club sop auditorium wi ompaniment, ?wn number, club yells in ^ Realize that i biggest and girls and boys' girls from each <6. ?n the club worl Governor McLeod s girls keep on as ti. ey have started out, South Carolina will have to atop talking about being a backward stale. In fact it is now said that South Carolina has* the best Home Demon stration Department in the United States*. . i- . ? ? ? ?? ???..<- ,? The girls had a great time in the JfymnaRium and the swimming pool, and on thrf last night gave an exhi bition that would have done credit to college girW -J**16 STirl? w^re re quired to \ Health Contest, ing to y sang inthrop organ ac 1e of their :ave their , mj and to part of the ation for world. The gave reports.| y are doing, that if these and Corvt 'eprefc. contes \ m .ritioch Club | y in this if all news rla wrote 100-Per irah Bruce' T* to COI S Health Cent Health of the Cbarlotte^^&Tpson Club won I first place, and Etta Rabon of Pine' Grove Club won thihi in this eon test. Remember, this was opejjgj the BETH UN 13 NKWS NOTRS Items of Interest ?s>ttathere<l by Our Regular CurfreNpondent. Bethune, S* C., June 17.~Mr. John rolvom, a Confederate veteran who lives several miles south of here, died at his home Saturday after several weeks illness. Mr. Folsom was v79 years of age and is survived Iby his wife and several children. Funeral services were held at Bethel Metho dist church Sunday morning conduct ed by Rev.tW. V. Jerman. Miss Mary Belle Smith, her mo ther and father of Chesterfield and Mr. *Hursey of Miami, Fla., were guests of Mrs. A. B. McLaurin Wed nesday. Mrs. Hattie Heustiss and children of Society Hill have moved here. Mrs. .Heustiss before marriage was Miss Hattie Gardner of this place. Miss Ruth Estridge,.a recent grau ate of Sumter High school is at home for the summer. 1 Misses Gussie Hough, Mabel Watts and Mrs. Margaret Marion left Mon day to attend suirrfher school at Win throp. * M*s. C. L. Mays has returned to her home here after a weeks stay with her daughter, Mrs. Steve Lane in Cartersville. 0 ' Miss Ruth Watts left Tuesday to attend summer school at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Messrs. J. M? Forbis, D. E. Par- ; rott, June Truesdell and t. E. Z. Truesdell spent Monday at Davidson College. Mrs. T. R. Bethune ha.\ returned from a ten days visit' with her par ents in Laur?ns. Misses Kffle Mae and Margie Par rott are visiting relatives in Harts ville. I , Mrs. Loring Davis was the guest of her parents in Kershaw last week. Mr. and Mrs. E; S. Copeland of Batesburg spent Sundky at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Copeland. Mr.., D. T. Yarbouough and family were the guests of' Mr. and Mrs. L, (M. Yar borough in Hartsville Sunday. The June meeting of ,the School Improvement Association was held Friday afternoon in the grammar school building. Vocal and instru mental solos were, given by Misses (Mary Louise McLaurin and Kath 'erine Truesdell. Mr. Robert Bradley of Los Angeles made a splendid 'and instructive address to the association. Mrs, Lpyda.Seegars and children of Columbia are visiting Mrs. SeegarV parents Mr. .and Mrs. Z. Brannon. I Mr. Hugh4 Oliver- has moved his ystock of merchandise' int?> the new brick building recently^ put up by Mr., D. T. Yarbrough and Dr. E. Z. Trues dell. ' ? ' 3i ? ? ' ' To Pass Zoning Ordinance We are reliably informed that atj the next meeting of City Council] the matter of passing1 an ordinance prohibiting the erection of gasoline filling stations in certain sections of | the city' will very likel^ bev passed. This has been brought about by the erection of fjlling. stations in the' residence sections of tl>e city and if the zoning ordinance is passed itl 'will mean the erfd of filling stations in the residence paction; This will be a good move on the part of the city and will m^et" with hearty ap proval of all -property" cfWners. : ' Do You Hold These Numbers? At the drying at . the various stores and business houses who are to give away Ford automobile and $5 in fcold, the following numbers have been drawn and are awaiting I the 'call of the bblder: 114286, 151926, 210633, 198846, <197101, 193999, 110832, 168858, 204542, 178368. Anyone holdirfg these num bers can call at the Carolina Wfotorj Company and the money will be turn ed over to them. State's First Watermelon. The first watermelon growft in the state this year has been, located: on the farm of Hugh ReeVes, whoj lives abouP three miles/ from Allen dale. This first melon was picked Sunday, May 31. Indications are that this year's watermelon season will be an unusually good one, judging from reports from Alleridale, and j other CQJintie* in the Watermelon belt of the state. Melons are Formiftg rapidly. . ? - ? ment was made on the closing night in the gymnasium, the Kershaw coun ty delegates feit even ' hapjfier than usual. Mrs. E. Miller Boykin, the Home Demonstration Agent, says that al though she spent four years At Win throp, she never had a better time than she did* at the 1925 Short Course I and thai in the future she will con sider it a privilege to ehaperone the! following girls on any trip they wUh j to taker Sarah Bruce, of the Char lotte Thompson clpb; Cornelia John don, of the Antloch Club; Etta Rabon, of the Pine Grove eJttb; Mar^erite Trueadale c* the Logoff Club; Clatodft of tA Mtdwmz otafcj EmHy CAMDEN WINS AGAIN City Team Give* Best Ixxal Exhibi tion Seen in Years It was beyond a doubt one of the "snappiest games ever staged in the history of local baseball when the clockworking tfrew from Lamar was forced to take the count of two to one from the Camden Bull Dogs at ithe city ball park Wednesday after Ton. On a perfectly conditioned field and encouraged by the best crowd yet to turn out the newly organised city team, with Benny Smith on the pitcher's mound held the visitors hit less up until the sixth inning. Here Camdun stepped out with their two runs when Jack Nettles and Skinner Moore made the circuit and safely crossed the plate, Lamar made a single run during the seventh and the score remained unchanged aft<?r this although up until the last it appeared an extra inning would be necessary, Gus Smith gave a professional of fering and Dodgin as his catcher was never iij better form. Working with them was an entire line-up that showed real ability and virtually bub bled over "with the old Bull Dog spirit. ? This game marked Camden's fifth engagement and also the fifth con secutive victory for our bqy?? Twico-j Bethune has bowed in defeat and both the Wateree and Hermitage mill' teams have been unable to make a deciding score Qver the lofcfrls. Camden has a number of ? open dates and is anxious to take on any South Carolina team. Managers throughout the > state are being in vited to correspond with Frank Haynes or Buck Smith of this citj^j who, as members of the local club, will be glad to arrange a series of games. In Wednesday's game the score by innings was as follows: Lamar .v 000 000 100 ? 1 Camden .. ... r , ... 000 002 00x-r? 2j Acting as umpires wer? John Good ale and Jack Watkins. Crops In Good Condition A* a general thing crops in Ker shaw county are from fair to good. Cultivation has beep .kept right up; to date, the attitude of farmers is generally optimistic says County Agent J. W. Sanders. Farmers^ however^ should not let this condition lure them info *falsc feeling of security as to possible-J weevil injury this year. Boll weevils are already in many of our cq?ton fields in sufficient num bers to destroy the crop. The situa tion demands attention. It is good judgment to insure your crop by being prepared to fight. ^lave suitable, dusting machines veady. Procure in7 advance 20 pounds of calcium arsenate for each acre of cotton that will <probably jneed to be dusted. This ifi an emergency sup ply. More will bp needed if weevils are bad. It will keep if not used. Start poisoning early where twenty or mcjre weevils appear to <the acre. Start dusting as soon as iO per cent of squares show weevil punc ture. Use proper dusting machinery and do it right or 'Dot at all. A good cotton crop means . pros perity for South Carolina. ' % t - w*. A Surprise Marriage Coming as a surprise to many friends was the marriage in- Sumter Wednesday afternoon of Mr. Edward ?Burrell Tindal, Jr., of Camden, to Miss Esther Saint Clair Lee of ?Sumter, S. C, The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. E. Thayer, pastor Of the First Baptist church et the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lee. It was a quiet home wedding. Mr. Hugheyj Tindal, brother of the groom acted as best man and Miss Christine Lee,! sister of the bride was maid of honor. Immediately after the cere mony the young couple left for Wash- 1 ington' and other points north on a j wedding- trip. Upon their return to Camden they will reside in the Tindal j residence #on Union street. Witt^flough, who lives at Atlan, in Buford township, has lost a num ber 'of his' young turkeys this spring.] He suspected black snakes as the marftuderg. He killed two large black shakes that had killed two of his birds. Several days ago at one time Mr. Hough killed two more 5-foot blaak snakes Mid these had swallowed IS of his week-old Uukeys. ? Monroe X MAY 1IUILD NEW ROAD High* My May Come Through New Territory To Camden Chester, Juno JU.r-r-Mr. Ha una of Cheraw, president of the Calhoun Highway association, was in Chester to confer with member of the high way association on some matters of interest. Mr. Hanna statei) that a meeting of the highway association had been arranged for July 14 qnd that he was hoping to have delegates attend from Fort Lawn, Bascomville, Richburg, Oakley Hall, Chester and the Halsell ville section to attend this meeting. Mr, Hanpa stated in regard to the bridge over Catawba river at Fort Lawn that the association is using its efforts to get work; started as soon as possible on this structui'e. THe Duke bridge at Nitrolee .has already been erected across the river. * % A road is to bo constructed f\*om Nitrolee to Camden on the Lancaster side of the river and when this is completed it will give parties from ?the eastern section of the stu'te a di rect route to the mountains of North ?Carolina through Chester and Lock hart. The bridge over Catawba river at Fowt Lawn is scheduled to be corn* pie ted this year and it is hoped to get a bridge over Broad river on the "Fish Dam road iwyjt year, and when this bridge- is completed Chester coun ty will then be complete in so fAr as bridges are concerned and the Cal houn highway Will open up through, out the entire county, with the ex ceptions of about three miles on the Fish Dam road, which it is hoped to get in shape in the near future. First Cotton Bl^m The first cotton bloojp of the sea son was ' brought to The Chronicle office Monday, being picked* on the 15th of, June. The bloom -came from fcfie farm of C. P. DuBose in the | Stockton section of the county, the farm being* under the supervision of C. Broadus Thompson. The cotton was of the Cleveland big boll variety. C. B. McCaskill, who operates the farm of W. H. Kirfcbrido ? fnw miles north of Camden, also brought' in bloomeT ? one picked on the 15th and another on the. 16th. H. C. Krepps, who operates a farm four ! miles east of Camden, -also brought in a bloom on June 16th. D. B. Huggins, 'is overseer on th'is farm and the bloom came from a stalk of Cleveland big boll variety. Philip^ Shields, a , colored farmer, brought in the first bloom last year, picked on the 23rd of June. For the crofj of 1923 the earliest bloom was reported found on, June Wateree Plans Big Celebration Under the direction of Hollis Cobb plans are now under way for a mam moth celebration at the Wateree mill village for ^fche Fourth of July. On this date the Wateree baseball team will take on the undefeated Camden Bull Dogs . for a double-header and while no further arrangements have been announced it is planned to have an old-fashioned barbecue * dinner, band concerts and a gorgeous display of fireworks at the close of the dayT Following an early meeting o|>the general committee a full program will be' announced for this event when Camden and Kershaw county will be invited to unite with Wateree. First Week Jurors Court of general sessions will con vene on th$ first Monday in July with Judge W. H. Townsend pre siding. Following is a list of jurors drawn Tuesday to feerve for the first week : - .v W. A. Marshall, Camden; E. D. Robertson, Camden; D. C. West, Ker shaw; E. B. Ray, Lugoff; J. N. Gay, Kershaw; Y a ncey, T^reatt, Camden ; L. S. Brown, Kershaw; J. C. Gaynor, Kershaw; J. B. Cureton, Camden; D. G. Clyburn, Bethune; J. M. King, Bethune; A. J. Boheler, Longtown; H. L. Smyrl, Camden; J. A. Brannon, Bethune; ? T. M. Mattox, Blaney; J. T. Haley, Bethune; L. G. Young, Weatville; C. C, Joyner, Bethune; Lewis Branham, Lugoff; I. J. Jack son, Lugoff; Fletcher Kelley, Lugoff; J. E. L. Branham, Camden; D. A. Gof^ Lugoff; J. W. Jones, Bethune; "John" A. McCaskill, Bethune; J. E, McCaskill, Bethune; C. A, Johnson, Kershaw; J. D. Sinclair, Camden; D. O. Houief, Camden ;T; ? JT?Peaehr Weatville; W. M. Elliott, Cssfcatt;- J, L. Guy, Camden; F. C. Humphreys, Lucknow; J. I>. Gerald, Blaney; 8. N. Horton, Jefferson; T. C. Hfnsort, hVestvtHe. TAMl'A DAILY SOLD Morning Tribune Changes Hund? at Cost of Small Fortune Tampa, Fit., June 17. ? 'The 'Tampa Morning Tribune, founded 82 years ago by Col. W. F. Stovall was pur chased this noon by a syndicate of 12 Tampa men. The consideration! was aaid to bo $1,200,000. XV. M. Lloyd, secretary of t\j? new operating- company, gave Mr. Stovall a check for $900,000 as first payment. The purchase does not include the building oecupiod b,\ the plant or the new addition recently erected. The new officers are: Dr. L. A. Bite, president; L. B. Skinner, vice president j II. H. Tarr, treasurer, and M. W. Lloyd, secretary. Under the new ownership the news department will be in charge of K. D. Lambright, present associate editor, ami the business department under .J. S. Mims, present cashier. Contingent upon the sale came defi nite announcement that a .group of Tribune employes from all depart ments would organize a new morning daily here and plans have been made for a six story building to house this plant. Former Camden Man on New Paper The Tampa Tribune of June 9th contains a list of the incorporators of tfie Gulf City Publishing Com pany, and among them is found the name of L. A. Mcl)bwell7~a" native of Camden and a former member of ffte Camden Chronicle force. ^lr. McDowell left here about four years agQ_*fi_Work. with The Tribune and had gradually Hsen to an important position on that " paper Practically the entire staff of the old Tribune will be associated with the new pa per, headed by Wallat'e O. Stovall, one of the wealthiest men of Tampa and South Florida, and the success of the new paper is almost assured from the start. Friends in Camden of Mr. McDowell will be glad. t? know that he is doing well in Flor ida's largest city. Plans have been drawn for the erection of a six story modern building to house the new plant at the corner of Tampa and Fortune atreets. Helped Him On His Way cvH. S. Young and his Wife and four children' traveling to their home at 330 North Madison street, Allentown, I 'it., ran into hard luck and good iuck here Wednesday afternoon when his automobile parked in fronts Of the Carolina Motor Company crash ed into ttie plate gla?s front of that garage and caused damage amount ing to around $60. Mr. Young was <one of those unfortunates Who had wended his way to Florida by allur ing tales ofc, untold wealth to be made. He was also one of the many hundreds who (ame aWay with barely enough to get back to his native jtown with. You always hear of the big lucky deals in Florida, but * seldom hear of -those who are plpcked cledn, so here was a striking example brought home to many. He had at tempted to crank up his car in gear and, it got away, from him and caus ed the damage. Purely an accident. As a result of spontaneous sympathy -among the few who gathered around ?following the accident, Mr.. ))$f. R. ?DeLoache, who is always equal to any occasion, passed around a hat and soon the amount of damages was raised and Mr. Young and his family moved on North expressing 'his appreciation and saying at the same time that he was going to tell 'all along the line what a good town he wa? in when his hard luck over took him. He waB a stranger hut not without friends. Were Married Here Mi'as Vermelle Winkles of Sumter and Mr. Gdmond Stokes of Bishop vilje were quietly married at the Baptist parsonage at Canflen af 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by Dr. Graham. The couple will spend the remaining month of June in Char leston. They will make their future home in Bishopville.'1. Tax on Cosmetics Reduced Columbia, June 12. ? The state tax on cosmetics was reduced to four per cent di the retail selling price in stead of twenty per cent as impos ed by the last legislature by the spe cial tax reli^" commission, wectlng here today. The tax on ice crejun ?<wiA fountains or other retail estab lishments. Ice cream in balk for homes, restaurants and the like will be tax free. "No other taxes were charged. GRADUATES HKAK BARUCH South Carolina University Ob?erv?.i Commencement Period Columbia, June, KV- The bright out look for South Carolina and her pos sibilities were the keynote ringing through the prograrti of the com mencement exercises held in the Co lumbia Theater this morning. The address of Dr. Rcrnard Mannds Baruch, New ;Yoik financier, empha sized the future of the Palmetto state, which ho said was iUst i iutl to bo on* of grgat possibilities; The student speakers also stressed the opportuni ties of the state, as did l>r. W. D. n Melton, president of the university and David It. Coker, ol' llartsville, :i number ol' the board "ttf trustees. Diplomas were presented to 150 graduates. The degree of doctor of Hli vinity was conferred on the Rev. R. 0. Cranberry, .president of Lime stone College. The degree of doc tor of laws was conferred on Ber nard M, Baruch, who is at once . u ; ' South Carolinian and a Now Yorker*, and on William C. Coker, a son of H ar.tsy.il le, now professor in the Uni versity of North Carolina. Medals presented at* the everciscH to students were: V The M. Goode Homes memorial" medal, for highest mark in the school of engineering, to Rt- V. Gamble; the medal of Daughters of 1812, for best ?stray on Andrew Jackson, to Trevor _ Abel; the Thomas 0. Peeples medal, for best argument by a law student to George H. Wittkowsky; the Dr. . Robert W. CJibbes medal for best ptfiy to Miss Eri$ Kohn; the \V C. Rates Price medal, ' for the best" literary production, to John LawreHco Mills, and the John S. Reynolds med al, for the beRt essay on a World war subject to Wade Hampton Gra .ham, Jr. ? i Mr. Bnruch first spoke of the in* dustrial progress as being a leading1 factor in the development of the gov ernment This was shown during the World war and has since been dem onstrated forcefully? He spoke of the / relationship of the individual to the $6\$irnment. He said that "the people should guard against the thought that legislative enactment can do more for the individual than he can' for ^ himself. He said , the individual should be jealous of his personal liberty, but he should not allow thia spirit to be taken too far to inter fere with the liberties given him by his country. . Mr. Baruch said that the nation and her people should not be bound down by tfre ball and chain of oppression. ,*? The speaker said thaE South Caro lina , has come out of more trying periods than the present, and he pre* dieted that the same spirit would be manifested at this time. South, Car olina, lie said, has ryiver been found wanting when the state was called to take its stand. "In the distance of the future the sun shines on South Carolina," he said, predicting that South Carolina would take its place among those foremost in the country. Alfred Scarborough, of Sumter, was the commencement speaker from the senior law class. ? Donald Stuart Russell, of Columbia, was the speaker for the- senior academic class, Wil liam Adney McSwain, of Columbia, was the valedictorian of the class. David R. Coker, of Hartsville, an alumnus of the university ahd mem ber of the board^ of trustee^, deliv ered the address to the graduating ^ class. Dr. Meltbn, in presenting the dip lomas and certificates to the gradu ating class, said that happiness is a by-product of right living. - With each diploma was given a Bible, in ac cordance with a resolution passed by the board of trustees. Rally at Presbyterian Sunday School Taking the place of regular morn iii# Worship a Sunday School rally will be held ait thej Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing. A program of prayer, song and instrumental selections will be observed and to this service the pub lic will receive a cordial welcome. 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