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m fKRMS: ? $1.50 TN ADVANCE PER ANNUM 4mmmrni Vol. 39 "The Hand of the Diligent' Shall Rule' I ' m. a Camden, Kershaw County, South Camdeh, April 10, 1923. CHAS. W. BIRCHMORB, PROP. NO. 2G SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs.A R. B. Williams has returned from Raleigh, N. C. where she went to be with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Gandy, who was sick in a hospital. Mrs. Gandy has improved consider ably and accompanied her mother home. Mr. T. B. Wilson and Mrs. Walter Hinson were married Wednesday ev ening of last week fn the Baptist church immediately after the prayer meeting service, the pastor, Rev. J. J. Johnsort officiating. Special Services Sunday EveninR. The Epworth League of the Me thodist church held a special scrvice Sunday evening at eight o'clock, in consequence tnero was no preaching service A large audience was pres ent to witness the exercises which was considered good by all present. Thoso taking part did well. Mrs. A. "J. Beattie played the piano for them. Dawson Beattie spent Sunday at homo with his parents. He is a University student; F C.ee n, of the firm of Lock wo:;u urc n & C o.. ? s a visitor to Car.- Jen l..st wc jk an rd dv\s8 to che m mbers of '.lie cl im bev of c mmercu at the woman'? ex ch.nge. His talk was considere 1 e ceptiom.lly fine. Luncheon was sei ed aft.r Mr. Green's talk. .^Miss Aubrey Beattio spent t!u week end in Columbia with friends. Reardon to Come to Caniden. Mr. E. I. Reardon, of Sumter, has been elected secretary of the Cam den and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, anu will enter upon his d'jMes here within a few days. Mr. Reardon has had considerable ex perience in this work, and the di rectors in Camden congratulate themselves upon beirfg able to secure so efflcinet a man for this place. Mr Reardon has a family and will brinr them , to Camden and., make this his home. Elsewhere wo arc publishing a letter from him which will serve ;as an introduction to our people. Sleet Yesterday. ? The weather has turned quite cool and yesterday morning there was a right good fall of sleet for a short while. Sleet in April is rather un usual. We enjoyed reading a news letter from Blaney, which was intended for last week's issue but reached us just after The Messenger was printed. We are sure you will enjoy reading it and will be pleased to know tha'. Blanoy will be heard from again. A Fine Showing. The Peoples Bank is to be heartily congratulated upon the fine showing it makes in the statement publisher' in Tho Messenger this wcok. This is Camden's youngest bank, and i rapidly coming into favor with th public. Each succeeding statemen' shows an improvement. Its rr tourcas are nearing a hundred thou nnd dollars, and its deposit accojr. shows a decided gain over any prev ious statement. It is being consor ativcly managed ahd is one oT the safe and substantial institutions o our community. BILL BOOSTER SAYS nov) viotxce v\ovj ' w POU49 V4\A<> VANVE MOMfcO Ruom FRRQucvrrw OeC\OE THEtttfS WO PLAXjfi" UKG THE OLO HO*A& *XOV)H AMD MOVE BACK* ^tUERE W\AN B\GGtR ~XbVJU<> TUKVi *tv\^, mr aavw awm I ae-rce* owes \ ? SWkHPct Columbia Did Well. The free-will offering for Billy Sunday and his co-workers Sunday, the last day of the meeting', amount ed to $23,002.08. This compared favorably with the gifts from other towns, some of them larger than Co lumbia. Approximately 479,500 people heard Mr. Sunday during the six weeks ho was in Columbia, and i 17.232 men, women and children an ? swercd the evangelists invitation to | consecrate their lives to Jesus Christ, j It is gratifying to konw that such a i great amount of good was accom i plished, and also gratifying to know 1 that the expression of appreciation I in dollars and cents was so fine. I This does not take into account the j cost of the tabernacle and other ex | penses and the contributions made by I the towns which he visited while in Columbia, which were contributions to the Bible conference in his home I 'own n which he is very much iter I Casolino Money for Kershaw County Counties in South Carolina have receivetk checks amounting in the ag j' gatejp $111,615.95 from the gas *?mr',tax\for the past three months. } iW^yqual amount has been paid into j the llate treAqury. This is based on the two cents tax on gasoline, but now ' i .'uVe is th^ee .cents and hereafter tnv will bt proportionately rrrater. Of tl '# V::/. Kev. haw coun ty gets $1,9S7.08? \ Judge Russell Retires. .fudge W. F. Russell, who has held the ofi'ice ol county auditor, for a gcod many years, surrendered the office Monday of last week to Mr. B. E. Sparrow, who was nominated in the primary election held last sum mer. Judge Russeils commission will not expire for some few months, and this is the reason that he did not turn the oflice over to Mr. Sparrow as soon as Mr. Sparrow received his commission, and a legal contest be came apparent. It developed, how ovei*, that the senate overlooked con firming Judgo Russeils appointment, and this made it doubtful if he could hold the' oflice until his commission "'?>ired, and the term really begin3 tne first of the year and is for four years. With this in view nnd not being inclined to contend further for it under the circumstances Mr. Spar low was notified that he was ready to vacate, and Mr. Sparrow is now the duly commissioned auditor for Kershaw county. Judge Russell has been in politics for many years. Thirty-two \ "nrs ago he represented this county in tho legislature. Prior to that time he had served as magis trate in the upper section of the county. Altogether hp has held the office of auditor for at least a score of years. He is an old confederate veteran, now well passed his there score years and ten. In his retirement he has the best wishes of a large number of friends throughout the county. His successor is a young man of energy and very pleasant address, and his friends wish him well in his oflice, and expect him to mako good. Prior to the campaign last summer he had iome experience in this office as he assisted the auditor in mnking up his books and this experience wll serve lim well now that he has been given th officc. LUCK NOW ITEMS. Miss Imn Moonyham, who has been viitinpr her sister, Mrs. Harry Brown of Florence, has returned. Mi*. John W. Davis, who has been to the Greenville Hospital, has re turned. Miss Vera Barnes and sister, Mrs. K. B. Hill was the truest of their mother, Mrs.. II. N. Barnes. Mrs. T. J. Brown and family spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. L. S. Barne:*. Fire totally destroyed the country home of Mr. L. Pate, of Bishopville, late Monday nitfht Apr. 2nd. The house was occupied by Furman Out law. Miss Pearl Shaylor, of Sumter, spent Sunday at her home in the An tioch section. /Mr. Johnnie Hall, Mr. Clifton Ber ry, and Mr. Neal Pate motored to Co lumhia last week to hear Rev. Billy Sunday^ Miss Roxie Youn# has returned to her home in McBeo after a two weeks stay in Bishopville. Mrs. I.awson Stokes, of Sumter, spent Easter at the home of her mother, Mrs. Daniel Johnson. Mr. Frank Barnes of Lucknow was tho guest of Miss Rootle Younjc, of Rishopvllle, Saturday March 31st. Mr. Major James King, of Rock ingham, N. C. spent Easter at his homo near Lucknow. LIBERTY HILL Mr. Editor The weather for thei | past week haj been changeable, with t so much rain that farm work ^ j been greatly retarded, a g/fr ' as if crops will be n 1 a nV TSr | later than usual. Muctt fertilizer is j 1 to be put out, and a lot of prepara-i | tion made before planting can b" j come general in our section. Mrs. C. E. Richards and son John1 i who have been living for several j ; mouths ?n Marion came up and spent ! a few days at there home here last 1 week, they were accompaied by Mrs. ! Liily McK Richards who now lives! | in Lee County Mrs. Richards lived I ; her? before going to Winthrop Col-! 1 leg;; where she served as matron for | I a number of years and is fondly re- 1 membered by hundreds of young j ladies who attended that popular in j stitution, has many friends at her | ? old home here were glad to see her. | Miss Louise Jones the popular j nnd efficient bookkeeper for the firm ! of Mackey Jones and Co. is spend-: ; ing a short vacation with her cous- j I in Mrs. J. K. Herriott of Bishopville. J I She went down time enough to at | tend the Billy Sunday meeting there I on Friday. i Mr. R. J. Wardlaw "of the Santee ! bridge force" is at home for a short j I stay. Miss Jennie Jones was a guest of I ; friends in Columbia last week. She mded the Billy Sunday meetings ,:ie tl .re. Your correspond and Mr. and; Mrs. J. H. Clement.- , I., sw? liena I ! Clements, Mrs. A. Hilton an.; ou. j i little grand daughters attend the "meeting" in Columbia Friday night nnd Saturday last. Friday night standing room was at a premium. Saturday we went early and fared better, the meetings have aroused a great deal of interest and no doubt a lot of good has already resulted. Miss R. C. Jones andE .L. Jones attended the "Sunday" meetings in Columbia on Sunday. Master John Richards McCrea of Denmark is staying awhile with his grand par ents Maj. and Mrs. J. G. Richards. C State S. S. Convention to Meet in AndersonJ. Spartanburg, April 3. The forty sixth annual State Sunday School Convention of South Carolia will be> held on May 7-8-9, at Anderson, ac- 1 cording to official announcement j made today at the State Sunday j School headquarters. This conven tion includes tho Sunday School workers of all denominations and a large attendance is expected. The | president of the Association, Dr. D. i li. Johnson of Winthrop College, will preside over tho Convention. Tho date for the conventino was selected in December and a prelimi nary issued at that time. Several cities invited tho convention but in view of the strong local interests a id the fact that it had not been held m Anderson for several years, the invi tation of Anderson was accopted. The invitation was extended by the local Sunday School Association, the ministerial union, the Chamber of Commerce, and tho Rotary and Lions Clubs. The Convention sessions will be held in the first Baptist Church, whose pastor, Dr. John E. White, is a life-member of the International Sunday School Association. Official program for the convention is nearly complete, and includes a large number of leading Sunday School specialists and Biblo scholars oi Aemrica. Reduced railroad rates of one and a half fare for the round trip have been granted. All delegates are to secure certificates from tho presi dent of tho local Sunday School As sociation, or from the State Sunday School headquarters at Spartanburg. Kershaw County Young Man Selected .... In an, elimination contest in which ton men were selected recently to re present Furman University in a tri angular Freshman debate of Furman, Frskine and the I'rosbyterian College M ridel S. Fletcher, of Kershaw, was1 chosen na one the disputants. The debate, which will center around jus tification of the French policy of in vading the Rhur region of Germany, will be staged simultaneously at Greenville, Clinton and Duo West, some timo during the last week in thin month. We congratulate our splendid young friend at Kershaw and wi-ih him success. He has here tofore been very succesr.fu' in de bates. lie and Cr.mden's popular young orator, George Wittkowsky, were the champion orators, having won out in about all the debates iw which they wero engaged, but wero never on opposing sides. -BOSS FROM BLANEY Dear'^^ Editor: I received your * 'n which you request ^ ^0U an occasion letter from Blaney. Allow me, Miy Editc:1, to congratuate you on youwrunfl inching determination to secure tne very best of good things for the columns of your most excell ent pafk-r. That you are anxious to establish a news agency in Blan ey is indisputble evidence of your journalistic appetite for things me tropolitan. Being a past master in the newspaper game your reportor ial and editoial experience teaches you that all great centers of popula tion are veritable bee hives of human interest and action, all of which make toothsome ingredients for newspaper hash. This, no doubtN ac counts for your zeal for new s1 from Blanej*. And then, again, Mr. Editor the fact that you have managed to free yourself from the natural embarr assment that ordinariness usuallyfeels in the presence of extraordinariness and come straight to tho "seats of the mighty" for the furtherance of your news gathering plans shows that you are duly appeeiative of tho weight and value oi human fame and ability in great and weighty affairs. You want the news from Blaney because there is always some thing doing in the up-to-date and progressive cities of the world. "A city set on a hill cannot be hid,' you know. And then, you want this re cord of human interest and achieve ment to reach you under the auto graph of one whose fame and pres tige in things journalistic, as well as otherwise, has been irrevocably es tablshed. Quite a good business stroke I call it, Mr. Editor, and 1 marvel that Tho State or Hearstr. Sunday American did't beat you to the prize. However, their loss is your gain, so pease accept my con gratulation, again, on your fortune, and look pleasant while I dot the following dots: At a recent primary the following officers jyero elected to steer the ship of ttato Blaney - fot- the ensuing year: S. W. Rose, Intendant. W. B. Evans E. T Bowen T W Watson, and E. M. Flaherty, Wardens. We con gratulate these gentlemen and v/ish them every success in the conduct of our municipal affairs. Mrs. EUerbe Rosa and children have returned to their home in New Brookland after an extended visit to Mrs. Ross parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Evans. Halley Jeffries cut his eyes at us low in the lake, again. Which is just a Kt^Kluxy sort of way that Halley has of saying that its a' ncjt timo for another fish fry. A .yhow that is tho way we construed it as we licked f our chops in anticipation. Misses Lillio Belle, Cleo and Nell Evans are visiting in Columbia for the last week of the Billy Sunday meetings. > We are glad to see Mr. Jim Glad den out again after a brief period of illnos.'. ,> > Young Dewey Sharpe is recovering after a serious seigo of pneumonia. Misft Mildred Evans is visiting re latives in New ^Brokland. Several farmers in tho surround ing country are cultivating tobacco crops this year that is they are planning to do so. Some 'of the folks of the Lu;;off community are planning the erect ion of a Baptist church. An rogan ization has been perfected and the work of r&ising funds is well under way. Those interested are greatly (>nco\iag<fld by the favoable responses they are receiving, and everything points toward a speedy success iif this nws( worthy movement. We sympathize with our good l friend, 3, W. Rose, in the loss of his favorito hunting dog King. Oldj King was a battle-scared veteran of tho swtfmp with a reputation that any self respecting dog might well ehvy. Whon old King, with a joyful bay struck the trail of a coon, or a possum the cvitter would do well to go and crawl into brother Hose's hunting Back, for King would stick to the trail until his victim was se curely" treed. Hilly Sunday parties out of Hlan ev are an every day occurence. The .'oiks generally am attending the meetings and all are agreed that Hilly i<i "around hero" with the gos pel goods and that he is doing a great work in the captinl city. 'I r. of \ wo nry A man. ?!. I?. S. Mr. J. W. Wilson, who htjs been spending some time at White Springs, Fla.,, has rteurncd homo. His visit there was quite beneficial to him. BETHUNE NEWS. Bethune, April 9 Mr. John M. Watkins, a well konwn farmer of the Sandy Grove section, died suddenly at his home on Wednesday afternoon of last week, of acute indigestion. He was about 60 years ,of ago and is sur ' vived by his widow and several child ren. The funeral services were held at Sandy Grove church on Friady af j ternoon. John Barfield, jvanted in connect | ion with the killing of Prohibition Oft? cer Youmans at a whiskey still ijear Ilartsvillo last week, was captured in the woods near Mr. H. C. Hall's res idence yesterday morning and brought j to Bethune. His arm was badly cut i by a barbed wire fence, it is alleged. I barfield received medical attention i here and was then taken to Darlington I and lodged in jail. A number of people from here at j tended the closing meetings of the | Billy Sunday campaign at Columbia [ c Sunday. Mrs. C. S. Watkins, of Williams burp:, Va., formerly Miss Madeline Smith, of this town, is visiting her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith. Mr. and Mrs L. A. McDowell and j children, of Tampa, lrla. came in this | mornnig to spend some time with Mr. j \V. A. McDowell and family. Mr. Jesse Smith and family, of I Timmonsville, spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives hero. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Stewart, of Camden, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. i Ft;* Educational Betterment. Several hundred men and women interested in the educational better ment of the State are expected to at tend the second convention of the I Citizens Educational Association of South Carolina which will be held at I ! 0 a. m., Frday, April 13 in the Cn !um\:u Theatre at Columbia. At noon tho organization wiP hold a joint meeting with the St ;te Tj:'.?'' ers Association when addiessc^ v'. \ \ be made by J. H. Hope, State super intendent of education, and by the president of the Citizens Educational Association. Among the matters which will be considererd at the convention iwll be: making the observance of American Education Week permanent in this State; memorializing the legislature for an effective educational survey of South Carolina; unification of the efforts for educational improvement now being made by some thirty sep arate organizations to the end that efficient cooperation may bo brought about. Ways and means for upbuild ing the public schools will be consid ered and a definite program of action adopted. A large number of delegates . to , this convention were elected at tho observance of American Education [ Week at the county seats last Doc ember and are expected to attend. Governor McLeod at the request of tho organization. has appointed many additional delegates from all parts of the State. Furthermore, all white citizens interested in the better r\?nt of public education in the State are cordially invited to attend and participate in tho convention. The organization has no membership fees and any white citizen who desires to help promote the educational interests of t.he State is eligible to membership. The Citizens Educational Associ ation was formed at a great meet ing of people from every section of the State held at Converse College, Spartanburg, in 1921. Largely thru its efforts, Aemrican Education Week was observed in 32 Sou\h Car olina counties last fall and public sentiment for tho advancement of the public schools, as a result of those meetings, has been greatly! strengthened and iityreased. The,, sole object of the Association is to provide an organization thru which the citizens of the Stato can make effective their sentiment for tho greater progress of South Caro lina in public education. The Hank of Camden. The statenienttof the Bank of Cam den, published elsewhere in this issue of Tho Messenger, makes a mighty fine showing for Camden's oldest banking institution. The resources of this bank is now beyond a million of dollars. The deposits aro nround a half million. When this bank was , t-'-^d with a capital rtock of 92">, ? i,< > . - was h irdiy tho ?.! .-am of i s . >.;t. cnthur- iast.ic atco elders that its resources would reach a million dollars, but by its safe and connerva ive policy it has stoadily moved for ward. CHAUTAUQUA ANNOUNCEMENT The irrepressible, laughable com edy-success, "Cappy Kicks"; prem ier musical companies in eluding the Montague Light Opera Singers fea turing "Gretchen of Holland"; lec tures by such headliners as Judgo George D. Alden7 unique children's entertainments; John B. Ratto, clev er lm\personator--entertain'er--thc.;e' uro among the many high-grade at tractions which iwill appear here at the big 1923 Redpath Chautauqua which opens May 18, and continues for five days. The Metropolitan Orchestra, wide ly-known concert artists, will launch the Chautauqua on the first after noon with a poulnr concert. Follow ing a prelude by this company on the first night, John B. Ratto, clever impersonator and entertainer, will present a series of interesting characters in "make-up"', along wfth clever jests, fun and bits of wisdom. The ever-popular Glen Wells Company, on the second afternoon will present a complete three-act play, "Atonement," written es peciaally for them by Herbert Thomas, eminent English play wright. On the second night the Wells Company will give a prelude of pop ular musical numbers and miscella neous readings, following which, Judge George D. Alden, eminent jurist and lecturer, will deliver his great address, "The Needs of the Hour." 'Frank Preston Johnson, newspap erman, sociologist and well-known lecturer, on the afternoon of the third day, will be heard in his stirr ing and illuminating address, "'The Basis of Libetry." The irrestible comedy? -success "Cappy Ricks," dramatized from Peter B. Kyne's "Cappy Ricks stories of Satv.'dny Evening Post fame, on the third night of t e Chau tauqua, will display a wealth of amusing and heart-gripping episodes. "Cappy Ricks" will be presented here by a cas u.' act jrs organized by the New York City Producing De partment of the Redpath Bureau. Lieuraneo's Brass Choir, featur ing wind musical instruments, wiil give a grand concert on the after noon of the fourth day. This popu lar company was organized by Thur low Lieurnace, well-known composer of "By the Waters of Minnetonka." On the night of the same day Lieu rance's Brass Choir will give a pop ular concert immediately preceding :? notable lecture, "All Aboard," by Elwood Tewksburg Bailey, one of the lending inspirational and humor ous lecturers of tho day. ? The Montague Light Opera Sing ers known the country over for their splendid renditions of light operatic productions will give a short musical prelude on the last afternoon, follow ing which Bhaskar Hivale, a highly educated native of India, nnd former editor of a well-known newspnper in Rombny, will speak on "The New India." "Gretchen of Holland." a pic tnresquo musical production with scenery and costumes typical of Hol land, will be featured in a grand con cert given on the last night by the Montague Light Opern Singers. Three unique entertainments for children, inch to oe presented on n different day, will bo given in addi tion to the regular programs for a dulbs. Blanche Miller and Mildred Aderton, both of them singers and players, will give clever costumed sketches form juvenille story books. Duval, the magician, in amazing sleight of hand performances and baffling illusionary art, will be a source <#f supreme wonderment to the youngsters, while Hivale, a real Hindu, will delight them with inter etsing stories of India, the strange and curious land from which lie comes Trying Out Street Sweepers. City council received n few days ago two street sweeping machines, and are trying them out. With the sweeping machines in use our paved streets will be kept clean nad at tractive. Camden's popular young Mayor, lias been reading tho scriptures. Ttev. "Hilly" Sunday sent hirp n photograph of himself and cited him to the 34th Psalm. Mayor Carrison along with other good citizens, ox ter. a 1 the courtesies they could I to . . r. Sunday ?/>r the ?.*t while ho i \v;:r. in Camden. The only regret I was that his stay in thin splendid old ! town wan all too short. If ho will , but como thin way again ho will ho given tho hand.