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The Wateree Messenger / TERMS:? $1.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM "The K nj of the Diligent Shall Rule" CIIAS. W. BIRCHMORE. PRC Vol. 40 Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, February 19, 1924 No. 20 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL V Thursday, Valentine day, was tag day for the Camden Hospital, and the ^? popularity of this splendid institution was attested by the fact that about every one on the street was wearing a small red heart which indicated , that they had been "tagged." The small heart3 were soon all gone and y a larger one was substituted and when they ran out b.isiness had to be suspended. Among those who went to Colum bia to see "The Covered Wagon" were Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Zemp, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nettles, Miss Sue '.Young, Miss Bessie Young, and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baruch. Mr. Leon Schloiburg, manager of Schlosburg's Department Store has recently returned from New York. Mr. Henry Druker, of New York, is visiting his kinsman, Mr. H. G. Baum, of Camden. The Camden Basket Ball team from the high school went to Hartsville I last week to play the Ilartsvi.le team 1 They losi, by a co'. cf 11 to 10 i*i , fa\ur of Hart \ lie, Miss I "len ITi'.ybu.'.k, if Charleston is ihe g..ost of Mi?s Hope Savage, o: this city. G. T. Little, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Sykes, Nettles Lindsay, Seree do Loach and J. T. Houston attended Uw .mid-winter German at the University held recently. Chapman Barrett, who has bee.i j employed in Columbia for some time,! has returned home. Rilftlr. and Mr:. W. F. Ne't'es took i! |crip to Clarendon county, their oil home, Friday. Miss Mary Kirven, of Darlington, j spent the week end in Camden with | her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. .W, .Biwhmore, Mr. C. J. Shannon, Jr., has gone to Atlanta, Ga., to look after som? I business matters there. .Wr. ar-I ..* . W. H. Haile, who I mo/cd to Ilorida a^jt a year ago have ret ".r... .! t > Camden. Their many friiu....i cu...ially welcomo t..~m back. r.Ir. J. II. . ' ..s been too un well this week to u it his place of burines?. it i. however, thr.t he will nol b? !:?rt at home long and v/ill soon be feeling much better. Mr. W. R, v.?.yrlr.e?,> who has been kept at home for some weeks past un der orders of his physician, has .ef ficiently improved to be out a short while at a time. Spray rings for melon grower?, to control the destructive diseases which last year did to much damage, are advised by D". W. H. Moore, Exten sion Plant Pathologist. He suggest.-, that twj or more farmers having small acreages of melons or cucum bers should !hus cfvnerate on a c >m mun.iy ha i against mildew and nn thr-cro o. Of course, fanners with laigor acieagtfs should have individ ual equipment for fighting those posts. BILL BOOSTER SHYS WV W\ VANWN V\MW\ OLE A8S OOOUYTLE , TV\E TOWM KUOC.VC.?t*,HAS DOME MlS &VT -fOVJARO CW\<i \KTP^.o\^vACvrr at uast\ he's >AOVED #k\W**H \ ,, SWUS.' W CASf MV)TH\UG ' RICHMOND COLTS TRAIN AT CAMDEN. i ! Dawson Says Number of Games to be Plavec'. The Richmond baseball club of the Virgina league will train at Camden, according to an announcement made early this morning by li. Dawson, owner of the club. Whi.e the matter of ti. lining in the Kershaw county seat h is been under c jni>i.ieratio:i for s;.tr.e time, deli nice arrangement .< arc? i ju t now bung cor." dieted. J .Mr. Daw.son, who - home is at Rich mond, has come to Sou'.h Carolina i :i tlie interest of the club, ile said that the squad of about 'J ~> Colts would ar 1 rive in Camden March 1<> and be in ! training until April 1. | "We will play the University of I South Carolina here and will probably play Newberry college a'.so," the club I owner said. 'We will have games: K.'i'h the Greenville, Spartanburg, and j Charlotte clubs of the Sally league | j also. The game with the University, ' w 11 likely be one c;f our first ones." 1 Mr. Daw on, in company with N. G. ! Ledbetter, travel ing passenger agon: ? of the Seaboard Air Line railway here | went to ISatesburg last night to dis- J cuss with '/.inn Lock the booking of games for the period Richmond is in | trailing at Camden. The club owner | .. -ed pbout the drawing power ot 1 he Caro...ia Ga .ec.cks. T:?e R: iinion . ilu ? . .me within one { posnt of winning the Yirg ..".a K gu ? pennant last- year. Jan. On, low. . nland catcher in the I ic.lic Coast league, wiil act as jockey for the i olt.-i during the coming season. What I'runing and Spra>ing Will Do. That proper care of the orchard is profitable is show \ in the experienc.. of Mr. Kennedy Dawton, of Me Cormiek, v. no by r praying and prun ing and carrying out improved oi - vl.a/;! practices with one acre of; pecahe.--, approximately one hundred j trees, netted, in addition to a home ?upp:y, $2., 0.00. This was the first year that Mr. Dawton ever sprayed hia Uees or carried out any improved orchard practices. He states that ^V.e iruit is far superior to anything tfiiat Ke EaJ ever ntude/'^T Mr. Miller, the county agent, who has followed the matter closely, states that this fruit was of a higher quality than that of any other home orchard in the county. Mr. Miller is pushing the home or- i chard project to the limit in his eoun- j ty and secures the best trees and sel- 1 chard. He h?*s nssisted farmers with the best varieties for every man's, j 12*1 new home orchard* with a total of 4,800 trees. Anne .at ion Preposition. r" There is n movement looking I the annexation of some territory north of the city. I is mainly a residential section although several business houses aiv located within the territory it is proposed to annex with the city of Camden. It was only a few days ago that we learned of it, j and as we had not though of it we had n nt given any con -id era*. inn to such a plan and haruiy know any :hing of the advantages to he derived from it or the disadvantages, lor there are advantages and disadvan tages no doubt. There are, however ! two things that would result. It ? v/juld increase the city revenue by having this property included within the corporate limits of the city. That would be an advantage to the city from a financial standpoint. Then on the ether hand, there would be a Ib.nefit to the property owners which) j tl.ey do not now have. They w.?uW j I have better ronds, water works, elec-; I trie lights and possibly sewerage.! j This would of course increase the val , tie of thoir property. As we look nt. j it without having given the matter janything like mature consideration, ! the greater advantage would accrue I to the property owners. While .t ? would increase the revenue of the j city it would nlso increase the eixpen I ses of the government,, for that se: ? tion which now needs police protec i tion would have this advantage. Th * j tendency is to build up that section : and if that territory is not annexe I now we predict that it will event ual i ly be or there will be the formation j of a separate corporation such a* is found around cities like Columbia, 1 and these usually later seek an I noxation. The farmer who docs not keep record* ran not hopo to bocome n it ? .1 .1 'armor. It n well to remember and ftp predate now tho fact that many of the hurt returns from farm life do not show In dollars and ccsntfl on tho account book at the end of the year. Public Utility Bureau Organized. 1 Raleigh, N, CM Feb 16. ? Announce ment has been made of the organiza tion of the North and South Carolina Public' Utility Bureau, with head quarters to be established in both Raleigh and Columbia, S. C. The purpose of the organization, j according to the announcement, is to ; seek, through the distribution of ac curate information, a clearer under standing on the part of the public of the aims and problems of the utilities in th'j two states. By thi* means it s hoped the utilities may be aided in contributing further to the industrial development and progress so essen tial at this time for the two Caro lines. , While ? uch an educational under taking is new in North and South Carolina, it is in line with a nation wide movement which began four years ago and has extended to more than thirty states. Represented in the Carolina Bureau is more than ninety per cent of the ] investments in the two states, reach ing into hundreds of millions of dol luis. The service of the member companies covers virtually the eiV.iiv territory of the Carolinas and num bers hundreds of thousands among its customers. Following the initia tion of the movement, other compan ies have joined and it is expected by those fostering the organization that J they will have the cooperation of all jvih'ic service companies. . .to Executive Committee is com ivrod of 1*. A. 7 ! 1 ! " ry , Chairman; Stuart Cooper, Vice-i .taii.nan; N. A. Cocke, R. .J. Hole, Raymt.nd Hunt, F. j : t . Knox and George B. Tripp. The Committee has selected S. E. Boney, of Philadelphia, Pa., as direct 01 of the Information Bureau. Mr. Boney is a native of South Carolina and has been in newspaper work for almo t eighteen years, serving with ihe Union (S. C.) Times, the Laure:i (S. C.) Advertiser and the News an.. Courier of Charleston, S. C. For tnt- | last ten years he has been with the j Public Ledger organization of Phila delphia, his most recent positions be ing City Editor of both the Public Ledger and the Evening Public Led ger.- ? ? For the present, the offices of the Director will be located at Raleigh. | According to Mr. Tillery, the Com mittee in charge of the Bureau will meet every two weeks for discussion | of the problems that may ari-.e and j to plan various activities of the lsu I reiiu. I Preliminary organization of the Bureau was affected at a meeting in Asheville last summer at which tht | majority of the utility interests in the two states were represented. Since that time the organization ha< been made permanent. Those in charge of the organiza tion had in mind the importance of bringing to the attention of the peo ple of North and South Carolina the economic problems of the industry, if the two states are to keep pace with development elsewhere. It was pointed out that investors everywhere were now seeking new outlets fur capital and that the Car olinas should be made as attractive a field as other states. In announcing the organization, Mr. Tillery, in behalf of the Commit tee, expressed the view that confid ence, born of accurate information, was a prime requisite for the devel opment and expansion of the States' utilities on which the industrial de velopment of the S.ates themselves must depend. "To accomplish the purposes of our organization we plan to * disseminata information based on facts. The act ivities of the Bureau will he purely informative and educational in char acter, and it is the hope of the com mittee that the people of North and South Carolina may become intimate ly acquainted with the problems of ' ? e r xnpanies which supply them I with ^as, electricity and urban and | inter urban transportation. I, "The operators of the utility com panies that with this understanding j of the part the utilities play in the development of the community and in contributing to the domestic comfor' > of community life, there will have i been taken n long step toward the so lution of many of the problems that now confront the public and the com panies joint ly." Open Business in Camden, i Messrs. (i. T. Stuekey and .J. It. Mc Lendon, of Hishopville, have opned up a whole snle business in Cnmden under the firm name of Stuckey &. \ McLendon. They ;ire lorn ted in the] store room next north of CJoodale'-; china store. We welcome these young j men to Camden and hope that they will And it both pleasant and profit- j able h?r?. Made in Camden. The Chamber of Commerce has had printed by Camden's young urt;st, Mr. J. T. Houston, a neat feign, | "Made in Camden," which has been placed in the show window on the corner of Broad and DeKalb streets, i and some of the articles manufactur ed here are placed in the window for passers-by to see. This is a good ic'ea and we suspect that it origituit ed with Mr. Edwin J. Trotter, the newly elected secretary of the chamb er of commerce. Drop by and see what your homo town is producing. Will Build New Church The colored Methodists of Camden ure planning to build a new church at ! a coat of not less than ?30,000, and possibly $35,000. They already hav some funds on hand for this purpose : and are adding to it from time to i time. They have an organization I known as the Ushers Club, and this ] organization of young men have al l ready raised several hundred dollars. ! We are glad to see this step on th. part of the members of this church. It is a big undertaking but they are starting out with the determination to succeed. They will no doubt be aided 'to some extent from the cen tenary collections. They have some members who are quite well oil and if they felt disposed to do so could make some very substantial contri butions to this fund without depriv ing themselves of anv'\ing they nee 1 and it would be in?: only appreciated by the congregation but would relied credit upon them for the Credit up<;n the r liberality and would be something to remember them for in the future. We shi.ll watch the progress of thi.-> enterprise with in terest and shall be g s\d to see them succeed. Mr. K.irkley Wants lin'nrm pt ion ''""?'?J S. b. ! ?. l'. 'J J ? M K.'.i .Voi. anger: ' ee in las' \. .. s j ;.per whei"* I:i .'sdv, in la-- !h ? Gth the county dire 'tor p;.id . ' Kirkland $525 and \V. B. do I.o:u i. $500, making a tot i* 1 of $1,025 for. legal servicer.. I as a taxpayer wan', to know what that wa< for. Surely! they did not pay $1,025 to tret in of- 1 fie?. The old board paid $225 fov\ their attorney's fee but they paid it i out of their own pocket, not out of j the county's money and the new board | should have done the same thing:. ' This is outrageous. A thousand dol- 1 lars is a large sum to pay out of tho ' taxpayers' pocket. This will come up next summer but I want it answered before then. I don't like to see the ounty's money waited like this. Yours Respectfully, D. M. Kirkleyy Ninth World's Sunday School Con. vention. Spartanburg, Feb. 12. ? The ofticin' Call has been issued for the Ninth World's Sunday School Convention, ! o be held at Glasgow, Scotland, June 1H? 2fi, and delegates are being ap pointed by the various State Sunday School Associations, according to Lion C. I'aimer, S.ute Superintend ent for South Carolina. At the last World's Sunday School Convention, which was held at Tokyo, Japan, in 1920, it is said that forty nations and fifty seven religious do nominations were represented On account of the historic and religious interests attached to Glasgow it Is expected that the attendance this year will be even larger. The program of the convention will include prominent educators, mission aries, evangelists, and other relig ions leaders from the various I'rot- j estant denominations of the world. Special railroad and steamship rates have been arranged by the transportation committee of th" World's Sunday School Association and will be available to ell delegates holding official credentials. Tours to places of religious and historic inter est will he arranged, to which accred ited delegates \Wll he invited. The number of delegates from each State is limited, and the persons in South Carolina desiring appointment are asked to communicate with the State Sunday School Association headquarters in Spartanburg at once, sending letters of endor ement front their pastor and Sunday school super intendent. The South Carolina dele gation will be elected at an early I date nn(l a number of applications arc already on file. F()l< SAL K Spanish peanuts, $2..r>0 pc?r bushel, 7"> cents perk; larjfp rod skin peanut* at $3.00 per hurlu'l or T > cuts p( i t J ran al '> j* ? ? 1 ?un ? cedar: for sotting out at five rents earh if purchaser will ?! i tr thorn up. I can uipply a (food many cedar posts at fair prices. W. II. Rarfield, Camden, f?. C., Route 3, Rox r>0. HOME DEMONSTRATION NEWS, County Council Meeting, March 15. The County Council of Farm Wom en will hold their regular meeting on March 15, in Camden. All the coun ty women are urged to make plans to attend this meeting. Mrs . S. O. Plowodn, will be present and will ad dress the Council. There will be an interesting program arranged, re freshments served, and h happy go d time for all who attei.d. Market. The Community Market, with Mrs. B. R. True dale in charge, i attract ing much attention at this season. The sales are good and t'.vj market means much to the county women a> well as an epporunity for the town, women. Club Work. The Club work throughout the coun ty is most encouragaing. New clubs are being organized and the girls and women are mus. enthusiastic in the work. Poultry Work. The Chamber of Commerce kindly olYereed to the girls an inducement i > become interested in poultry workA Mne .-et'.ing of eggs will be given to i s xtoen girls in different parts of the county with the agreement to pas* < ? r, to another gi'l a netting next year. The poultry club members are will ing to work and do their best and this means better poultry in our county. Poultry is a fine product \ for the market and always a sale for it. Cooking Clob. The girls. of the Mill School or- . ranizt'*: a Home Demonstration <\>okii.g Cli:h, Friday, Feb. Kih. In his da s the girls will In- taught the principles of good cookery, economy .11 { ivparing a well bt.l .nee 1 meal ; preparing .-chool lunches, e'.c. The i ob.i-.--t of 11 Home Dem< ":stratio:i j Club- i ; : make the h 'st h .ier. The' n-A are: Irene Taylor, N'elli - Tci ;y, NiiTi c !'. Ji. Willie t'lancho, v'. il! > All... .M\....e Pate K?" .a D.iri ty \ e:a Dority, Ruby Krc s, Cl :vi \V? Ich, Mamie Ruth, Ervi l>r.v:i Annie Bell Christmas, M.uy :?> ?. , Christmas, Virginia Christmas, Ku.>., j Lee Braddock, Ludie May, Arleverj R us soil. Lillian Dodgin, Ida May' Uobinson, and Vera Dennis. Miss Krnest'ne Bateman, prin- [ ciplo of the school and her efficient | teachers are to he congratulated on ' the tine school and community spirit1 ?o.i real'/.e when you visit the school, j Fire Destroys Valuable Plant. j The Veneer plant, locate;! just south | east of the Southern Railway depot was completely destroyed by tire a nu'. three o'clock Sunday morning . - it:* all the ;? ?i:\ter:al and fixture-, ontained in the building and several i freight cars which were loaded and | standing on the track near the plant. The loss is quite considerable running up into the thousands of dollars. There wa- some insurance upon the property. It is not known how th" lire originated. Frank Williams is the nianag r of the plant. It is hoped that it will be rebuilt but the company has not given out any in formation with reference to this. Death of T. J. Arrants. Mr. Thomas J. Arrants died at the] Camden ho pital Saturday evening' about eight o'clock. He was taken to the hospital about a week before for1, treatment. For some time past he had noi been in good health but his i friends were not aware that his con dition was such as to cause any undue > anxiety. Mr. Arrants was a native) of Camden and was ~>2 years of age. ! For many years he had been a stew- ' arc! in the Lyttb'ton Street Method id. church, and was always interested | ;ind faithful and liberal to his church. When a youth he began business as a ;*lerk > m a .veil known st.>r,- in Cam den where he remained for some t.;m". and later opened up a hardware storv and furniture business on his own nc count. In this he was very success ful, but owing to the close confine - j ment in bis store and the condition of his health he retired from active business jis a merchant and pursued n quiet life. He was active in the organization of the Fidelity Huilding and Loan Association, and was direc '.iir in one of the other associations. " b*v| the re pect of our entire com munity and was rcgaderd a s a safe and conservative business man, honest in all his dealings with his fellow man. Mr. Arrants was never mar ried. He i* survived by a sister, Mr-?. \V. 1*'. Mi selcy, of Columbia. He was :i liM Ihrr of Mrs. f. N. Ilumphtie; i. \ I h Imt hu.-*h: 1 and ? ! !? ; their lives in t h" '.*?veland fire. Hes des his sister he is survived by a luimbcr r>f other relative?*. The funeral services took place Stindav ftemoon and were conducted hj^ hii paster, Rev. W. II. Hodges. flgETHUNE NEWS. BenTspe, Feb. 1^. ? Miss Pansy Hva'.jR member of the 11th grad" 1 f thKOethune high school, gave I. classifies and a few other ?- a r - eepti&SSit her home on last Krai y night| .nhich was greatly enjoyed by ' ever)4'i^' present. ' Music, game-; a.d conte^JE were the forms of ami: . ment the prgtty and chartni.g ho toss. Dainty s efreshments we:- ? served and all the guests vote 1 t> ? 1 party one cf the most charmi.ig vents of the season. Slu.'iff Welsh and Deputy McL: ! raided and ciptured a large whiskc. , still about six miles above Beth.:*''. ? ion Saturday afternoon. The s*. was in operation, but the operate. < e.- -apod. The ollicers got live g.'Mo. - 'of new corn whiskey and destroyed about 1,000 gallons of mash. T ? writer is of the opinion that it v ou'.d be better for the eommun ty . > e.et the parties that operate tin ? stills ins. i.ad of merely breaking them up. up. Miss Mary Bcthune and a friend, of Hartsville. spent the pa; t week end with Miss Bcthune's aunt, Mrs. I?. 1). Kobe rt.- on. Mess. Nesbltt and Wilson, of Lan caster, are having a drive-in fillie ?" station erected > n the vacant lot i n Main street j n r- 1 below C. K. ( assa dy s store. Tom I'opeluiul left yesterday morn i!i'.r for Louisiana, where he h is go:: ? to live with his aunt. Horn, to .Mr. ami Mrs. Sid Mc'\. - Kill on Saturday night, 17th a son. Several person* :n tins vici: '!y haw recently installed radio out!/'. Miss Janie Hough loft last Thuis l:.y morning for Columbia, who.o ? hai accepted a positic n in the Raplr*. hospital as a trained nur.-e. The announcement of the the dca'h of Mr. Torn Arrant* on Saturd v caused profound sorrow among '";; manv friends al Rethune. Tun A rants was a good r.-an and his passing will lie a distinct loss to the business and civic life to the city of Camden, uul of Krrshaw coiwiy. i)ic:l ir. iiishopville. Mrs. Mary Shuford, widow rf th e late Rev. J. L. Shuford, died at her home in Bishopv'lle on Tuesday ??f last week. Mrjj. Shuford was and reared in this county. She was twice married. Her first husband, Mr. Hell, was killed in the confeder ate war about six months after their marriage, and some years later :-he married Mr. Shuford. She was n.i Isbell before marriage and death re moves the last one of the broth# s and sisters. Mrs. Shuford was a bout eighty years <>f age. Th" remains were taken to Summerton for burial Wednesday Mr. and Mr-. R. H Williams anci their son, Mr. M. 15. \\ illiams, of Camden, attended th-' funeral. Mr. , W liams was a ji i ? ? ^ _? of Mrs. Shuford. Resides Mrs. Wil liams there ate a number of other re latives in our coun'y of th s est i ma ?' v; lady, Mrs. C. W. Rwvhmore also being a niece of hers. HATCHING HA ilY CHICKS WITH MOTHKIt HEN. Clemson College, Feb. On f..!'n>*. that have on'y ">0 to 75 hens', thrt mother hen is a:i important f.". in hatching and raising the !> chicks, points out I). H. Hall, li',xt< - si .1 Poultry Specialist, who tells bo .w how to handle the sitters. With proper care and attention ting hens will produce a lartre in <>??'> ,? of chickens at comparatively snv.ii expense. The prenernl-purposo breed* such as Plymouth Rocks, Wyandot* Rhode Island Reds, and Oi pinK'" u ually make the best mothers; wt . .. the heavy and liirht. breeds do n >t an a rule mnkr (rood sitters or n Good care and attention si . n.i !>? given the sitting hen during t! ctibntion period. A good net : ill be prepared and made as comfortable as possible, with plenty of feed an I water provided at all times. The b. a should be dusted three times with a pood lice powder during the inch ?> tion period, as this practice is e i tial for health and vitality of tne i If strong, healthy baby chicks an > j be l al( hid all conditio*. s m:j ' .1 ! | favorable for them. When 1 ! "'<? cr hen hcKinv > liiil. i her ?'.<? .. ... is t lif bos' ! <?/ to leav her jilorif. If she ln,(f,Ma if.ut b,t-s. ?|] ||)(. firnt. hatched b.ihv chirk* should lie rcmo'.cd from ir,i? in1 t. The hon will then usually ti> i i on ?he : > ' ? v f until the ha'ih ia < .,1 ?-?!. f i r?t an early start in the (jar. Ion, say* I rof. (). Newman, Horti ? ul t Kj:i.it , in reminding us that Febru ary, March and April are very irri tant garden months.