The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 26, 1924, Image 1

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The Wateree Messenger 9 ^ ' t-ts DVANCE PER aVKUM \ "The H-ud of the nni?r?n? cu.n d...-? 1 ERMS : $1.50 IN ADVANCE PER A^M \ >The H-ad of the Diligent Shall Rule" CHAS. w. BIRCHMORE, PRO, Vol. 40 J i\ Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, February 26 1924 tit. V ^ No- 21 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Bernard Baruch, prominent fi nancier of New York, accompanied by his son, Bernard Baruch Jr., were visitors to Camden last week. Mr. Baruch is a native of Camden and ha^ many friends here who are always delighted to have him visit his olu homo town. His penercsity to th< Camden hospital has wo.', for him a warm place in the heu. is of the peo ple of Crmden and Kershaw county. M.?. and Mrs. H. . L. Schlosburg. have returned form a trip to Cuba. 1 hey report having had a fine time. Mrs. W. W. Bates and little son, of Orangeburg, are visiting Mrs. Bates' parents in Camden, Judge and Mrs. M. L. Smith. A meeting of the -general circle composing the four circles of the Lyt- 1 tleton street Methodist church, held a meeting at the Methodist parsonage \ Thursday evening. Dr. and Mrs. \V. II. Zemp, Mr.. John T. Nettles, Jack Netile and 13: dr. y Zc.ap ir. .or > \ to Colombia \\ c.'r.osdr.y to i:ci Sou Th y J wcie well pica c .i wi: i the.1 t.ip. I r . cf. Vashir..';Son Clark, prir* p;.' cf the Camden High School, and St , rec do i?oach, a popu'ar hank civil: motored over to Ilartsville Sunday t visit some friends there. Ill r 3. Eettie Hcwe, of New York, i i visiting at the home of her biothe. { Mr. M. Baruch. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nettles, I):- I \V. Robin Zemp ar.d John T. Ne'.tle | went to Columbia Tuesday, 1): { ',.emp ar.d i h Mes.-rs. Nettles wen. | over to attend the annual meeting of i the State Building and Loan Arsoci- | ation. Dr. Zemp was elected one of j the executive committeemen. Mr. | L. A. Wittkowsky, the re.iring pros- I ident of the association, was also i:. attendance upon the meeting. Mr. George. Wittkowsky came homo j Sunday to, spend his 21st birthday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A V.".; I'toweky. t.'idga par.y ..... driven Friday evening af th" ho'-.-e rf Mrs. Julia Kn..,ip und..- t.\c ... < of the local (' "tor, D Ta'jles were one v. ...ar each. Mr. and M.:.. Y> . . Kirkbrido en t.'.l:ihed r . . v, Adelle, aivi r number cf 'cr : ir"n.nd3 from Aiker 1 .11 house p..:'-,/ u .. their home, Co-> Spiirg.', n shv..-:. :ance north o! C./.vulen, this \ r':. "Aunt Dinah's Cabin," at Mul berry, a few miles south of Camdnn where teas are r.crvrd, i ' bccomint. very popular with n large rrtimber of tho tourjst 8 who arc in Camden. Gymkana wa ? observed at the K'rkwood hotel I *; id y. This medley of sports is quit 3 popular. Miss Dorothy Smith, daughter of Judgo a".d Mr-. M. L. Smith, has le turned homo from a visit of some to Sh: v ,vportr I, a. Mrr,. JanH?r, N. Kirven, of Darling ton. wan tho guest of her sister ?? 1 's I wc^'!;, Mr:;. J. P.. IUiamo and Mi s j M attic Gerald. Yr. & Mrs. Henry Savage returned home last week from a visit tn Florida. Another Killing Near Beth., no. Bothmvj. Feb. 24--Bakei/ Hart, a young neg-o ronn, wn : shot ind al most 1 ? In tlv 1 "1 about !0?H0 o' 1 c'ock ?. t ni'.rhl < 1 the edge of this tow;: by RrV.iv Gaddi*, another ne gro. i r 10 killing occurred at the He- 1 thuno nogro school house, at which n 1 "tacky paity" was being held. The troublo started because, it is alleged, Gaddis was cursdng>iu the presancr of Hart's wife to which Hart objected. It Is claimed that Will Graham, an other negro handed a pi.Uol to Gad dis, who shot Hart one time, the ball entering the right breast, killing him almost instantlyr An inquest was held yesterday morning by Gororter Ru-sell and the jury held Gaddis teapom:iblo for Hart's death. The two negroes, Gad dis and Graham, were taken to the Camden jail yesterday morning to a walt the noxt term of court. Take care of the acreage in food and feed crops and the cotton acre age will take care of itself. jMr. de LoTfcl^Jn forms .Mr. Kirkley. | 1 he W ateree Messenger: 1 Ip the last issue of tho Wateree Messen-cr, Mr. D. M. Kirkley fays i he wants information as to the fee I pa d T. J. Kirkland and W. B. De Loach by the Board of Directors .for L its haw county creating a Board of for. He says "surely" the directors l^i nol pay the fees to gu into of. ' c' ' 's correct in this surmise, i as the Board of Directors were al J't'at.y in odice, having organized I wilder an Act of the Legi lature for I Kershaw coun'v .crcV.ting a Boar of Directors for the said County and un j der wl\ eh Act they had been duly appointed, said Act having: been pas I sed by the Legislature in its session in 1923. The Board of Directors, af tor their organization, demanded the office in the Court House of Kershaw | C ounty which was biing occupied by j the old Board of Commissioners and . demanded the books, papers, record.-, and documents relating to the county (Government of Kershaw County. I This demand, the Board of County Comniis.- ioners refused. Thereafter the Board of Directors obtained an order from Chief Justice Kugene B. Gary requiring the Old Board of i Ccunty Commissioners to -how cause before the State Supreme Court why j ! ecords of the office should not be' . 1 \ red *.o the Board of Directors I ? ? i.eit- .aw ( 'un'.y ,nd the proJ j -.u.ngs were t .lereai i* fi '.-il in the 1 :>vina! jui isticlion of the ..aid ?'-.it and by the said Court was :-':;rdvupon the proceedings contmen-j >i by tho Board and after the re- 1 u:-n of the old Board of County , >>:nmi sioners, who contended amoiiK .other things that the Act was un ?onstitut onal, void and of no effect. All of the questions were argued be fore the State Supreme Court and the I ?'o;1;'t ' unanimously decided that, when the demand was made by the Hoard of Directors as stated in the petition, there should have been a .onipliance therewith by the Old ..'.ill of County Commissioners." i he Board of Directors did not bring !ri.<; i rjceeding to try the title to the If they had they would have heen required to pay the fee out of their own pocket) but the proceeding was by the whole Board for the ben efit of Ker-haw County as t]ie Board of Directors could not enter upon the discharge of their duty without the t.fljce, books and records. From wljat I have heard the Board of Di rectors say, I do not believe that a -ingle one of the Directors wanted the ollice, but accepted the same as a } ati iotic duty after they had been ui ged to do so. This is one instance in which , I think, the ofTice sought the man and not the man the ollice. The amount of the fee referred to w as a reasonable fee for the services performed. Neither Mr. Kirkland nor 1 would have charged an unrea onable fee and I have no apologies to make to anyone for the amount I charged for my services in the pro ceeding-!. No one disputed the right of tho members of the old Board of f -unty Commissioners to contest the right of the Board of Dirr.ctoos to tho . ecords of the ofllce but having ro-, lested that right, the Biard of Direc tors as such were forced to appeal to he Courts which they did and they ^ ere successful [ am' sure D rectors to the records of the of 't.o but bavin:* contested that right, ihe Board of 'Directors as such were .'lived to onpeal to the Courts which they did ?nd were successful. I am -ure anyone can get a record of this roceedir.g if they will apply to the 'T>rk of the State Supreme Court of "O ith Carolina. I feel sure that if anyone will study the reports of tho Hoard (.f Directors for Kershaw County they w, 11 see that no money was wasted by them and that they have economically administered their office for the benefit of Kershaw County. Respectfully submitted, W. B. de LOACH. .Death of n Young Mnn. I J It is with ?incure regret that we nn I nounee the death of Mr. Lewis H. Peebles, son of Mr. R. I.. Peebles, who resides in the lower section of our county, which occurred at his father's I home on Wednesday of last week, af ter a brief illness with pneumonia. Ho was 20 years of ago at the time of his denth. I/ewis Peebles was a fine young fellow, clean and upright in all of his dealings. He hnd made a fine record for himself by his honesty and ? de '"d deportment and his death . deeply regretted in the community j in which ho lived. The'remain* wore In ?erred Thursday at the Barnes Bury ing ground with masonic honors. We extend to his father and family our sympathies in their sad bereave ment. NEW EDUCATIONAL BILL. i State to Finance Schools Six Months. 1 ?Will Cost This County $6,800' for Schools of Other Counties Columbia, Feb. 21. ? Special: The Senate toduy by a vote of 35 to 0 passed the bill from the committer on education to provide for a ( months school term for every school in the State. This is the bill whi6h | I forecosted a week ago would have considerable strength in the Senate 1 and probably would be substituted j for the Bethea plan. But nobody looked for such a landslide. ' Under the provisions of the bill it ? will require six million dollars for a j smiicient appropriation to pay all ! teachers salories. The three mill con | stitutional tax would be applied to meeting the expense in each school district and the remainder of the re quired revenue 'is to be supplied by the State. Far From Ideal. This bill is far from being ideal, but so would any bill be that provid ed for the State to assume support of the educational system of the State. Among the counties which pay for the support of schools in other coun tiesties will be the following: Aiken, $16,400; Allendale, $4,600; Barnwell, $6,300; Berkeley, $4,000; Beaufort, $6,300; Calhoun, $4,00; Charleston; $326,779" out of a total of $557,623 collected7 Cher kee. $12,000; ? .ington, $11,000; Fairfield, 25,000; Georgetown, $11,00; Greenwood, $26, 030,; Jasper, $K,000; Korsh .w, $6,800; Lee, $5,500; Marlboro, $20,0007 New berry, $5,000; Richland, $138,000; Sumter, $13,000; Union, 3,000. Benefiting Counties. The beneficiary counties of this plan are: Abbeville, $4,100; Ander son, $17,000; Bamberg, $3,400; Barnwell, $1,4007 Chesterfield, $54, 00.; Clarendon, 17,500; Colleton, $20, 000 Dillon, $3,600; Dorchester, $10,- , 500; Florence, $71,000; Green villi.', $52,500; Horry, 160,000; Lancaster, $36,5007 .Laurens, $18,000; Lexing ton, $43,000; McCormick, $3,000j Oconee, $62,000; Orangcbug, $28,000; Pickens, $43,500; Saluda, $33,000; Spartanbug, $8,000; WiUiamsbiyrg, $18,500. Under the present ay stem Charles ton's loss would be $306,007 Richland, $105,000; Chester, $39,000; Aiken; $49,000 and so on. In other words the proposed new bill compares very well with the present. The only juestion to be Fettled when the bill '.roes lo House is whether or not v.he ? House can offer a befcicr plan as a substitute. Charleston and Richland will be paying half million dollars in to the other counties of the State on the present basis of calculation. That is waht they are paying now. William Banks Enters Upon Prison Term. K. S. Villepigue, who was convicted in the last term of court for this county of violation of the prohibi tion law and given a straight sentence of one year in the penitentiary, was taken to Columbia last week and placed in the prison to Berve his sent ence. He appealed to the supreme court, but his appeal was turned down. He had been convicted upon a similar charge on at leant two pre vious occasions. The last time his sentence was suspended as a result largely of some friends who mnde an appeal in court for him, after he had entered a plea of guilty. Mr. Ville pigue is now an old man, well passed his three Fcore years and ten, and i* in good financial circumstances. Hi was in the confederate war. Competitive Examination for Post master. The United States Civil Service Commission, at the request of the postmaster general, announces that a competitive examination for post master in Camden. This examination will be held under the President's order of May 10, 1921, and not under the civil service act and rules. Competitors will not be required to report for examination at any place, but will be rated upon education and I training, business experience and fit ness. Applicants can apply at the postofTice in Camden for form 2241 and form 2213 containing defin'to in formation in regard to the examina tion. The po it ion pays $2700 a year an:i the term begins in April. Masonic Communication, .he regular monthly communis tion of Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A. F. M., will be hel l Tuesday ^vening, Mar::h 4'h, at eight o'clock. The Ma: ter Mas n degree will bo con ferred at t hi time. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. ? W. F. Nettles, W. M. M. Billings, Sec'y. Death of Mrs. Bell. It was with sincere sorrow thut we learned of the death of Mrs. Bell, widow of Mr. It. H. Bell, of Westville, which occurred Sunday night at the home of her son Mr. R. L. Bell,, with whom she had lived since the death of her husband. Mrs. Bell was one of the most estimable ladies of our county and all who knew her recog nized in her one of the noblest and truest spirits that ever lived. A de voted christian, a gentle and sympa thetic friend, and neighbor, a patient and good mother, she was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Bell was about 75 years of age und had spent her long and useful Jife in the community in which she died. Her husband died many year.* hgo and left her with two children t ?> rear--Mr. Luther Bell and Mrs. T. B. Clyburn. She was a sister of Mr-. \Y F. Russell, Sr., of our city, and is al so survived by several other sisters j and a large family connection, lh-r j death comes to us as a personal los for it was our privilege to visit her ] many times in her home and well did J we know the gcnr.inene:* ? of h?r friend j hip for us. We shr.ll m". h.'r but ? the meomry of this g< <> i w:m:m \v:!l \ 'over live wi'h m. l.tr remain- were laid to rest in the bur/nig rim ir.d at Damascus church yesterday at two I o;clock in the preserve of a large ( number of sorrow n ; f i iuls and re latives, where : ho h .?'? s. ofler> wo j shippped a^d for many years* had be; n a consistent member. To the bo- ? leaved family we offer our sincere | ?y:r.pathy. i Get-together Cotton Campaign. The Get-together Cotton Campaign | sponsored by the Camden and Ker shaw County Chamber ?>* Comvu-rco j i" r^o-ornticn v'.h ( u Ag'-n. j : t * r*t Tw?. . j '? : y 2">'h, and j ?v l'n:e through S. M. ?.??!? 1 i The policy edopi.ul hv t a > ( :mv. ' on Arrangements is to Jv.irat ? Pur. t Seed, Poisoning, and acreage no hug en than in 1923. The meetings held will be more of a nature of confer ence wi?h the planters than a tour of sp?ech?making. A great good can develop from these meetings if our friends in the various communities would come out The business men of Camden who will accompany the speakers will not at tempt in any way to dictate the form policy, but only hope to show the right spirit of friendly cooperation between business man and tf armor that they feel, and which is so neces sary for the growth and prosperity of county and town alike. The schedule iR as follows: Tuesday, Feb. 20th, Bank of Cam den Day. Ancrum Boykin, C. P. ->u Bose, R. N. Shannon, A. E. Kennedy. These will be at LugofT 10 A. M., Ra bon's X-Roads, 11:30 A. M., Blanev 2 P. M., Crescent 4 P. M. Wednesday, February 27th, Loan & Savings P. a nk. L. C. Shaw, It. M. Kc.w.c.'.y, Jr., Wnltor Sorrell, W. L. Del Ar.'.ioch Is A. M Mt. Zion, 2 P. M., Ca ra'jt, 3:.?,a P. M., Shep pard's 5 P. M. Thursday, February 28th, Fifst Na tional Bank. J. W. Cantey, II. Sav age, C. C. Coster, W. R. Zemp. Be thune, 10 A. M., Timrod, 11:30 A. M., Gates School, 2:30 P. M., 3 C's, 4 P. M. Friday, February 29th, Peopl s Bank, W. F. Nettles, W. E. Johnson, E. J. Trotter, J. W. Sanders. Cantey School, 10 A. M., Piedmont, ll:30</\. M., Liberty Hill, 2:30 P. M. Saturday, March 1st. Court House Camden, 11:00 A. M. General Meeting Piny to Bo Given at School Auditorium. Lady Wldormore'-* Fan will br presented by the Columbia S!nge Society Monday evening, Mjirch 2nd. under the auspices of the Camden City Schools in the school auditorium The <ame company- that present ed '"Dulcy" with such pleasing effect some time ago will pre-ont this play, which is said to he exceptionally at tractive. Reserved seat5' are now on | sale nt Dr, W. Robin Zomp's drug store at $1.00. Play begins nt K:30| o'clock next Monday evening. LOST One hunch of keys with my name on tag in ring. Reward will be given) for their return to C. E. Marshall, Rt. No. 1, Box 10, Camden, S. C. In last 20 1 ' !.GK> shares of :-toc^ ir.'-.i ' <1 by c is and e lertric utility , companies of the country have beer purchased by 227 170 percona, nearly aM of them rosi dents of th" communities served by the companies. KERSHAW COUNTY BILL - The Following is the SupVg^ Bill for Kershuw County for t!.^ >ar jfi m Section 1. That a tax of v and one-half mills to be erpcnded ?'j|Mcre inafter provided is hereby levi\*?[ 'pon all t lie taxable property in K\^?*iaw County for County purposes for the year commencing January 1st, 192.: Item 1. Roads and Bridges: Permanent Road Improve ment $7,000.00 Convicts and Maintenance of Road Working Organiza tion 18,000.00 ; Total ' '00.00 ; Item 2. Salaries: ; Clerk of Court 51,000.00 I Sheriff $1,500.00 I Treasurer $6GG.67 Auditor G6G.G7 | Clerk to Clerk of Court GOO. 00 Superintendent of Education 1,-lOO.W Attorney -100.00 Physician 2.">0.00 Coroner 500.00 Janitor of Court Mouse 180.00 Janitor of Jail G00.00 Chairman of Board of Directors 100.00 Three County Directors at $200.00 each GOO.OO Clerk to County Board of Directors 300.00 Judge of Probate 200.00 Constables 2,500.00 Mileage for Constables Con veying Prisoners to County .Jail and Chaingang, 10c ore way 200.00 County Nurse 1,600.00 j (That this amount snail be paid to tho Vice-President of the Kershaw County Public Health Nursing As sn. , a!;U: M-.u.- 2,500.00; '.V .1 1 1 . :v J $15,363.3 1 , ilt '< Boards: , -So "? ? . <?f 1'iiii..i7.ation and As sessors Five Dollars per day and 10c per mile for each mile traveled one way 3J0.0.; j Hoard of Education . ^ 150.00.1 Board of Registration 150.00) Total of Item 3 $600.00 including Dieting of Prison ers $1,500.00 Item 5. Jurors and Witnesses. Jurors and Witnesses $7,500.00 Salary, Solicitor Fifth Circuit 200.00 Salary, Stenographer 200.00 Total of Item 5 $7,900.00 Item 0. County Home, Poorhou.ie and Poor .... $3,000.00 I ; m 7, Post Mortcms, Inquest ;;nd Lunacy 700.00 Item 8. Public Biildings, Item 4. Jail Expenses, inc luding Water, Fuel, Lights and Insurance 1,500.00 and Stationery 2,000.00 Item 10. Miscellaneous Con tingent: Total Item 10 3,769.50 Miscellaneous Fund 3,500.00 Vital Statistics 209.50 Total Item Item 10. . . . 3,769.50 Item 11. Home Demonstra tion Agont 1,500.00 Farm Demonstration Agent 1,000.00 Total of Item 1 1 2,500.00 Item 12. Pa t Indebtedness and Interest on County Indebtedness 12,300.00 GRAND TOTAL $,77,232.84 Less estimated Revenue oth er than taxation 4,000.00 1 Amount to be raised by Tax ation $73,232.?4 SEC. 2. The Sheriff shall receive in addi'on his regular salary, his necssary e: ;>ensos and five (5c) cents per mile for each mile traveled ir going and returning when called be yond the limits of the county on official business, to wit: Serching for fugitives, conveying prisoners to the State Reformatory, and convey ing criminals to the Penitentiary", and sixty-five (05) cents per day fo? dieting each prisoner while de tained in the County Jail or other wise in his custody. See. 3. That there shall be paid to each member of the Board of Registration Fifty ($5^00) Dollars for seven day- of extra time required tb Jtraighten up the registration books during the year 1923. Thv loc.il exchange connection for a tele no ii the Magistrate's office at V p t'd when uvel for the r o" the Ma gistrate mil State Con st. iides in their official duties. Sec. 4. The Governor upon the lecQtfitnend at ion of the majority of ? he County Legislative Delegation xhall appoint two State Constable I for Kershaw County to enforce the I LIBERTY HILL. Mr. Editor ? The good weather i which had prevailed for sever 1 ] weeks gave place last week to so : i eral days of rainy, disagreeable Wi - 1 ther, putting a stop to all plowing f ? r i the week and causing the roads to l>e muddy and bad to travel over, and '? . is now rainy again, so it looks, as u farm work is to be still further d . layed. Some of our farmers a: > j hauling their fertilizer and it won't be long until the air will be filioj with the aroma of the 8-3-3 cotto*i producer ? if the bjll weevil permits. Mr. Arthur Jordan has moved his saw-mill from the Cedar Creek s?v lien to lands of Maj. J. G. Richard; about a mile east of the "Hill" where he will probably be located for for'.: time. i I left on Friday of last week for a week end trip to my son E. L. Clem ents, in the Shiloh section. 1 w;n ' joined at Pleasant Plains, near Kcr | shaw by my daughter, who made ti e ! trip with me. We spent Frid y night very pleasantly with relative: in Bishopville, and continued the trip ^ to Ed's on Saturday. We found them well and pleasantly located about t> miles out from Lunchburg. The two littlt girls, Annie Belle and Lottie, who made their home with us nearly ? two years, were glad to see "grandma" ahd "sister" ? their aunt ? again. But they seem to be happy and doing fine with their new mama. Since returning from Sumter your "scribe" has been preity well oc u pied nursing a painful and persistent infected boil on his face. We are glad that it is now better. Several days ago our Postmaste" was also interested (?) in caring for a "battery" of small boils under his arm. We hope they are better, too. Hon. N. S. Richards is at home lo r '.he week end. J. P. Richards, Lancaster county'-, popular Probate Judge, spent Satur u ?y and Sunday here with his parents Hon. and Mrs. N. S. Richards, as diu also their son, P. G. Richards, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. L. A. Perry, who is now em ployed near Ker haw, was here last week. Mr. R. H. Hammond, who is now employed in the auditing department of theAnderson Motor Co., Rock ili.l was invitin his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hammond at Stoneboro last week. Valued Colored Subscribers. The Messenger has had on it ? mailing list for a number of years t:.ie rames of some representative color ed people of this county and we ap drich, of the Shamrock section, is one preciate their patronage. J. W. Al of them and he called at our office yesterday to renew his subscription and to ask that the paper be "con tinued right along." He occasional ly writes a letter to The Messenger and always appears cheerful and ap preciative. He says that when de flation same a year or so ago he got behind and badly behind like a good many others, but now despite the boll weevil he has been able to wipe out his debts and is getting on solid ground again. He is a very indust rious colored man, and always has a kind word for his white neighbors. Some years ago when we attended j mooting of the World's Sunday School Convention and told about th ? banners that were carried in a hit parade and about seevral colored delegates from South Carolina who were in the parade with the delegat from this state, John got enthusm;; tic and wrote us that he wishe.i lv could have been there, and could ha . ? had a banner with the inscription. "Where white people go negroes will follow." law: Provided, That they shall i.ot be required to serve papers in c ;? 1 proceedings. They vhall keep a report of each days' activities and actual expenses incurred therefrom, and present the same to the County Hoard of Directors at the monthly meeting of the said Dirfctors, rnd they shall further furnish a re- ?> . of their work to the Governor whn he so desires. Upon a satisfactory report furnished to the Board < r Directors at their monthly moetin;: the Bonrd of Direcrs shall honor r." I M\y the claims of tlie said Gons'aM s in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-five ($125 00) Dollars pjr month, as salary, and oxpenses not exceeding Thirty ($30.00) Dollars per mon'h. The Governor may remove for ?* at any time the State Con stable appointed under the provision i of thiA Act. The salary and expense* herein provided for shall be paid out of the General Fun dn of tho County. Sec. 5 Thin Act ?hall take effect j immediately upon ltd approval by the J Governor.