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Camden, Karshaw County, South Carolina, April 8th, 1924. No. 27 SOCJEAL AND PERSONAL Mr. JameB A McCaskill, of Be thune, Route 3, was in Camden one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Williams, of Raleigh, N. C., came down Friday to visit the parents of the former, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Williams. Mr. W. G. Tucker, Jr., of New j York, who spent several weeks here | recently with Mr. Stephen B. Rob- 1 inson, his brother-in-law, ha9 return- 1 ed to Camden and will spend some time here. i Mr. and tars. H. G. Carrison, Sr., i are visiting their daughter, Mrs. | Waite, at Camp Benning, and will also visit Florida before their retnru \ home. I Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ticknor have J gone to Atlantic City. Mr. Ticknor has been quite ill, and he has gone j there for re ;t. His friends -are glad to learn that his condition is improv- | ing. ! The Court* Inn, which has had nji j very successful season, will close on j the l'th inst. They opened up on 1 Thanksgiving Day and it has always I been their custom to close in April. Mr. C. H. Yates, a prominent of- j ficial of the Bank of Camden, made a I brief vi it last week to Columbia. f I Mr. J. T. Houston, Camden's clever | young artist, left last week for Phila- I delphia. Capt. J. W. Hamcl, editor of the j Kerihaw Era, was in Camden yester day on business and while here paid us a pleasant call. I Mr. G. R. Clements, our faithfu! [ and efficient Libety Hill correspond- j cnt, was in Camden yesterday and j called to see us. His son, Mr. J. H. | Clement?, was also her^. v - I Rev. T. W. Godbold, of the St. Johns 1 and Rembert charges, was a visitor to j Camden yesterday. - ^ Miss Ethel Birchmore left yester- j day for a vitsit to her sister in Char lotte, N. O. lira. R. W. Coleman and baby went . to Chester last week to visit relatives. | Mr. J. C< Nicholcon, who has been laid up with rheumatism for the past ?j'eek or tfen days, has sufficiently re covered to be at his place of biBinoss again. Granted Bail. Steve Gardner, who accidentally ran ovor a small boy and killed tho little fellow with his cur, has been grnntea bail in the sum of $2,000 Judge M L. Smith represents him. The protracted meeting, which was in progress iji the Lyttleton Stree Methodist church for ton days, close ? Wednesday evening. Rev. Walter I Herbert, of Bennett sviile, as isted the pastor, Rev. W. II. Hodges. ,Mr. Her bert js no .-trangor in -Camden and has many friends her^' who were gin-' to see him ogain 6nd to hoar hiii. preach. He jw&a presiding elder of this district at one time. Friday night of this week some o i I the ladies of Camden will meet to organize a chapter of the Eastern j Star. There are some here who have ?' been a momber of the Eastern Star for quite a while, and they are active in getting up (t chapter here, and in v'te all those who are at present members to meet with them and any who may wish to join. Those wish ing to join are requested to send their names to John W. Wilson. To Run A Newspaper To run a newspaper, says tho Na tional Printer-Journalist!, all a fellow has to do in to bo ftble to write poems, discuss the tariff and money ques tions, umpire a barto ball game, re port a wedding, Raw wood, describe a fire ro that the readers will shed their wraps, make $1 do the work of $10, Rhine at a dance, measure calico, a buse the liquor habit, test whiskey, subscribe to charity, go without meats, attack free silver, wear dia monds, invent advertisements, sneer ' at snobbery, ovorlook scandal, ap praise babies, delight potato raisers, minister to the atfilictod, heal the dis gruntled, fight 4o a finish, set type unfold public opinion, sweep out the office, speak at prayer meeting and ? stand in with everybody and every thing. < / ; Chickens Going North. County Farm Agent J. W. Sanders has announced that a car load of poultry will be shipped to the north ern markets this montlr. The sched I ule is to load at Blaney, Thursday, April 17th, at Camden Friday, the 18th, and at Bethune Saturday, the 19th, and then the "birds" will be given through tickets without stop over privileges to the north and with no upturn tickets. All the old roost ers and "setting" or "sitting" hens have been invited, and especially those that "lie" rathen than "lay" when they cackle. Just what is to be pro vided for picnic dinners this surruner is getting to be u problem, and when the preacher comes around there will have to be a substitute for his favor ite dish, for if chickens are going north on excursions without return privileges, the chicken situation at home will become a serious problem. Has Nice Place. Last week we mentioned in a brief paragraph that the Harold D. Kinney Candy Company had opened up in the s'ore room formerly occupied by Mr. J. D. Munn. At the time we had not been in Mr. Kinney's place of business but after making a vi.-it there we found that he had it nicely arranged and is giving special attention to hav ing his establishment perfectly sani tary. He has a nice place and inci dentally remarked to us that he was thinking of offering a reward of one dollur this summer for every fly that | any one could find and catch in hi* place. We hope that he will d? we^ for he is giving close attention to ev ery detail and the one essential detail ? sanitation and the purity of his pro ducts. Death of Mrs. DePass. Mrs. Flora CI. DoPass, widow o? the late J. W. DePass, at one time a prominent attorney in Camden, died at the home cf her son, Mr. H. I. De Pass, of Charlotte, N. C., Friday morning. Mrs. DePass for many years was a resident of Camden. A good many years after the death of her husband she removed to Columbia and resided wi^h her children th$re. She "was on a visit to Thei* j&ii in Charlotte when she Tlied. Although advanced in years sho was apparently ir. very good health and her death came as a distinct shock to her fam ily and friendB. She was 77 years of age. She is survived by the following children: H. I. and M. M. DePass of Charlotte, N. C., Dr. A. R. De PasB and W. L. DePass, of Columbia, S. C. DePass, of Toronto, Canada, and Mrs. T. C. Lucas, of Columbia. Mrs. DePass was an exceptionally fine lady, and had scores of friends who are grieved to know that she has pas ed away. 'The remains whrc brought to Camden Saturday after noon for interment in the cemetery here to rest by the side of those of her husband. FROM THE DIRECTORS To the Grand Jury of Kershaw County. ? The Board of County Directors of Kershaw County at its first meeting held since tho present ation of your body to the Spring term of court for this county, desires to express to you its appreciation of the in crest which you have shown in tho ?.onduct of the affairs of the county as Evidenced in the said presentment. This board has always made caro^ fr.l examination of all claims pre sented against the county for the support of the road working ''forces, and has endeavored to keep tho main 'emjnce of these gangs on an econom ical basis and the board has gon3 ?carefully over all accounts to ^gee thnt no extravagnnce has b6en chargeable against them in the pnst. The effort will be diligently continued to see thnt the county expenditures are wisely and economically made. This board has taken carefully un- j ''er invest'gation all matters report ed to your body, and will take such action thereon as may be found ad | visable. This board would assure the Grand Jury that they welcome any construc tive criticism by their body or by any official or citizen of the 'county, and will always do everything in their power to correct any condition thnt may bo found needing attention. Respectfully, The Board of County Directors of Kershaw County. H. G. CARRfSON. April 1, 1924. By order of the Board, Laurens T. Mills, Clerk. To Meet in Camdrn in '.May. The Sumter District Conference will meet in Camden Tuesday and Wednesday, May 13th and 14th. Bishop Collins Denny will preside. mm. n. F.^wiiKF-Bis-ir-ciair Springs Jlome'. Spartanburg, April 3.? "Mrs N F Walker, wife of the head of 'the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, d.'od early today at the family residence at Cedar Springs, she had been critically V ill for sev i eral days. I _ I I'ore t Protection Weel; Proclaimed I by President. j Forest Protection Week for' 192 t has been designated^ by Prosident I tooLdge for April 21-27, inclusive, announces tho Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. In his proclamation, President Coolidge calls attention to the appal ling 1 usees that occur each year from forest fires, and urges all citizen*, cither :n Association or as individuals, to protect all wooded areas from fire. Governors of many states will issue proclamations supplementing the one issued by the President, and Arbor Day m several states will be observ od during Forest Protection Week. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and W. B. Greeley, Chief of the For est. Serv.co, have many times em phasized the importance of prevent mg l'orest fires, about 30,000 of which v very year sweep 11,000,000 acres of land^ Secretary Wallace has stated that eight out of every ten forest fires result from human carelessness and .UI'l not happen once the public is or night face to face with the serious losses these fires cause. These loss e fall especially heavy on the Amer ican public since the United Suites uses mare sawtimber than all other nations combined. ( hie^ l'?re.ter Greeley says it is not difficult for everyone to be care ful withNfire while in wooded areas. 'e are simple rules which, if ob served , will go far toward reducing the appalling number of man-caused forest fire.? reported every year: Be sure your match is out before throw ing it away; Don't throw cigars, cig arettes, and pipe ashes along tho roadside; Build small camp fires away from brush and small trees7 Never leave yaur camp fire unwatched; Make sure your camp fire ie dead then bury it; Keep in touch with for o t Rangerr and Fire Wafdei* <a?d report all* fires you may see, no mat ter how small; be as careful with fire while you are in wo6Ued areas as you would be in your own home. 4 Killed on S. C. "Roads inarch. ' Seventy Accidents Recordod by Statr Highway Department ? 50 Due to Carelessness As a result of the 70 accidents that were reported as occurring on the high ways of the state during the month of larch to the state highway depart ment, four persons were killed, 13 3er.ously injured with over 50 of the accidents directly due to carelessness speeding and intoxication. The report shows that there were 30 collisions between jfiotor cars, three with other vehicles and two with other objects. Twenty-two cars were overturned, 55 were seriously dam aged and 25 slightly damaged. There- was one accident at a rail road crossing and 5 on or near road crossing and 5 on or near bridges forty of the accidents occurred in tbfc daytime .and 30 after dark. Thirty, eight were on straight roads, 19 or. curves, five on paved* roads and 2fj on unpaved roads. Careless driving was reported as the cause of 22 of the accidents, speed ing caused 17 more, reckless ness due to liquor caused 15, dazzling light six, vo lights 4, ant) defects of the car nine. One of the fatalities was in the ense of a collision betweon J automobiles, two by overturning of the cars, and one pedestrian being hit j while walking with his team. Colum | bia Record. Farm Work Being Delayed The heavy rtins which heve fallen recently are delaying farm work, and you can hear farmers complain aboul the ground being "too wet." Some few farmers s believe in getting an enrly starf and have planted ,? part of their cotton crop already, hut tho cold rains may make it necessary to | plant over. A good deal of corn Khs nl I ready been planted. Beating the boll ! weeVil is a man's job, but we hope that I our farmers will all make fine crops I this year. , A Memorable Day. h'!- y, April 0th, wns the 7th an i r < ruy of Ihe ontrinco r.f our coun jty into the world war. This datq is ?T.h'e one in the lm'.ory of our country. Many of our splendid young men in the struggle that followed made the fuprema sacrifice for thai country. Tho armistice was signed < November 11th, 101ft. LIBERTY HILL. Mr. Editor ? After nearly two weeks of good working weather - we have had a few rainy qnd disagree able day9^ Friday night being quite blustering with a steady downpour of TK<> r \' ioggy and *m iMsM .''few days. Sunday evening a thunder storm a\id light rain passed over this place, but to the northeast of here. It look as if it might have been quite heavy. , Mr. L. P. Thompson was at Heath Springs a couple of days last week on business connected with a box fac tory being erected at that place in wieh he is interested. ^Interest in the raising of chickens Sflems to have been awakened in this community. Mr. W. ,A- Cunningham received an incubator some time ago ann others have been ordered and are expected to arrive and be put in com mifsion soon. We hope the venture may prove profitable and thus furn ish another source of "cash income" for our section. fc!r. It. B. Jones, who had a bad spell last fall, and whose health has not been very good since is now at F?i:neU's Infirmary at Rock Hill un dergoing treatment. We hope that he may receive much benefit and soon be at home again. Mr. and Mrs. F. B'. Floyd went re cently by motor car to Williston, where they visited relatives and al o attended the meting being held . hen- by I)r. \V. H. Miley and Mr. H. D. Buie, linger, who a short time ago closed a very successful meeting here. Di* Miley and Mr. Buie greatly en ieared themselves to our people while here and we hope that they may be with us again at some future time Rod Crosls* Inspections of School Children Atlanta, Ga., Ap$il 7: ? Eight Red Cro>s Public Health Nurses in South Carolina have inspected over 2,900 school children during the first two months of this year, according to fig ures just compiled at Red Cross Head quarters Jjtere. Inspections conducted by local physician? .with the assistance of Red Ciross nurses in 187 city and county 8<?ty^oU throughout 'the State havft in ducted careful examination of each child for defects which retard his physical and mental development. Many of these children were four^l.to have serious physical and mental troubles* a large number of which have boon corrected as ? result of these examinations and the follow-up work of Red Cross nurses. Communicable disea&es were found in a large number of the pupils who were excluded from the schools until the danger of infecting other children had parsed. . By such careful atten on the repr.rt. states the danger of serious epidemics in South Carolina is minimized. School authorities and teachers de clare that noticeable improvement is being made in the general standard of work done by the pupils in the schools of the state following the correction of physical defect*, which have pre> vented them from* attending school regularly or properly preparing their lessons. In addition to the work in schools Red Cross nurses in South Carolina have also given 409 health demonstra tions, classes and lectures, besides vis iting over 1,800 South Carolina homei whero sickness and disease require;! skilled nursing attention. Automobile Accident Yesterday. A near fatal automobile accident occurred on Broad street in front of Rhame Brothers store yesterday af ternoon about four o'clock. Mr. W. B. Branham was driving down in a Kord runabout and when h e reached the marble block in the middle of the street? tho turning point for acrs--he made a turn to go back up street, and just a& tie did so, James Green, a small white boy about ten years old, was riding ft bicycle which he had borrow ed from Keith Villepigue, another small white boy, awl was riding down street on the left hand side <Tf the street, and the car and bicycle col lided, throwing the little fellow vi olently on the paved street and the car ran upon him. Ho wjfB picked up and 'lurried to the Camden hospital. It was at first thought that he was seriously hurt, but after getting him to the hospital it was not thought that his injuries were very serious. His mother is^ widow lady occupying roomn in the old court house and just at present is a patient in the Camddn hospital. Mr. Branham, fortunately was driving at a very low rate of speed, otherwlse^the' buy might have been killod outright. He stopped his car just as quick as it was possible to do so, and expressed his deop regret at the accident which seemed cloarly unavoidable. BETHUNE NEWS Bethune, April 7. ? Pageland is to l^ave a cjtton mill, the capital hav- j ing bejn subscribed. The machinery , has been ordered shipped out July 1st, j and the mill is to be in operation thi* | fall. Now Bethune is an ideal loca- ; tion for a cotton mill and if as small i a place as Pageland can build a mill ' so can Bethune. Suppose our town gets busy and have a cotton mill at Bethune. It would mean much to this community. Th? trustees of the Bethune high school have purchased the lot just south of the Bethune hotel and will I erect a modern brick high school ] building thereon. It is hoped to ; have the building Completed for the j ftext session of the school. Mrs. W. E. Davis and little girl ! spent a Hay or so with her parents, Mr. nad Mrs. J. B. McSween, near Darlington, last week. The members of the Loafers' Club ! have begun their daily game of pitching horse shoes, since the weath er has warmed up. Misses Tyler and Gaines, teachers in the Bethune school and a few students of tlje high school enjoyed a hike -to the Big Spring last Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. Amber Outlaw, wife of Mr. i Da* OutRnv, who lives j^ust below' town, is quite low with tuberculosis. ! Miss Nanoline Tyler, one of the teach ers in the Bethune School and sever- j al members of her Sunday school i class, visited Mrs. Outlaw on Sunday afternoon and while there sang sev- I eral hymns, accompanied by Miss Ty ler on the violin. Miss Ella Gardner, of Kershaw, is 1 spending a few days in town with re- \ latives. J. E, G. | State S. S. Convention. Arrangements have been completed : for a three-day conference of teach- | ers and parents of young people to be held at Sumter in connection with th'j State Sunday School Convention, May 6-7-8, and a program covering various phases of wx>rk with boys and girls has beeYt Among the speakers who will take part are Prof. E. S. Lotspeich of Nashville, superintendent West End ! Methodist Sunday School and head of ! the boy's Work Department of the Southern College of Y. M. C. A Prof. Lotspeich will give a series of lectures and conferences on "Building Boy hood", for fathers and teachers of boy* ' Mrs. Geo. E. Davis of Orangeburg, head of the young people's division of he Baptist Women's Missionary in State will conduct a similiar scries of conferences for mothers and teachers of girls. Dr. W. Edward Raffety of Phila J^lph'a will give inspirational ad dresses and conduct conferences on methods of work for teachers ai)d par ents, with special reference to home training. Dr. Kaffety has been for several years editor-in-chief of the American Baptist Publication So ciety, resigning that position last njonth to become editor of the Inter national Journal of Religious Educa tion. He represents officially the In ternational Sunday School Council of Religious Education, to which the South Carolina Sunday School Associ ation is auxiliary. A reduced rate of one and one-half tare for tho round trip on the identifi cation certificate plan has been grant ed by the railroads for this rrt'easion. Credentials entitling delegates to pur chase tickets at this rate may be se Jturetf form I,eon C. Palmer, general superintendent South Carolina Sun day Schol Association, Spartanburg. Election Today. 'The election for Mnyoj and six alder men is being hold today. At the hour of going to press it looks very much like nnother democratic victory, a reg ular land slide, so much so that, wo, in anticipation of the result, extend our hearty congrntulakions to the nomine*^ The ticket being voted to day is as follows: Mayor, H. G. Gar rison, Jr.; Alderman ward one, W. L. Jackson; Ward two Oscar J. Smyrl; Ward three, J. H. Osbourne; Ward four, E. C. Zomp; Ward five, D. O. Houser; Ward 0, W. R. Hough. Our city affairs will be in safe hnnda for the next two years. Never before have candidates been declared the nominees without a vote, a splendid testimonial to their efficiency. The election today is meerly a legal re quirement to confirm the nominations declared some weeks ago. Civilization is threatened when the r.oil i? robbed. Whitaker-Sowell Kershaw, April 5. ? A wedding of much interest which was solemnized last Thursday night at the First Baptist ch'irch of Kershaw, was thut of Miss Madeline Katherine Sowell and Anderw Burnet Whitaker. Miss Guy Skipper was pianist, Just before the bridal party entered, Mr. Arthur L. Humphries sang "I Love You Truly" and "O Promise Me." To the strains of Lohengrin's wed ding march, the bridal party entered using the two aisles in the church. First came the ushers, B. D. McDon ald and Hazel Plyler, followed by Hu bert Sowell, brother of the bride and Gorver, Bluokwell, of Camden. Then came little Misses Gene Culvern and Susie Emma Nelson and Annie Grace Cl.vburn, and E-tehr Jenkins, who opened the gates for the bridal party to enter. These were followed by Miss Annie Mae Carson in a lovely yellow dress and Miss Harriett Whit aker in a beautiful pink dress. Then came Mr. Tom Ancrum and Mr. Eu gene Lenoir. Then came Miss Connie 1'lyler, in a lovely orchid dress and Mis- Bernice Sowell, s.ster of the bride, in blue. These were followe I by Jack Mackey and Len Kirkiand of Camden. The bridesmaids carried lovely bouquets of roses to match their dresses. The dame of honor, Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., and the maid of honor, Miss Gertrude Sowell cousin of the bride, entered next. They were fol lowed by the dainty little flower girl, little Miss Jean Plyler in orchid geog gette over pink and the rinK bearer, .Master Edward Lee Plyler, who car ried the ring in the heart of a lily. The bride entered on the arm of her father by whom -slu was given m marriage. She was lovely in her wed ding gown of white satin. Her veil was held with a coronet of pearls and a short veil covered her face. She carried a bouijuet of lilies, showered wi.h sweet peas. She was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Jack Whitaker, Jr., his brother. The ceremony which united the?.i was performed by Ilev. B. L. Black well, of Spartanburg, cousin of the bride, assisted by Rev. George L. Smith, the bride's pastor. _ _ - A reception was held immediately after the ceremony at the home of th>) bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sowell. The guests were welcomed by Mrs. B. J. Truesdale and Mrs. F. E. Culvern, and presented to the re ceiving line by Mrs. John Jenkins and Mrs. E. fc. Brasington. The receiving line consited of Mr. and ^(lrs. R. G. Sowell, parents of the bride; Mr and Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Sr., father and mother of the gi'oom, ai^d the biidal party. The bride and groom stood under a canopy of ferns and lilies. Mrs. Q. A. Williford presided over the bride's register. Mrp. R. C. Lake and Mrs. Frank Clyburn received in the gitt room and Mrs. I). R. Starling and Mrs. R. K. Tompkins welcomed the guests into the dining room, where a delicious salad course follow ed by mints was served by Misses I valee Car.-, on, Mildred Pace, Nancy Dempster and Estehr McCaskill. Mis E. K. Plyer nad Mrs. Wm. Britt, of Lumberton, N. C., assisted in tne din ing room. Mrs. Boyd Magill and Mrs. Nillon Plyler poured coffee and Mrs. W. T. Redfearn and Miss Mar garet Blythe presented ^ each guest with a box containing a piece of bride's cake. Mrs. J. B. Bozeman, Miss Kuth Black, Mrs. Loring Davis and Mrs. John Truesdale presided at the punch bowls. Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker left during the evening for Florida where they will upend their honeymoon. The bride traveled in a blue suit with gray nat and accessories to match. Out of town guests besides thoso in the bridal party included: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Corbett, Mr. and Mr?. Whit Lenoir, Miss Charlotte Shannon, Miss Lou Nettles, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whitaker, Sr., and Mr. and Mrc. C. C. Whitak ?m\ Jr., of Camden" Mrs. I'" C. Black well and Mrs. J. 1?. Bozeman of Spar i.anburg; Miss Alleen McBrayor, of Charlotte, N. C., '>i>s. Wm. Britt ?f i/umborton, N. C., Mrs. T. H. Cheat im, Mrs. J. K. Knight, Miss Marie Ca-key, Misses Etta and Alleen Ply i lc?r. Miss Leola Sapp, Mrs. C. B. Skip per, and Miss Etta Skipper of l*an caster. * LIVE OAK ( AMP. NO. *?. W. O.W. Live Onk Camp N'o. W. O. W ., meets the second and fourth 1 hurs day evening in each month. All visiting sovereigns welcome. E. B. BIJDDEN, C. C. W. A. MARSHALL, Clerk. thai aroddiluuu This h campaign ye ir. Subscribe for .he Messenger.