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IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM The H-inJ of the Diligent bhkll Rule". * Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, May 6, 1924. CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, PROP ( ^ No. 3 1 . SOCIAL AND PERSONAL & Mrs. and Mrs. A. P. DuBose, of 'Greenville, are visiting the former's mother in Camden. ?<? Mr. B. F. Hasty, a theologica) stud ent who is taking a course at Louis ville, Ky., is at home on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Hasty. n Mrs. W. E. Hendrix is now occupy. Ing the residence on the corner of Lyttleton and Rutledge streets, have moved there last week. ' Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Bessell and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Emerson and' their ?three lovely little daughters, of Co lumbia, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Sanders. ? ' Mrs. M. F. Evans, of Kershaw, ac companied by her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Beckham, also of Kershaw, came to Camden Thursday to visit the latter's sister. Mrs. Beckham returned to Kershaw in the afternoon but her mother will spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Brasington. Mr. L. E. Barfield, of near Kershaw, was a pleasant caller at our office this morning. Mr. J. T. Munnerlyn, who has been : with the R. L. Bryan Ctynpany, Co- | lumbia, for some time, was in Cam- 1 r, den this morning. He was at one ' time superintendent of education j for Lee County and is a can- i didate for this position again at the j coming primary elation. He made ' a very efflcent officer and stands a I fine chance of being elected to this ' position again. Thanks. We return thanks to Mr. J. H. An- j derson for a basket of choice straw- 1 berries left at our office this morning. . Mr. Anderson gives conaideable at- j ?tentnon to the cultvation of staw- 1 berries, and has the fiver-bearing va riety. Rev. W. A. Beckham, of George town, brother of* Mrs. W. F. Russell, Jr., of Camden, was a visitor hero Sunday and preached an interesting sermon in the Methodist church Sun ] day morning. | Banks to Close Friday. Each of the local banks will close ! Friday, May 9th, instead of Saturday, [.which will be memorial day. This change was made for the convenience of the customers of the banks. f A Word to Subscribers. ?: \We want to say a word to our sub scribers, especially those who are in Arrears with their subscription to "'this paper. It costs as much to pro duce a newspaper in the dull season ns [f it does at any other time, we must have casji to meet our obligations. Some have allowed their subscription--. llLJiet cnosiderably behind, while w.? Pi. have indulged them in this with the expectation that they would pay up. ' We now call on each of those who are behind with their subscrip ion ac counts to let us have the amount due us, for we are unable to indefinitely jr carry these accounts without a settle >: ment of what is past due. Unless the I; accounts are paid we will be forced reluctantly to drop at least some names lrorn our mailing list. K Has Another Sale. The Pinnix Land Company, of Greensboro ? Gastonia, N. C., have | within the lait year conducted Severs! auction sales in Cumden and in this county. They recontly sold tho Maj. ^ 'Adams property at auction and secur ed good prices for it. Saturday they * sfl the property of Mr. J. S. Dunn, a ft part of the old Meroney place east of' Camden. This property brought at ^ tractive prices, averaging perhaps more than $150 an acre. It was cut up into small lots of 25 ft each, some few around a 100 feet, and several t small tracts of Ave or six acres. The Pinnix Land Company know their business, and the sales made by them Mtf conducted in a business-like way, [/ and those in charge of the sales are about as clever a set of fellows as you usually meet. /The facets they seem "to have such a good opipion of the value of dirt in this neck of the woods ij that we would like to have them lo cate here. They would make good ?%? Ifne Horation secton to rendtr ?Kuch aid as might be possible. The dtisetis, we are sure, and would re ceceive a cordial welcome. The Ford car advertised to be given away at the jtsle Ssturday was won by Mrs. Afla Davis, and the little girl who did the drawing rewarded with five dol IPfe' v BETHUNE NEWS. Bethune, May 5.--Mr. W. D. Seeg era died at his home in this town yes terday morning at 2 o'clock, after a long illness, the immediate cause of his death being high blood pressure and kidney trouble.? Mr. Seegers" health has been gradually . failing for the past two years, but he did not retire from work till a few months ago. He formerly resided in the Mt. Pisgah section of this coun ty, where, he conducted ^ lar^e farnv After the death of his <irst wife he moved to Bethune, where he has re sided ever since. His second wife | who survives him. was the widow of t^e late Atfhur Clyburn and a daugh ter of Mr. Z. M. Blackwell, of the Union church section. Mr. Seegers was a good man, an excellent citizen and was highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a widow, sev eral grown children by his first wife, 1 a small son by his aceond wife and a large family connection. The fun eral services were held at Mt. Pisgah I church at 4 o'clock yesterd&y after noon with Masonic honors, and the body buried in the church cemetery. The writer extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved family. On Wednesday night of this week May 7, at 8 o'clock, a mass meeting of the citizens of this town is called to meet at the town hall for the pur rose of nominating a mayor and four wardens for the town of Bethune, to serve for one year. The election will be held on the first Tuesday in June. The Old Fiddlers' Convention will be held in the Bethune high school auditorium next Frday night, May 9th. The public is invited to come and spend an enjoyable evening. Officers raided a whisikey still in Lynches river swamp, two or thref miles below Bethune one night last week. It was rather a primitive af fair, an old, rusty gasoline tank be ing used for the still to turn "wild cat poison." Mr. G. W. Norris, formerly a well known citizen and farmer of the Un ion Church section of Chesterfield { county, died at the home of his son, Mr. H. M. Norris, near Timrod, on! Tuesday night of last week. Mr. Nor ris was 76 years of age and was well thought of by all who knew him. He is survived by three sons and fi*> daughters. The fuheral services dnd burial were held at Bethany Metho dist church on Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock. Mrs. Dora Gardner, of the Mt. Pis gah secton, died on Tuesday of last week after a brief illness. Mrs. Gard ner was between 35 and 40 years of age and is survived by he? husband and several children. The Bethune and McBee high school ball teams played a game on the Be thune grounds on Monday afternoon of last week, the gam? being called at the end of the fifth inning on account of rain. Bethune clearly outplayed McBee at every stage of the game and the visitors did not jeven have a chance. The feature of the game was a home run by Hebron Ratcliffe, en abling three more men to get iri.~ The score was 7 to 2 in favor of Bethune. The Bethune and McBee teams played another game at McBee on I Thursday afternoon, which resulted in a shut out /for McBee, the score be ing 7 to 0 in faVor of Bethune. .Neal Pa(e, who pitched the entire nine in nings for Bethune, is only 14 years of age and is a student in the 9th grade. He struck out about twelve men and yielded only one clear base hit. Misses Sarah and Tena Caston, of the Union church section, spent Fri day night, Saturday and Saturday night in town with relatives. Died at Springhill. Mr. Robert J. Watson, nn aged citi zen of thp Springhill section of Lee county died on the 4th inst. The funeral services and interment took place at Pisgah church yesterday, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. W. Kenny. Mr. Watson was well known and liked by evory one. He was in the 75th year of his age. PENSION NOTICE.! The pension money has arrived. The amount received this yoar is I $10,509.00 ? $1,806.00 more than last year. The Pension Board, composed ? of Messrs. N. A. Bethune, James R. , Delx>ache and A. S. McKenzie met on ? Thursday last and made the following 'apportionment: Veterans, $125.12; i Widows, $74<00.^ There are 42 vet erans and 71 widows. The money In now ready for distribution. Pension ers are requested to call in person for checks If possible. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate. Camd?n, B. C., May 8rd, 1094, . NOTED MEN ENDORSE CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT "Let me express the hope that the people will not fail in the support of a patriotic institution that may be said to be an integral part of the national defense." ? Former President Woodrow Wilson "Chautauqua has served to reveal the individual American community to itself at its best. It has been a voluntary, mspiratibnal service in which men and women have given the best they have in them for the sake of the social interest." ? Former President Warren G. Harding " "The Chautauqua movement has been one of the most influential of our democratic endeavors." ? Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of State "What I have seen of public life gives me a realiz ing sense of the power of the Chautauqua movement to mould public opinion." ? ? t ? Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania "A movement based on an idea which has now spread over the whole of our country and, in fpct, over the world; an idea which has been and will continue to be of immense educational value to ail the people and of first importance to their welfare." ? Thomas A. Edison "With all the great influence that the press com mands, it remains true that, the platform is a powerful agency to instruct and to inspire." ? Albert Shaw, Editor Review of Reviews "The Chautauqua ^novement has probably done more toward keeping American public opinion in formed, alert and unbiased than any other movement." ?Irving Fisher, Professor Political Economy, Yale University REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA NEWS SERVICE Chautauqua Wet?k opens here May 8th TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS | THROUGH SEVERAL STATES. .Many Lives Lost, Hundreds Injured and A Vast Amount of Propetry Dam age Alabama, Georgia, South Oarolina and North Carolina sufferod great damage Wednesday from one of the severest wind and hail storms ever experienced in these states, South Carolina being the heaviest hit. The total number of death in South Caro lina, according to latest reports was 75, distributed among th<^ following counties; Richalnd, 23; 'Sumter, 21 Florence, 14; Ander.~on, 8; Lexington 3; Lee, 1. The path of the tornado waB perhaps not over a half mile, and in its path it carried everything practically in the way of houses, mattering them everywhere, and up rooting many trees. A reporter for the Messenger went to Horatio a short while after- the storm was ov er, and travel across the storm area was ^ell nigh cut off on account off the trees being uprooted and blown across the roads. At the home of Wallace James and Friday Kershaw the house and barn were completely demolished, and three inmates in the house at the time ,of the storm, FVi day Kershaw, Adwell Palmer and Mary Austin were killed. A horse be longing to Friday Kershaw was found lodged between two trees and was killed. Just n short distance away at the attractive farm of Mr. C. J. i Jackson, the storm made a clean sweep of every building .killed sever al of his tenants and the most of his live stock. Mrs. 'Jackson hnd a mi raculouk escape. She was alone at home at the time of the storm and the house blew down while she was in it, but she escaped serious injury. i Mr H. V. Bradely and a small ne gro boy had a miraculous escape. They had taken refuge under a gin house and it blew dewn. The boy managed to crawl out and give the alarm and help came to rescue Mr. Bradley who was unhurt. In Florence county a baby was sleeping on a mattress and it was blown out of a window and carried I across a field for 'about one hun dred yards, and was later recover ed all snug and safe on its bod. A number of other miraculous es capes were reported. Wire fences were torn down and carried some distance, and in some sections not a house was left itand ing. As soon as the news reached Camden hundreds from her? ^ent to tho Horatio section to render such aid as might be possible. The devastation in the path of the torna do was about as complete as It was possible for it to have been. Tho pe pie, however, w?re conducting themselves very bravely In fa ce of th* fearful destruction. One of the jfoeuliarly sad deaths was that of Edawrd Dick, a world war veteran. It was understood that he was engaged to be married, the wed ding to take place within a short time. Ho was a very popular young man. At HorreJl Hill in Richland the fine two story school house, the pride of that community, was completely wrecked. It is a miracle that only four lives were lost in it, as school was in session at the time of the storm. Georgia's dead numbered 14; Ala bama, II7 North Carolina, 5; Virginia, 1; Arkansas, 1. The property damage in the sever al states is estimated at not less than $10,000,000. Hundreds are homeless; hundreds are injured and at least n hundred were killed. It was an ap palling sight ami those who visited any section of the storm area will never forget it. Death, of George H. Bruce. Mr. George H. Brune died in Atlan ta, Ga., this morning, age 77 years. Mr. Bruce formerly resided in Darling ton and Camden, and was an uncle of Messrs. G. C. and T. B. Bruce, of Camden. The remains will be taken to Heborn church in Lee county for burial there tomorrow uon the ar ival of the body, whi$h is expefcted to reach Bishopville at 11:30 o'clock. His wife died in Camden whilfr- they were residing here in 1880. He h survived by two sons, A. J. and T. S. Bruce, of Atlanta, Ga., and two daughters, Mrs. A. B. Long, of Green ville, Ala., and Mrs. R. M. Smith, of Bishopville. Mr. Bruce had a number of friends in Camden who will regret 1 to learn of his death. | 1 IJnwnrranted Depredations Some paritse have been committing unwarranted depredations upon pri vate property a short distance below Camden. Speaking of this Mr. H. G. Ca'rrison, Sr., told us that on his Her mitage farm in the swamps certain parties havo entering upon it and were hold enough to break the locks off of his gates in order to drive their cars in, and on at least one occasion his barn doors had beep broken down. There can be no excuse for such de predations and a close watch will be kept for these lawless people, and Mr. Garrison says that when they are caught they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law regardless of who htey are. Notices have been posted wanting trespassers and they have not only disregarded these not ices but have destroyed them. The guilty ones should be caught and punished, and they may be sure that when thoy are detocted they will not egcape the clutches of the law. | \ COUNTY CONVENTION^ JEStHflDAY i JildKc sllfltl/ President. Mr. M<^rooo^widorsed. The Kershaw Coimty Democratic Convention met in the court house ' yesterday shortly after eleven o'clock and proceeded to discharge the duties before them. Judge M. L. Smith was ; chosen temporary president, and Mr. i H. D. Niles, temporary secretary. I The enrolling of delegates was next ir. order and it was found that thirty one out of the thirty-live clubs of the county was represented, there being :u total of 142 delegates present. The clubs represented with the number of [delegates present from each club, was las follows: Abney, 2~, Antioch, 3; Bethune, 10; Beulah, 3; Blancy, 6; Buffalo, 6; Cassv.tt, 3; Doby's Mill, 3; Libetry Hill, 3: Lockhart, 3*7 Lugofi. 4; Ned's Creek, Bine Tree, 2; Her mitage Mill, 4; Enterprise, 1; Indian Ford,, 2; Kershaw, 9" Rabon's Cross Roadfc, 3 ; Haley's Mill, 5; Salt Bond,, 3; Sandy Grove, 1, Shamrock, 2; Shaylor's Hill, 22; Stockton, l~, Swift | Creek, IT Three C's, 3; M^iteree Mill,] 3; Westville, 4. Oakland, DeKalb, Harmony and j Cantey Hill wure not represented. A motion was made and unanimous 1 ly adopted endorsing Judge M. E. Smith fi-r temporary state chairman, and for a delegate from Kershaw county to the state convention. 11 : was elected by acclamation, as a dele gate to the state convention. Mr. M. M. Johnson, who has served as county chairman for the past two years, v. a- re-elected without opposi tion. The only club having lady* dele gates present was the Camden club. Three ladieS* from this club were in attendance, and Miss Lou Nettles was called upon for an address and she re responded in a very pleasing manner. The other two ladies present were asked by the chairman to address the convention but they declined to do so, stating privately, so the chairman said that if he called upon them they would slip under the desks at whi.'h they were seated and he said that he did not wish to be put to that trouble and inconvenience still if they i would have a word to' say he would j gladly give them an opportunity. They were content, however, to re main client, only giving their en dorsement to what Miss Nettles had so well said. It was the first time we believe in the history of this coun ty that there were lady delegates present, and we attribute to a large degree the very harmonious actions of the convention of yesterday to their presence, which was generously applauded by the male delegates. Mr. L. T. Mills, was elected n mem ber of the state executive committee. Maj. John G. Richards' name was al so placed in nomination, and it was upon the motion of Maj. Richards that Mr. Mill's election was made unani mous. The following delgates, in additon to Judge Smith, who was elected by acclamation, were elected to the state conveTfttoTTJ D. Onion, of 1/ugoff. W. V. Davis, of Bethune; G. C. Welsh of Camden, J. C. Massey, of Kershaw; Dr. W. J. Dunn, of Camden. The alternates eletced were: W. R. Hough, R. N. Shannon, W. H. Bearce, James Team, J. I). Lafitte, and C. A. Johnson. j The following resolution, offered by ^ Mr. L. A. Wittkowsky, was unani- J mously adopted: Be it resolved that the Kershaw I County Democratic Convention en- | dorses the candidacy of Mr. William G. McAdoo for the Democratic nomi nation as president of the United^ Stiltes. Just before the vote ()n this reso lution was taken the chairman stated that fie had heard Mr. McAdoo when he spoke in Columbia, and while, ho had not been nn endorser of his be fore that time he was so much im pressed with his honesty and ability that he had become a convert to him, and while he did not desire to influ ence an yone to vote for the resolu tion, still ho felt like expressing his J convictions along t.hat line. As soon as the convention adjourn ed there was a meeting of the county executive committee and M. E Smith, 'r was elected secretary of the com mit tee. For the Storm Sufferers. The secretary of the chamber of of commerce was out yesterday solic iting subscriptions for the storm KU ff< ?rers and was meeting with gen erOus responses. When we saw him he said that abput one thousand dol lars had been subscribed. Every dollar of it will be needed for the de struction in tho path of the tornado was about as complete as it was possible for it to ho. / District Conference to Meet Rev. E. L. McCoy, presiding elder of the Sumter District, was in Camden Wednesday and conducted the mid week prayer meeting at the Methodist church, and then held the second quarterly conference for this charge. The Sumter District conference will convene in the Methodist church in Camden on the 13th inst. with Bishop Collins Denny presiding. The follow I delegates from the church here wero : elected to the district conference. F. M. Zemp, L. C. Shaw and \V. F. Net , ties. The alternates are Mrs. W. F. Nettles, C. \V. Evans and ?J. H. Burns. There are nineteen charges in this dis trict, and Camden Methodists will be I prepared to entertain a full delegation from each charge, and will be disap ' pointed if they do not attend. There ! are about twenty-five clerical mem j bers. The following is a list of the el 1 oal ' members of the conference: M. G. A rant, M. L. Banks, II. F. Coll n?, S. j I). Coyler.^ V. Dibble, C. S. Folder, ,1. T ,Fd\v ^ \V. O. Henderson, \Y. 11? Hodges, L Ingraham, \V. V. Jer man, T. '3 dorris, S. C. Morris, P. K. Rhoad, iassard J. R. Sojourner, R. R. T er. Wood row Ward, J. A. White , H. Xoland , Mason Crum, W. S. > is, A. R. Phillips , G. H. Wadded ? S. Beasley, J. C. Chandler and C.3* Smith. Ixical preachers: C. W. -Uoway and .1. M. Pike, way and J. M. Pike. The lay delegates are as follows: Bethune ? W. F. Davis, 11. K. Pa'e, B. II. Gardner, Ci. M. Parrott. Beulah--Z. Z, Barfield, .1. M. Chew ning, W. A. Johnson, F. T. Pearce. BishopvJllo Collegt. Place--Dr. .1. C. Guilds, Mi s. W. C. Winn, F. P. Gentry, J. D. Gold son. Colombia Circuit--W. T. Jones, An drew Patterson, J. S. Scott, W. S. Hog an. FH iott Heatlf Springs--L. R. Rollings, S. A. Jones, J. T. Stover, Ira Mackey. Jordan--M. J. Davis, Mrs. E. C. Cos krey, E. H. Clark, L. M. Galloway. K er haw- I). M. Kirkley, T. F. Mc Dowell, .J. II. Ci'ow, .1. W. Hamel. Lynchburg--E. T. Minis, J. E. Du Rant, T. J. Keels, T. J. Keels, T. R. Mims. Manning Oswego--A. R. Ilagan, R. M. Jen kins, M. M. Brown. Pinewood? E. L. Fairey, M. B. Cor bett, M. L. Jenkinson, J. P. Folder. Rembert ? S. Ai. Skinner, J. T. Den nip, A .F. Smith, C. W. Young. St. John and Rembert?R. L. Heriot, L. H. White, J. C. -1 .-riott, H. H. Evan. Summerton--II. H. Medlin, J. E. Rowe, C. M. Davis, W. E. Felder. , Suiter, Trinity? W. E. Bynum, R. D. Epps, C. M. Hurst, T. W. McCollum Sumter, Broad Street?H. L. McCoy, Alex N orris, T. B. Kennedy. West Wateree? R. T. Mickle, J. D. Bailey, A. K. Bowen, A. EJ. Miller. Wesley Chapel and Hebron. 'liberty hill. Mr. Editor? This section was vis ited on Wednesday last by heavy fall of rain accompanied by thunder, wind and hail. No material damage was done except that land was badi.v washed by the quick downpour, and wo feel that we wore indeed fortunate in escaping the disastrous weather con ditions which prevailed on that flute in many section bringing death bodily injury or property loss to So many not to mention the mental anguish at the loss of loved ones. Surely, our State has been s irely stricken and our sympathy goes out to all of those who h?ve suffered by the untoward man ifestations of nature. i The ladies societies of the Pres byterian church have added much to the comfort, and appearance of the church by the addition of a nice new I carpet on the floor. M isses Dorothy and Kathleen Math eson, who Tiave been teaching in th" jVanWycko school (Miss Dorothy was i principal of the school), came -ftbwn I last week and are with their aunt, [Miss Laura Matheson, for a whilo. Mrs. S. N. Hammond and her son, | T. S. Hammond, of Stoneboro, and ! Mrs. Roy Mobloy, Af Heath Springs, wore visitors in the home of }\r. and Mrs. II. S. liigKins last. week, i Mr. P. G. Richards, of Charlotte, N. C., sp{>nt Sunday with his parents, I Hon. and Mrs. N. S. Richards. I Miss Josephine Wardlaw who holds 'a position in Chester, accompanied by two of her girl friends, the Misses Way, motored over to spend Sunday with relatives }lt home here. Mr Miller, of N. who owns a large timber interests in this section, was here last week, the guest of Mr. L. P. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clements were at the homo of thfi latter's mother, Mrs. G. W. Perry, of the Stoneboro noctlon on Sunday.