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The Wateree Messenger TERMS : ? ?1 .30 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM "The Hand of the Diligent Shall Rule" ( ? w w , (HAS. \\ . IUUC HMORE, .?'KOI' Vol. 40 ? Camden.^yerj^uiW bounty, South Carolina, Auxust 12th, 1924 / \ \ ' V. 1 / ? \ No. A8. 3CUAL ANI) PEUSONAL The Kershaw County Medical As sociation wlli hold its regular meet ing in Camden this evening, and while here will be the guests of Dr. VV. R. Clyburn at his home where the meeting will be held. The Camden Fire Department had an enjoyable fish fry Thursday even ing. Miss Florence Boykin is a patient at the Camden hospital, having under gone a minor operation there. Miss Josephine Cureton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cureton, alter a pleasant visit to relatives at Liber ty Hill, has returned home. Frar.l: V.'ooten, Thomwell liny and Oakm.ui Hay have gone to Wrights1-' ville Beach for a few d:iy. . They will I also visi: Ilcndersonville before their; reluin home. i Mrs. J.'.T Eoyd has returned hen^ j from a v. sit to Myrtle Bea.h. Mr. C. W. Nicholson was a visitor ' to Col^.i'.bla Thursday. Mies K'a Wall c and Mi's Eliza- j both Mundy, of Columbia, are gue t ? ' of Miss Helen Boykin. I Mrs. E. M. Workman, of Stockton,' who has been a patient in the Fennelli Infirmary at Hock Hill, h;is returned home, considerbaly improved. W. B. de Loach and daughter, Miss' Faith, who have been visiting the son i of Mr. de Loach in Hampton county,! have returned home. Dr. and Mrs. B. D. Stalkner, of I ..Manning, were guests of Dr. and Mrsj fj. F. Brasington last week. Mrs. | Stalkner is a sister of Mrs. Brasing ton. Rev. F. H. Harding, for a number j of years rector of Grace church, Cam <ko, was a visitor hwe last week. Mrj Harding is now located at Milledge ville, Ga. Mr. Samuel Head, ? prominent planter of Aiken, was a guest at the !'home of the editor of The Messenger Friday night. Mr. Head had been on a visit to his son and family in Char lotte, N. C., and was returning home and stopped over here for the night. Dr. and Mrs, W. R. Zemp have re turned from p. visit to Henderson ville. Mr. J. E. Rhame has gone to Glenn Springs for n few days. Mrs. Lura Evans, of Monro^, N C accompanied by her daughter, Miss Mary Evans, were guestB last week of Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Brasington. Mrs. Evans is the mother of Albert Evans,1 who graduated from the Camden High school last year nad who is very pop ular in Camdea. The congressional candidates ftpeal. at Kershaw or. the morning; ( ' the 13th at eleven o'clock at Bethuno oil the same date in the evening .> . 7:30 o'clock. They wi 1 1 ( speak in Camden on the 2 f?th inst.. the date for the county candidates to speak here. OUR HALL OF FAME -The i School, teachtr takes our Itylripered Kld? and lf?ntim?rB Manner* ntod Knowledge Into Thorn for Too Few fv>llnr? per Month. T?*aeherti have n Highly IteapohHlhle Job In making (iood Amorh'itnH of our Young Folk* nnd ? re Entitled to Ologe Co-opera Uon from Parent*. 0*9* Special Features. The Messenger is carrying a num ji>e r of special features each week. iAmu:ig them you will find i t.j American Legion News. 1;!. Articlc. I Lii.n ying. , Cjnnj Section. ! Community Building. ! vyu.1 Hull of Fame. All of these are gotten up by ex perts and will prove intresting to you. We are constantly trying to :iiake The Me senger a real worth while newspaper, and are plea>ed a; the favorable comments made fru quently by our readers. Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Myers and child ren returned home last week from two weeks visit to Wilmington, N. C. a ii j other points. Hu.,iness Men Interested in Location ot Cotton Platform. Since this county h..s had a public cotton weigher it has of cour been necessary to have a cotton platform. A ; la\ form was erected by John T I.ettlea and Cj. H. Bauni for the use ii the county at a very ti >:ninal ren al, and now that it is desired to h.fce a covered platform and :\ larger one, the iiue.->tion of additional rent has brought about a hiti-h. Wednesday a meeting of business men wa> lu lH in the city council room to discuss the matter. It seems that there was some inclination on the part of the county board of directors to h ,ve the cotton taken to the depot pl.it form and weighed there rather than pay the increased rent. The owners of the present platform have not been able to break even on tne mon ey side of the transaction, and they propose to enlarge the platform and cover it, which it is. estimated will cost $3,000 or more, and ask a rental of $450 a year. G. A. Rhame ha* a suitable lot and has offered to lease the lot for a term of years at $1.00 pur year, the county to erect and maintain the platform, or he will erect the platform and rent it for a term of years at $150.00 a year. At the meeting held Wednesday morning it was considered altogether desir able to have the cotton plntform in the busihess section of the city, and it^l^believed that a settlement will be had that will meet with tie approval * ul1. concerned. Fire Near DeKalb. Mr. J. C. Hearon, who resides near DeKalb, had the misfortune of losing all of hit. kitchen and dining room furniture, together with what pro visions he had on hand at the time, by fire on the 5th inst. The loss falls right heavy on him as he has a wife and six small children to care for. The family were away from home at the time of the five attending a re vival meeting, and some strangers passing by in a oar saw the fire and made an effort to extinguish it, but it had made too great a headway and in a few minutes the entire building was consumed. Death ot Mr. Watt* Luther J. Watts, who for many yearr. resided in the upper section of Kershaw county, but who some years igo moved with his family to Camden, died at his home here Thursday morn ing on Rutledge street after a long illness. Mr. Watts was about sixty e yoars of age, and is survived by . s wife and the following children: Mrs. Delia Holland, Mrs. Carrie Keys, ^ J. and Fred Watts, Mrs. Edith Wil liams and Carl Watts. Resides these ho is survived by n large family con nection. lie was a quiet, good citi zen and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was a mem - 1 her of the masonic fraternity and for years a member of the Baptist church. The funeral services took place Fri day morning and the interment was in the Camden cemetery. Fraternal Notice. A special communication of Ker shaw Lodge, No. 29, A. F. M., will be held Tuesday evening, August 19tii, at 6:30 o'clock, for the purpose of con ferring the fellow-craft degree up m a clasw of candidates. All brethren are requested to bo present nnd note a change in the hour, which is mad< so that it will not conflict with the evangelistic meeting now in progress in our city. Light refreshments w ill he served. Visiting brethren cordial ly welcomed. W V. Nettle. \V \! Hillings, Seerotary. It f>uite freouently happens .hat tho quality which you regard as moral com age in yourself is look ed up';n by the neighbors as mere fanntleism.? Rxehango. C O C N I Y C 'A~N D T ES W H O vH AhlTlKi) Forty -four Entrant* for thi< Various l'lacei. to Be Filled Tiie following is a Rfct of the coun ty candidate* who qualified by filling their pledges and paying their asse i> | ;i.e;its before the date lor same ex pir..-. Mr. 1. C. Hough, who was an . noanced by his friends for Master, did ; not qualify, Mr. Hough deciding not i -o .nu r tm- race although he had been ! ur^ed lo v.o so. Mr. Hobson Htltor., i of Westville, who recently graduated | in law, is making the race with Mr. j B. p. Clarke, incumbent, who is ask ! ing endor cment for re-appointment. The list of candidate.- as finally made | ap is as follows: House ol' Representatives. . W. I. Del'as.. jr., J. H. Muiin, Allen B. Murehison, N. S. Richards, M. L. Smith. i leri. <ii Cour;. Clau It* S. Chewninn .in;-, h. Clyburn. Superintendent of Education j. Team Getty', T. M. McCa - kill, I. .1. McKenzie. .Master i i> Clarko 1? ll lllllllTl Uo-d S'jpi>rintenden?. S. H. Mickle Vi. U 'i'unie: A. A. West 1>. Y. Y.?rbrouRh. Coroner H. W. Barnes \\ i'. Russell, Amos \\ es;. Mu?i:trate DeKalb Township ? hlythev Samuel N. N'iciiolson. Buffalo A: I'ethunt J . E. Copeland, K. V. Est ridge, C E. Mangum. A ; Kershaw Paul E. Jones ?Inc.. A. McCa^kili, \V. ll. Taylor. fiugisirate Flat Rock Two to bo elected S. S. Clyburn V. C. Fletcher L. 1'. Thompson. M iiKistrnte W aterec, Upper, C. A. Branhani. Lower, G. E. Hinsoi;, J L. Kirkland Jr., J. D. Watson. County Director DeKalb Township H. G. Garrison, Sr. J. N. McLeod. Buffalo L\ M. Kirkley, A. B. McLaurin Flat Ifock R. C. Jones Jesse JI. Sowcll. Wateree E. H. Bowen, J. S. H. Clarkson, j. L. Hinson Victor Ward. The school trustees of Bethune! have advertised for bids for the erect-' ion of a High school building. A I splendid brick building was erected! a few year* aRn for the Bethune school but is not large enough now to] care for the increased attendance! hence the necessity for ercting a sep-| arate building for the high school and' fhe present one will be used for the grammar school. Death o? At.-. Joye. Mr. \V. K. Joye, a well kruAvn citi-! /.en whose home for mnay years had been in the Antio?h section of our i ?ounty, <|ied on S iturday <it the homej of hi-! brother, Mr. Daniel Joye. He! is survived by one son and a number' if other relatives. Mis wife died some years ago. The funeral ser- | vices and interment took place at An tioch Sunday. i Dial and McMahnn in Near Fight. Mr. John J. McMahan, who is mak ing the race for the United States Senate, hns Keen indulging in con siderable criticism of Senator Dial, who is a candidate to succeed himself jFv.turday at Greenwood Mr. McMa j h.ui went too far in the opnion of Mr i Dial, and ho started for him but be fore they hitched up in a fight they M e ?: pa rated. Senator Dial can h irdly be blame ! for resenting the criticisms hia opponent is making. To lus it looks like mighty poor politics. I EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN OPENS Large Attendance Sunday Evening at the Big Tabernacle. ? Interesting Preliminaries and Fo/ceful Sermon . he t-'. jw'i.'col) tic campaign, which ; i. v.a announced would open hern | ?: the 10th ins>... made a fine star; j lor the opening night. The song j service was supposed t( have begun | at eight o'clock but for the first | meeting there was some little delay. | It was nearly S:o0 when Mr. Arthur Lynn opened the meeting by intio ! iucing himself and then introduced I Fred R. Seibert, the all-rouiui person J !al wort^M- and keeper of the tent; j Rufus S. Perkins, the pianist. )1v;in I delist Raymond Bruwning did nut ar rive until ni lit* o'clock. Ho had a busy day, strating off with a prayer meeting at eight o'clock in the morn ing, attending a meeting at nine o' clock, another at ten o'clock, pre ich :ng a little later and strating m his i:ir4 for Camden at one o'.wMek. On the rostrum were sealed Rev. ,.lr. Hodges, of the Metho(l; ;(,*T!7iuxv' ; Dr. Muller, of the Pro?\>yievian i church. Rev. Mr. (iraham, of the! Kaptist church, and Rev. F. 11. H.irl-| ing, fornWr rector of (tract' chuvcii.jj th< cit y ciiiiiK'i!, headed by .Mayor I ( arrison, and several of th?' mm-| ordinate ollieial-, all giving t. e: ?? on- 1 dorsement to the ovangelistie can- | paign. "America" was sung, prijrr rjfis offered by Kov. Mr. Grha in j'.nJ the song service was continued. Mr. Lynn s?h1 he would let the; .ludii nee into a little sivet. Mr. Browning had nul yet arrived, and. there had been soino anxi'iu* mom-; ents with him, but, i.'j kn.iw lie wiuldl Kv. hei\. it possible for he hau been i in telegra iiic: communcation with j ?iim. lit: l. .id scarcely concluded hi* tecer., when Mr. Browning arrived. A fie.- a few hand shakes Mr. W. L. | de Loach, president of the Liu ;iru'<-;. Men's Kvangelic;.l Cub, made >1 brief ^tatenie:::, leiling how the club camu in contaci with Mr. Browning, and ?-hat hp was invite i here oy the club with the endorsement of the minis ters who were at. the time in Camden He expressed the hj'u and the belief that the coming of the Browning par ty to Camden woul 1 result .n great and lasting good. Evangelist Browning was intro ducer: by Mr. dt! Loach and he came forward and made just a few pre liminary remarks, as the hour was getting late, and proceeded to deliver his first message after prayer by Ilev. Mr. Hodges. He used three passages of scripture for the basis of his forceful sermon: Acts li:2?/, Acts, 20:28, where King Agrippa said to Paul, "almost thou persaufl est me to be a christian," and again 1st Peter, 4:10, "Yet if any man suf fer as a christian, let him not be ashamed; let him glorify God 011 this behalf." He presented his message in _a very clear and forceful way. He told of the marvelous conversion of Paul when he was on his way to Damascus with papers, hailing men and women to prison when a light j * el l upon his pathway and he was | converted He gave a graphic pic ture of Paul before Agrippa, urged a -'lose relationship with Jesus Christ, using a number of illustrations--or if you please, putting a number of win dows in his sermon, and pointing out I that it was necessary to labor for | Christ, to witness for Him and to ^ufTck' for Him. There was a delegation here from Lancaster to hear Mr. Browning ini his opening sermon, and as Lancns- j ter is not far away it is hoped that many from that city will come as of- 1 ten as they can make it convenient.! Camden will be glad to hnve them. Services will be held at 10 o'clock >n Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, lasting one hour, and j each night except Saturday ni^ht nt. , eight o'clock. The song service win h>egin at right, and last for half an ' hour. It is expected that three ser vices will be held on Sundays- H o' j clock, an afternoon servfee and ev ening service,- but definite an ? ouncements with regard to this will bo made later. The tabernacle, which is being used here for the first time, has a seting capacity of about 2,.r>00. For the op nenig meeting there was around fif teen hundred present. Mr. Brown ing took a gin nee around at. t he new tent. The one used in Lancaster had seen considerable service and the se vere wind storms (-hat came while he was there practically put the old tent out of commission and it was necessary to secure a new one. It to a very large and iiubstantial tent, well erivtod, and for which "Fred" who i< an expert nlonj; this line, is due '.he ere lit. Vi: ? St r vim Monday Ninh? The services Monday evening wer<i l.M'Kily attended, Mr. I.ynn, the Scottish k >1 !cii tenor, conducting the s??ng service. He sang a solo with marked eVfv.t. I'rayer wji* offered by Dr. E. 1.. McCoy, presiding ek'.er . ? . 1 1 ?. Suni'.er District. Mr. Drowning, before ih livrrintr h:s rwrn.-'ii, (w\v renv.rks which in* deemed necessary looking to the sitcees- of the nu-e'.injl. (>r:e -ug gistien lie made wa.? that nu 'cars be ; arkvd neater th..n one hundred feet from the tent for there were some who .-it in the cars and perhaps j.: i as he i- in ' ? viid-t of his :i the tccu;aru ,.:ht dvctde to ti ri\ *_? .iW.iy an ; the r. e wo'.il 1 he d:>turb ing. i 'his occurred la ' nigh: dun the oehveiy of tu> seinioii, lie ai o spoke "f having seen some t f.e l.:?hl cigarette under the Wat as they ?were leaving Sunday evening, '1 ia ? he oijwtied to a- the tent is a sacred place, and roquets that there he no ;-:noking immediately around the t r n . lie suggested t'uu .i ection in the * . s\ t i.j ner ?>!' ti e u-iu he ?et aside for colored people who might wish t > hear him, and requested ihat ihi- he uommunicnied to them. There wvie three things, lie -aid. that were necessary to the sue.e-s of the meeting. Is'., i ray er- talk to God. 2nd? Let ( 'I i talk to you by read it-- lit* Won!. ' ' 1 drd. Talk to somebody else about tlicir soul's salvation. Alter reading a p.tss..ge of aire he announced his text from .Mark, hi- subject being the commandments: "A. id thou shal" love the Lord thy ( > ? ? i with ai! thy ?.ul, and with all thy mitul, ..tul with ill thy str-ngth; this is the first com! ra:i.i:m:w. And the second is lii.r. namely this, Thou shalt love t hy I '.eigh'.oar as thyself. There is n. ne i other commandment gro.t.r it. : lr* * .v.' Am'ong other striking illus-j Uuiions he .supposed *a case of aj VounK' couple getting married and ? ; ive a word picture of what the hum#! ii.'e should be, and urged that if t if ; vo God w as the create i am:. j ment to fail to love Him was tiecj greatest mistake. God puts within m\ the capacity to love Him. . iioughout hi^ sermon was forceful and cornicing, and his large con-' gregation listened to ihm with deep | interes;. > p r. I ?."11 ?i Cotton. Mr. R. L Peebles, who resides a few r. iles south of Camden, brought to our office Saturday an open boll of c ?tt i. vvhijh wa - a well developc boll and about as fine a specimen oi c Hton a y >r usuail.s see. II' this-, i-; an index as to the crop he hat. M ! k'eble i. a line crop. The Men's Evangelistic Club con ducted the prayer meeting service at the Canvh i) Baptist church Wednes <l:iy. Two short talks were made bv members of the club, and a solo ren ; Ted by Mrs. K. C. /lem p anfl .ilso by Mr. Arthur Lynn, who is the musical iirector in the evangelistic campaign row in progress in Camden. The ; rvices were well attended and ap reciated by all present. County Campaigns Opens. Th( regular opening of the aourty! impaign took place at HI nicy Mi>n-| day, the 11th insl., but it was practi-' filly opened at C.harlotte Thompson ?honl house in school district No. 2 'I hurstlay afternoon. Not 'r e of a eeting to I)" held there was an , ounced in the local paper- ami quite ;? number were ( tit to hear the candi <! ties. Nearly all of them were pre ,'!it find addressed the meeting. Sev ral were unable to attend. .1. Frank 'Vest, president o f th<> Charl'J.e liompson club, presided and intro 1 ice I t!icm, The candidates w re all leased willi the good spirit manifest d fiml very complimentary toward* ? lie reception given them by the peo l? of that section. t The evangelistic campaign to he "onducted by Evangelist Raymond drowning, of Hendersonville, N pcnc.j u.i Sunday evening under he large tent which has been erected >n the corner of I, aureus and Fair dreetr. The tent has a seating ca acit.y of 2, '>00 or more. Seats have provided for that number. Ar ' hur l.ynn, mnsicnl direc tor, and !<?.? r'.ir. S. Perkins, piani 1, arrived sev c rnl days tgo and Mr. Hrowning ar rived Saturday ifternoon. It is <? v pecte.I to be : be greatest revival (': m , :len has ever had. Great. interest is 'already being tnken in the meeting. ? Blaney Moot inn. The county campaign p:i r t y was at Blaney yesterday. 'I'ho mooting was ?eld in the school auditoi ium ami tht' room wa< will filled. Mr. Jack Bail ?\ pre*ddi .1 um i ti:i? meeting. The candidate:* wi re all civeti good atten tion and tile nicotine was a quiet one > I : n ;r a little unpleasantness oil a tr ait <?.' .in al! cation that a mad h..d been built toi private purpo.-os > lit of public t'uiais. This i'lcideiu. ::uwe\er. was cio ed without any set - .i-a- trouble. W e were unable to at .t nd the meeting as we had planned ... ii.. on a v*>'.mt i f a p.irt of oiu of i- heir,; awa\ oji a vacation. ^ h i ; bi' ; b 1 1* attend soir.e of '.i.c Ian r. ( .i iVii!..i;n Itenerary. i . w : : i :: ? -avipalcn itenary ?\ b, tin lounty executive . omir * e. bill tiif dale tor Wost ..i.. if v .<? ?. - :1 i:\t ly h::\e to i n c 5; ie.i as thai i- the date lived ? ' . . ! ? i a :? \ t ? > ?pe..k in it ?#. m : i . c- ;ir-e the county ..iu .i- will a- ? ? t in is will like e canva^ers: . . \ ?yu- 1 1 1 * i i . . r_'; ii. i:{;h. i nil. 1 M i .. r.-M Hoi a. 21st. -j:5rd. 'J . i ? . s \ I , ? St \ ,.h It.!: ,\ Kt licioii t Wo .ire re- jaes'.ed to announce iliat t : 1 iiivet.ac >'d becin at lie nary iiapti.-l chaivh, Wesiville, next ? ..i> in; !... I t a. Services 'it. a: ??.v,it o'elo.-k, Kcv. i'. K. ...Mill, pas to.' i h re will be baptizing at Provi l?.i|ti-. iliuii'ii Sunday, 17th, t o\ 1 ???. k r. M. The public is col ail:;. invite 1. Kev. P. K. Blackilloii, as u r. in s ; It.; <? Now Store. M . ti. I icy t. :i 11 iV (?!., jcuclc; s, ; it*. ni'?\in^r into tin* r handsome :.l\v ."?tort', 'l hi' i-tore is abouY com , 1 1 i.fc 1 but there arc a few finisiiu; ? iiia Ik s to lie added. and as soon ~s 'lis i.? and tla? stock phu: ?*! i'1 ider, it will bo worth your v.nilo t > : stake a \ i - 1 1 there and see wlv.it ail ;.iti a, ' ivi! place of business tlvy have, i letcher Moore was tiie contractor .i! cia.iRe oi' tne const ruction of the :>uildintf. .lomicide Sunday. A homicide occurred a few inil-'s . outh of Camden on Sunday, when Jafers Umwn fatally shot l>an tentron, both colored. The wounded ?nan was brought to the hospital where he died a few h km-.- later, irown made his e<iape and ?o tar n;n eluded arrest. Ik' is referred to .s a (ieor^ia ni-^ro and wa- em; 1 ? >y .'d at a lumber plant, located on v. r. Ai. \\ ooton's place. r Aaron Adamson, a colored farmer residing near Cassatt, exhibited at our oliict' one day last week two open bolls of cotton, the first we had seen tor tlu> season. In one of the bid Is was the evidence of tin- work of the boll weevil, one look beiny claimed as ! hi' boll w eevil's share. 1 hey are U'> to continue to be sharecroppers with the cott >n farmers unfortunately Kr* -ian . I > 1 1 y \<u erica it < otton. Wa h'.i'yion, Auu'. 1 I .?Information ?.a-- jusi reaehc I S-'.ato,- Dial'., off. ! .int. Ku-.-ian t ? ? \ t i 1 ? ? interest.:, which I i.-v \ ear inoiieh hi efforts ii leha o.i ?iio,.|i|.) 1 > 1 1 < : of t ? o 1 1 ? ? ? i will repine 0 m bah s this wit - ' e Son. < tiling bia two y (-a is air?? S- " ?!or I > t .- 1 1 l>. Kan ?" K'"t in touch u. ' h .??I' lfiii ( omna-reial interests through lie oMiliaiu of American consul , ui'h l ho result thai already a Iiii jji' p.ianiiy <>f cotton has been bought, .'id p'u I fur and half million bales ; ii .ili i w ll no out of the cotton - odii> -iij',- s i iioti this winter. If . ? . > . i, ? ? 1 1 ells for thirty cent-; a pound, >r ii y I n > in; near it when these inter - ^ts make th ir purchases this year it may warily be seen what h bit? ' o> : : | u ? wil' lit uiven the marker. V i 1 1 a N'ojfin, and othe rs of litis ?ia, wi iil Sou:ii la 1 'winter and were o imiii h plea e<l with what t.h? y suw that they coii-urn. nated their trade for their initial purchase of cotton, jiM.tai i bale'.', a nd tiie statement thai, hey w.ll in ike additonal and larger ha <-?, hi I lie near future is (food lews fit|- the cotton people. V. ?? i>ad i i ill . .tlurday from Mr. .John i. I'ov. "i s and his son -our name ?take Mi liurncv I : ? r? hriiore Ilowcrn, ii'! ii' Kershaw.