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Wateree IGER "The Hand of the Diligent Shall Kule" ?^3* ? Vol. 41. Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, F?braur> 10, 1925. 'CR/i C11AS. W. HI III ll.M ORE, "Uof N v. l :? 80CIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. J. T. Noell, business man and extensive planter, of Comer, Ga.p spent the week end in Camden, the guest of Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Birchmore Mr. Noell came to Columbia to attend a meeting of the Federal Land Bank Association, and decided to make a vis it to Camden. He is a nephew-in-law of the editor of the Messenger. Mr. J. E. Rhame, who has 6een kept at home on account of sickness, is able to be out again. He came to his I store Friday. Mr. M. M. Reasonover has been con fined to his room for several day5; past with sickness, but is out again. Mrs J. S. Lindsay was: on a visi*. tc j Columbia last week. Mis.-, Emmie Alegander has return ed from quite an extended visit to Florida. Mr. Cecil Brasington, who was oni ployed ir. the mill store oi the Water ee mill, and, who was later trans ferred to North Carolina, has recently been made office manager Charlotte, N. C. Miss Mattie Gerald, Camden's pop ular milliner, has returned from a bus iness trip to New York. The Kirkwood Book Club met with Mrs. C. -P. DuBo^e Thursday morn ing. Refreshments were served. Mr. R. Babin, who went to Columbi" recently to be operated upon for ap pendicitis, is reported as getting a lon^ very nicely now, and if no com plications arise he will be home beforo ionj;. Comptroller-General A. J. Beatti<?,| after a brief indisposition has gotten j quite well again. He spent Sunday in! Camden with his family. Lookn for The Messenger. A friend who has been n paid in ad ' ?'nhce subscriber- to The Messenger, fo.' ft good many years, wvites us as follows: "I believe my subBcripti'or. expires on the 2nd ' ground-hog day". Attached you will find my check for renewal. Please continue to send me The Mevsenger each week. I look t it's coming like a school boy does who is expecting a letter from home, and knows that it v:iM arrive.'* You.* Opportunity. The opportunity is still yours to rub cribe for stock In the eighth series ci " The Wateree Building and Loan As sociatioi:. Nex; Monday will bo col lection day, and you can call upon he secretary at thta time and suh tho secretary at that time and sub m.:y desire without paying a premium on the shares. Read the advertise .nent elsewhere in this of The .Mes senger, and do not let this opportuni ??/ go by. Deaths. Mrs. M. E. Schrock, after an illness i r'. some flays, died nt her homo on! I^jTWleton street yesterday, atfed 83 I years. Mrs Schrock was the widow of Capt. Joseph SchrocU, who prede ceased her many years ago. She was r. native of Camden, and re.ddtr'. it; ? .ia northern section of the county be fore he;- marriage. Before he ? marr' " d'( she war Miss Mary Johnson. Kh" ir. survived by one son, Mv W A Schrock, of Greensboro, C, wlu> ha", been with her for s<m.rul da*"-, past. The funeral servicer wdi tak < place this afternoon at :J0 u'rl'rk. Mrs. Schrock was a faithful moniber( of the Camden Baptivt chufeh, and nhvays could bo found in her pine ? thfere. She will be greatly missed I in her church and in the eommonity where her lonp; and Useful life w:u Bpent. Mrs. Arthur Denton died in the mill village yesterday. Sh<? is sur vived by her husband and several children. The funeral services will take place tomorrow. Sincere ?ym pathy is felt for the bereaved hus band and children, I The romnins of Mr. T. C. DuBo?o,, who died in Summprvlllo n fow dnyq' npfO, were brought to Camden Thurs-| day for interment. Mr DuRose is very plenfmntly rememberod by r number here in Cnmden whore ho ro nldrd Rome yonrft ajpo\ If you n?"d n ?ot. of blnnk book1 for yr.ur novl v< ??r'- b?.<?ine?fq wo ir> vite you to 'e? the ',ne we forty. Th< y Mossentfor Rook Storo. Yon will y ?*v?? money by buying from u?. &!, ; ??? I OWENS CONVICTED OF MAN SLAUGHTER. Case Attracted Much Interest.. -Other Caser. I In addtion to the cases reported I last week The Messenger there I were several other minor cases dis posed of in general sessions court. The city of Camden was sustained , in the cave of George D. Shore, of I Sumter, who was arrested hero some ' months ago and fined in the Record i er's court for turning his car between [coiners and resisting arrest. Carl Hinson, Bennie Hinson, Baff ord Shfrley and Arnold Trapp, charg ed with violation of the prohbition law, were acquitted. Jesse Glaspie was sentenced to six month for violation of the prohibi tion law after his plea of guilty, the sentence being suspended upon good behavior. West H. Ellis and Arch E. Ellis were before t,he court upon charges of violation of the prohibiton law. A nol pro . was entered in the case of Ar.-h Ellis, and West Ellis entered a plea o: guilty. He was given a sen tence of twelve months, four months to he uspended upon good behavior. Tannic White, a negress, was coti vic.ed o; assault and battery with in tent to kill, and was sentenced to serve six months in jail and to pay a fint. o, ' $100. Thursday morning the case n gainst Helton Owens, former bridge keeper, charged with murder of Jack Smith, a well known farmer of West Wateree December l.<t last, was be gun. Only a short while was con sumed in selecting a jury as follows: Jjhr. M. Villlepigue, foreman, T. Lee Little, Fletcher Moore, W. P. Rodger.-, I J. J. Campbell, J. E. Coates, L. .1 Whitaker, .1 E. Severance, G W Harr ison. H. Watson. Lewis Williams and W. ii Evans. Two days were con sumed in hearing this case. Late Fri day afternoon the case wa? given to the jury who deliberated all night be fore a verdict was reached. About ten o'clock Saturday morning they an nounced that they had reached a vcr dict. They found the defendant guil ty of manslaughter. Judge C. C. Fcathertsone, before whom the case was tried, sentenced him to serve five years in the penitentiar> Notice of a motion for a new trial v/a . given by Mr. Owens through his i attorneys but was withdrawn. Notice i however, of intention to appeal to the supreme court was giveffj Bail was granted the defendant pending the ap peal in the sum of $3,000, which was given and Owens released form cus tody. Owens, who is 63 years of ape, lis tened in a calm way to the Judge as he passed sentenced upon him. This case brought as large, if not a larger number to the court house dur ing its trial than perhaps almost any cr.^a ever heard ht're. Buck Walters was placed on trial Saturday, charged with the murder of Coleman Horton, which occurred a fe\ weeks ago at the home of Water* near Bethune. Only a short time was con umed in the trial of this case and the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. Court, adjourned Saturday after noon, having disposed of the cases scheduled to come up at this term of court. This was the first term of court fur Kershaw county that Judge Feather stone presided over, and he made \ very fine impression. Judge Feather stone is 'in ahle lawyer, a fine man a splendid Christian gentleman. A ( ompliment for The Messenger | A prominent gentleman of our city | who has boon a subscriber for many i years, remarked to us a few days ago th it he was t.t i n a good deal of pleasure out of reading The Moss onger, and that our editorials wor" rea ' by him with pleasure and ap proval and that he was keeping \ complete file of our paper. Coming from the source it did we felt quite proud of the compliment. It. is our purpose to make each issue of The Mo'sen^er an interesting and worth while paper, and to spe to it that at all times it has an absolute ly clean character, for a newspaper is very much like an individual ? it has a character- good or bad?and we strive for the good, clean character. Mnrricd. M!rh Rosrlln OlatWlon, of Camden, and Mr. Randolph Stovenson, of Rnl N. employee of tho Yadkin ? ?? River Power Co., wore m.vrrio 1 Sat udny aftornoon at 4 o'clock hy Re'-, J. P. Graham of the Camden Raptist Church. Tho ceremony took place at tho homo of Mr. St Mrs. F. C. Jonen , i. ' thlfi city. 1 THE POULTRY SHORT COURSE. I The Foultry Short Course which ij being planned by the Farm and Home Demonstration Agents to be held in Carrtden, Thursday and Friday Feb. 19 and 20, has for its purposes the reaching of a great number of poultry raisers in a short period of time; giv ing an opportunity to solve poultry problems; giving as much help to poultry raisers as possible in a concise way and at a time of year when most] needed; teaching the best methods of poultry management by means of lec-, turces demonstrations, charts, poster^ I and exhibits. The poultry specialists from Win throp and Clemson will be present to assist with the Short Course, and will give subject matter talks and demon stration as well as to discuss poultry problems with individuals. There will be exhibits of commercial feeds, poultry appliances, etc. put on' by local dealers. There will also bo' an egg judging contest, the egg* to j be brought in by member. . ttomlinjr ] the Short Course. Other interesting feu tures will bo put on, and it is urged I that everybody attend this two-dj\ i Short Course as a great deal of infor j mation can be had in the short whili j that the Short Cous?e runs. Further information can be had by j seeing or writng the Farm or Honv | Demonstration Agent. .JOHN W. SANDERS, County Agon!. | Death of F. I,. Truesdel. Frank L. Truesdcl died at his home in Kershaw last Saturday afternoon about 6:30 o'clock after b'.'in * con.fr to his bed for about fom v. rck :\:i was buried in the Kershaw cemctt v.' Sunda> afternoon aftcv funern. ; . Yices conducted from the home L?.. Dv K. j'. Rice. Mr. Truesdcl, was f>P year oi aj;c. had been in failing health for u U n; while. In 1919 his car was struck by, a Southern Railway engine as he wa going across the track at the first crossing south of town on the road ' to Westville, and his left leg wa- | broken aC the hip. He remained in the hospital at Rock Hill for a long time, fyut ?he limb knitted and he v.".; able t6"utfe''1t again. About. thr-<?l years later, in 1922, he met with .1 ' similar accident at the same crossing the same limb being Iroken :"d It' had to be taken r.g.iin to the hospi-.-.l to remain for a good while. On^o more he was able to walk about, but his health became impaired and there was a gradual decline until the end camc, Mr. Truesdcl was a good citizen. For a long while he was engaged in the stock and livery business, but re tired when his health gave way. lie* was well liked and had the utmo t confidence and esteem of all who knew him. In manner he was unassuming but strong in character and patient in affliction, never uttering a com plaint while undergoing all the pain and suffering he had to endure follow ing the two accidents referred to. His funeral was attended by a very large number of his friends and the num ber of floral offerings attested the esteem in which he was held. He i ^ survived by thrive sons, Lewis F., Joh.i S., and Paul S. Truesdcl, all of whom have the sympathy of the commun ity in their bereavement. ? Kershaw Era. * South Carolina I.i vestockmen Meel Clemson College, Feb. 7.. The 'in nual meeting ?f the Carolina Live stock Association will he held in Co lumbia on Friday evening, February 20, with an afternoon session and an evening session at the Jefferson H> tel. according to announcement by .p. W. Sheeley, of Greenville, the secre tary of the organization. The meeting, snys Mr. Sheoley, will handle many important; matters, such n.x better handling, feeding, breeding of livestock and better marketing, wi;h special attention to certain practice!! that are hurting the livestock flower; A feature of the meeting will be an open conference where anyone may bring to light any matters in which h" or his section of the state i;t concern | On t he program will he n meV; packer, a practical livestock man, ?t> I n financier, al1 of whom will be well worth hearing Livestock are coming hnok says Mr Sheely, and Koutw Carolina firmer:*, must, ho ready t.o meet the situation more than half way. Make You,- Tax Return"-. The time for making y6ur ?t.ate and county tax returns i right now. The hooks will close after the 20t,h and the penalty will then he added. Better look after this at one.?. PREPARING FOK THE I'AUEAN i March 2.">th the Date. ? Committees OrKaniziiiK. ! Exto nsivc preparations are now bo ; ing made for the spring pageant to ! take place here, which will present i pictures of Camden in -the past anil j the pfesent. March 2.">th has be^n dc I cided upon as the date. A meeting was held Monday evening in the rooms of the chambei ol' Commerce to dis cuss the various phases of the work to be done to make the event the great success it is designed to be, and which it will be, judging from the i uteres, already manifested. The following chairman of committ ees have been appointed and th<y are selecting their co-workers, which will be announced later: Properties ? Mrs. Cora Ancrir.. Dances ? Mrs. \Y. L. Goodale. Chorus ? Mrs. Clifton McKain. Ground? ? H. G. Carrison, Jr. Refreshments ? Mrs. C. I' 1)u1!ma>. Cost j me s ? B is sel 1 K e n nedy Ways and Means? J. G. Richxr?!s. Books and Programs ? \V. A. J:. .Orchestra- ? Holli - Cobb. 1'ublieuy? B. (J. SaiwK-r*. Mr .Sunders has on the puM.?/ity committees ti work \vi:h him !. 1 Niles, Mrs. S. K. Winkler an-i ( . V. . Birehmore Miss Mary Blackwell is tin- en. tjctic chairman of the suh-e.muniU . and asks the hearty co-op ???al'or < i' committees, for h is determine^' : make the pageant the pri ite-i suc cess our people have ever vit.ne s? <1. Ui-\ <).\ MAUh ? .MA Yl>'?; (H\ .! I1. S. ) I According to late, t scientific ad vices the climate on Yhe"l>Tanet Mars may support mosses ami lichens or such animal life able to withstand r. l.XKzing night and a thawing mid day. This is about all the informa tion that we have about life on Mnrv i and that, to say the least, is vag nv ant! uncertain. What wo <lo most, certainly know }-? | that wo have life? human life ? <>n the Earth and that we live it in a va riety of av/ys. Next Sunday the l">:h of February the ubjeet of th r? morn ing sermon at Wateree Baptist chur.h will be, "The Hidden Life." The ev ening subject will be "Supposition." Morning service at 11 o'clock. Even ing service at 7. A warm welcome to all. To Meet Thl;; Evening The officials of the Mellv>di?t church will meet thi.-, evening at eight r 'cluck Jit the home of Dr Frank M. Zemp, chairman of the board < f stew ards. Important matters will mnv | before he officials and t full attend ance is expected. Mrs. Zemp will a. ip'st. Dr. Zemp in entertainig the of ficials. 'I r allot iilkmin fo. Soutli Carolinr* I Dr. and Mrs. II. E. Tralle, two of North America's Outstanding Sunday | School specialists are to bo in Sotiti> [Carolina for three weeks beginning I February 15th through March Oth. While in the State they will hold a Tralletalkqua, or a Sunday School I Chautauqua in three cities of Uu* j State, in Hock Hill, February 1") to 1 20th inclusive, in Columbia, February j22nd to 27th inclusive in Greenville j March 1st to 5th inclusive and at Varnvillp ip Hampton County or Ihc 0th ol' March The meeting will he under the au spices of the South Carolina Sunday School Association and will be open to Sunday School workers of all de nominations, and all those interested j in school and Sunday School work. Meetings for mothers will le held at each place when Mrs. Tralle wil' [bring to mother ' of thr> Community in | a simple, interesting way, the- com i posite wisdom of many wise and sue cessful mothers. She will also can [duct n Story telling period and will teach method;! of story telling Tho sessions ronductorl by Dr. Trnlle will include tho Trallelogues. wliich it the most popular feature of tho Trnlletalkqua. Those will ho of intoroRt to everybody, <>hl and young Thoy aro evening entertainments con sisting of interest ing presentations of Hihlical, psycholigJcal and pedagogi cal truths in tho form of lecture?, stories, dialogue ; and drama' l/.a' ions. D.r Trallo is also a writer '>f nation al reputation. Among h i - hooks rtre: ? "Dynamics of Teaching," "Story Toll I Ing lessons," "Planning Church Huildings", "Psychology of I,eader ship" and "Bih'o ;>to-v Tolling." , From hin work With the South C ir olina Sunday School Association Dr. j nd Mrs. Trallo go to Georgia to help I for three weeks in that State. | HE i'Hl'.NE NEWS. Bethune, Feb. 0. ? The Big Springs Hotel, owned by Dr. J. E. McLure, was totally destroyed with its emir-.' contents, at 9 o'clock last nitfht. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove in one of tin- lower room-, which was occupied by a Mr. Robii. son, who, with his wife, two children, Dr. McLure, and a colored girl, were the oaly persons in the hotel at the time. The loss is estimated at about thirty thousand dollar-, with $*10. 000 insurance This is heavj loss o:>j Dr. McLure and he has the s;ympathy of every one in his misfortune. The Doctor was in town this morning and informed us that he would probably rebuild the hotel for the summer sea son. He had his hand- and nick bad ly burned during the fire. Mr. John .J. ioibert and family, wh < have resided here for the pu<i sever al years, moved to Camden on Wed nesday of last week, where they ex pee: tu reside. Mr. John Munn ami wife, of Liu-k i o\v, moved to Bi'thuiH' last \vt i k ami arc occupying tho storehouse jiu t va cated by Mr. John Tolbert. Wori h .s be^un on the eivetion o1'. the new brick residence <>1 Mr. < . K. C'assaiiy. The hou^e will contain six n.oni: . Mr. M .rtin, who \.u- been o rectinu the IK* w hijrh school building has the contract. Mr. and Mrs. 1). M. Mays, and child ren, and Mr. \Y. A. McDowell, who have been in Florida for the past two "v thre ? weeks, returned to Hethune las; wcefc-. Mr. II. Iv Hy itt, who has been mer chandising: here for several years, has l on'vd si on room t'ron M. ( l . Cia hu i and moved hi:, ton o' ^mnl.i in last week. M/ Tom Copeland. win joined the rtavy about throe month.-; ago, left? f?>r Charleston last Krldny.af .or spend in j-T a. couple, of weeks at his home hero The writer ha.-, tallied '.'the New, Count;. Movement" to quite a numb er of person in this sections recently and practically every one to who iv. the subjec". was. mentioned ex pressed themselves as being hear':,y in favor of forming a iv*w eaunty in this territory with either Kotluine or McUee as the county seat. Persons riving in the cxteremc Northern par:' ? >f t hi county, in lower Chesterfield and in upper Darlington are com pelled to travel from 20 to 1!) mile;, in order to go to the county sent and therefore these people are anxious to reduce the distance. The proposit ion is to form a new county with a line running from abi it I.ucknow to the Lancaster county line, thence across 1 to Chesterfield county near Jefferson, down by way of Middendorf to 1 >;? r lington county near Clyde, then across Kelly's bridge to Turkey Creek church in Iiee County. If Hethune should be the county seat of the propo ed new county the town hall here couo' 1 j used for a court house for a few years. Of course we would not hsve much u e for a jail, as our citizens an-j generally law-abiding. If Bethun< and this Miction ever expect to get out of the; village cross-roads, hack wouds. (lass, then we nnist get busy now and! form a new county, build a cotton! mill or do omcthing else worth while. J These things can be done--it just re-i quires some money, some energy and more than all else, a pirit of cooper- j I'.tion and unity. Every man or woman in liethuno who reads the Messenger i* invited to read this paragraph and ponder a lit tle: "The progressive town is like n fine six or eight cylinder car, purr ing alf>rig evenly as it. carrie its pas senders, the residents of the cniiiniiui ity, over the hills that stand in the way of prosperity. But. sometimes a (rood looking town 1 i k t- many beauti ful c-: rs, will roll along evenly whv ? the roads level, hut upon roachim? a hill of business adversity, will sIoh up, knock and jerk, and finally come to a dead stop before it. re-iche- th<1 erest. A missing cylinder, you say'.' Yes, and that missing cylinder, is tin man or woman who shows ru> intercs*. in home ("own businoss or in I li ? w(d fare of the community.'" lit writing along this lino, we wi h to state that this correspondent has no animosity or )>re judiee for any on> that no one desires to ee our town expand and pro per more than our e|\.s. '' he following is al o 1 1 1 > niitted for the purpo e of as is' ing those who are careless ar indif ferent to wake up and make Bethuno wake up and make I'ethune what, it.! hould and ran be:" If you are a ki'k cr and sec the shadows of failure in -vcsything that, is proposed to help the town, for heaven's sake go in some > "eluded canyon and kick your own shadow ori the day hank and give the men who are working to huihl up the town a chance. One long- faced, ho! low-eyed, kno kneed, wh "ing. cart) ing, chronic kirkr>r can do more tr i IJETTEH SPEECH COL I'M N ((.Questions should be au drt'S ed to MUs Irene D llaro, ' \ The Extension Division, University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. Personal answers will be made* on re quest if a stumped envelope is enclosed. Thom;i: C'arlyk. They have c wled him nudieval; ;hey have accused him of bcin^: a belated have accused him t?l* be Iviated ruritan; they havi nunh him ;? Cier man metaphysician; they have even diagnosed him a: dyseptn" hu Thorn a ("arlylc stands, in spite of his ac cusers, as one of the jrreat figures in Knjrlish literature. America ou^ht u l e especially intc ested in him, l>ecauso he, mmv than ,'t;y other thirker, influenced oui- ow.n l.mer-on when he was creating tin first original American liteature, Souti" (.'aroiinr. ouyrhi te lvtv> pain interest because the best portrait <1 (,'arlyle is the one painted by hi irknd, our cit i/.< n, Wa.-hinurton All ston. .?ly interest to-dav is m Carlyle's message and speech. Someone hax stiin.ited tha.. m ilu nuinbe.' of *\\ rus used t :.r!y!e stand;. second uii I \ t" Shakes|-e ire I'VOp abovt Miitun. However accurate that statement may !>e I ant suiy th? eras- -word pu/./le lovers could delve into him with p!e;.s ai'i! and profk. Yesterday 1 reread some of the es says in Heroes and Hero Worship, ami wa am.iV.eH a> the numhei oi uti* usual words. When I studied those cfsaye as ;t child, 1 had a child's natur .1 u cling that writers could not he ex .I '.-vl ma to use a Kreat marvy big', hard words; hut 'suppose some of my mature readers look a moment at Car 'yle's vocabulary. At random, in one essay, i rati a ross: "Je ^ rdemainl', simulacrum", misestimate", "aerolite", "prurient" clouting' . Ot. yes. of coursi you w heard them all! So have i. i think! !>ui how many of them are in >ou:' ;Wj. vocabularly ? .Much could be .-.iid alst about. Car ,yle'. message. For nearly a hundred "e.u j; the .vorld has tried to persuade /pelt that the age of heroes is gone; and America has pretended to believe h t all men are free and equal. Why .11 these intelligence tests? Why all ihese calls for leaders? Why the now r of such a man as Woodrow Wilson? Head Carlyle, those of you who want onicthing beautiful in style and powerful in content. Imitate him if you wi-h a good exercise in composi tion; study m^n if you wish some pood philosphy. N, ('? Will you write again about the I t ; nunr atioii of the Word "column"?. a. c. r. A. I wiil wlite even until seven times seven, if it will do any good. i here is really nothing to say except that c-o-l-u-in-n does not spell "col ..uni'."' any mitni than o-y- -t-c-v spells "oy clier"; hut there arc people who seem to he afraid of the plain um" sound. i. Is. Is there such a verh as "to sus picion" 7 M. K. M. A. \i,1 "Suspicion" is a perfectly .rood noun, hut the corresponding vt rh is "t? suspect". Unfortunately a ? real many person- either do not. know this distinction or do not ob serve ic. 1. IX ( i . I notice so many failures ' ) re cognize the difference hetweev "a! | i"i t. and "yl'fei ' 'hat I should lik" I hi ha' e you discuss it. (). N. i A. "Aff ect" a verh, not i noun. 1 'Kffect." is hoth veil) and noun. As verhs, "affect" means "to influence; 'effect" mean ft "'<< accomplish." "The lory affected him deeply", for ex jamph", or, "The Kll sian.s effecterl > revolution." "Affi'ct" also meins "to fcten", as in "She li ;i s an affected roan (!<?!." "Kffe< " n a noun mean "re suit," as in, "The effects of ;i s'm m.' i IV \ ailo< t ? i Happen I ju -j I. f . i . I ? ? ? I- t ? > li i |i | >' ? si . '! -i i '? about nil v.i know ultoii the prcii 'i-u that the world was coming to an end and Hrothor Shivor k ?? | > t his- appoint mont a! Watoroo Mill Maptist church just a ; h< ox pooled t <? do. Hut it ha-t boon suggested that many believo that, 'lie event has aljoady taken place. f! happened on*' .nine morning it ha* been suggested when the Volstead art, j lH?came effective. Well, wo did not I worry about the world coming t1, an i end last Friday, nor nro wo go:nir to , worry about its coming t.o ond at ill. keep away business and capital 'i.m a town than all t ho drouths, ;:''ort i cr ops, church hugs, cyclopia mid bliz 1 zards combined."