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TERMS IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM VoL 41. "The Hand of the Diligent Shall Rule" Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, June 16, .1925. v chas. w. birchmore; PROI No. 38 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. ?j. Lewis returned home Friday from a trip to Washing ton, D. C., and other points. While in Washington they made a visit to the White House. Capt. A. M. McLeod, Lieut. M. M. ReaBnover and Lieut. Seroe de Loach, official staff of the Kershaw Guards, attended a meeting of the National Guard Association in Charleston Mon day. The Charleston officers were ^ hosts to the attending soldiers. The Kershaw County Medical As sociation was entertained Wednesday evening at the Camden hospital by the nurses. A delightful evening was spent. Refreshments were served. It was the occasion of the monthly meet ing of the medical association. Messrs. G. H. Baum, I). II. Baum, M. H. Heyman, M. Baruch and L. L. Block in Columbia Wednesday v.> hear Dr. Bernard Baruch addres- the graduating class of the University. Mr. Baruch was formerly a citizen of Camden and has a host of friends hero who are always interested in him. Miss Sarah DePass and Miss Mary Cureton were visiting friends at Dal zell last week. I i Miss Sarah Miller, of Bennettsville, is visiting her aunt at Rembert. . Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Zemp and Mr*. | F. H. Harding were visitors to Colum I bia Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Harris and daughter, Miss Gene Harris, left for Blowing Rock Saturday. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Schfenck have returned from Allendale where they went a few days ago to be present at the marriage of Mrs. Scheflk's broth er. Mi. and Mrs. Thomas Ancrum an;, i Mr. and Mjy??*.ilerman Heyman, of Chester, spent Sunday in Camden with relatives. I Mr, Shannon Heath will leave with | in a few days for San Francisco where he will join his ship for a cruise or. l!io Pacific. I Mrs. C. P. DuBose and daughter, Miss Dolly Singleton, left last week lor an extended trip to New York and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Norman O. Head and their attractive Utile daughter, Mis* Milderd Louise, of Charlotte, N. C., came down Saturday evening for a visit to Mrs. Head's parents. Miss Mary 'Emma Hough has gone to Tampa, Fla., to be with her broth er, Mr. Charles Hough, who recently underwent a serious operation in a hospital in Florida. Latest report* from him is that he is improving and his sister hopes to bring' him home with her soon. Mr. J. D. Montgomery, of .Marion, has b..pn spending a few days at the home of his son, Mr. J. R. Montgom ery. He with his son left yesterday afternoon for a trip down to Florida where Mr. Montgomery has a Sv>n re siding. Miss Lucile Roddey of Lancaster, S. C. is visiting at the home of Mrs. C. M. Coleman. We had a visit yesterday from Mr. George D. Brown, former county sup erintendent of education for Newber ry county, but now a representative of the Aetna Life Insurance Co., at Chester, and Mr. J. H. Hunter, of Florence. Mr. J. C. Cureton, of Chester, and Mr; E. B. Cureton, of North Carolina, arrived here yesterday on a brief visit to relatives. (Jet a Plate We notice quite frequently cars coming here from other towns bear a plate indicating where 'they came from. But Camden han the most un ique plate of them all ? King Haigler. These vory attractive plates can be ? had from the Chamber of Commerce. Just call Mr. B. G. Sanders, and ho f? will nee that you get the plate for your car. , hAWN PARTY The Tjadlen Bible Class of the Lyttletorv Street Methodist Church will hold a lawn party on Tuesday , night, June 23, on the church lawn. Refreshments will he sold. The pub jtJ He !? cordially invited to attend. LIBERTY HILL Mr. Editor: ? We have had clouds, and conditions looked favorable for rain, but the precipitation was very light and our fields are dry and dusty yet. The planting of forage crops and late corn is being delayed. Cha: lie Samuels, a colored farmer near Beaver Creel; bridge, killed a dog supposed to be affected with rabies, a few days ago. He used a club to dispatch the infuriated ani ! mal. Prof. A.J. Richards, of Denmark, is at the Hill for a while. Hon. R. B. Cunningham and his lit tle daughter, of Allendale, spent Sun day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W ! A Cunningham, here. Mr. J. F. Johnston, who holds an (important position with the Southern j Power Co. in Atlanta, is at home for a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. IJ. B. Johnson. : Miss Lilu Cureton, daughter of Mr. A. C. Cureton, who has been attend ing school in Chester, is at home for 'the vacation. j This community was surprised on, | Saturday to learn that Miss Lucille Small, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. ! Small, and Mr. Jake Mobley, of Heath Springs, were married about four months ago. The young lady at that time was attending school at iHeath Springs, and the matter was kept secret until Saturday when Mr. 'Mobley came down claiming his bride, carried her home with him. We extend our best wishes. Miss Louise Johnston, who taught the past session in Chester, is at home for the vacation. Miss Jean, daughter of Maj. and I Mrs. J. G. Richards, who has been a student of the high school in Laurens, was a member of the graduating class at the recent commencement of that school. We congratulate the young lady on her attainment. Mr. W. K. Thompson made a trip to York, and return on Friday. Mrs. Malcolm Hunter and little j daughter, of Charlotte, are spending a while with the family of Mr. F. B Floyd. Mr. Hunter was down Sun day but returned home. The meeting ? about a week? will begin at tho Presbyterian church' on Thursday night, the 18th. Rev. Dr. Gregg, of Rock Hill, will do the preaching. ! May Establish Laundry Here. Mr. J. C. Fuquay, of North Caroli na, was a visitor to Camden last week He was here for the purpose of look ing into the advisability of establish ing a laundry in Camden. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Fuquay while here and found him a very ipleasant young man, and would be glad to see him become a citizen of of our city. He was very favorably impressed with Camden, and the chances are favorable to his locating here. He has a' thorough knowledge oi the laundry business. A Delightful Evening. Thursday the Men's Bible Class of the Lyttleton street Methodist church served a fish fry at W. R. Watkins' pond to the Ladies Bible Class and other ladies of the church. It was a most delightful occasion. The pre paration of the supper was directly in charge of Mr. B. P. DeLoache, presi dent of the class, E. Ii. Budden and W R. Watkins. Fried fish, corn brekd, light bread, pickles and coffee were served, followed with mint drops. There were nearly one hundred pre sent and Mr. and Mrs. Watkins did all they could to make every one feel at home. After the supper was over ishort talks were made by Mrs. iJan ner, teat her of the ladies '-lnss. C. W. iBirchmore, teacher of thv Man's class, iRov. J. T: Peeler and B. P. DeLoache. Some songs were rendered, and alto gether it was made a charming or casion. 'Every one seemed to be in such fine spirits, and bent on making .each other feel pleasant. Wonderfully Hencfitted Uy Evangelist A girl evangelist, thirteen years of ago, has for several weeks boon con ducting services in Florence, and I large num'bors have boon going to; Florence to hear her. A letter from ; I Mr. Charles H. Hlythor of Antioch, in- 1 forms us that Fvangelist K. F. Hew-j jitt, a member of the TJldlne Mabello ,Utley part?, is holding a meeting in I the big tobacco warehouse in Darling 'ton. He will have two or throe services a week in which the sick v/ill be prayed for, Mr. Hlythoi says. This meeting, ho says, will g t on for two weeks. Referring to "himself, Mr. Hl.yther says: "I was wonder fully benefitted in Miss Utley'.-* meet ing here in Florence. Was bVought to Christ and walked for the first time in over eight yoars \* ithout' crutches, as you know doubt have hoard." ) Tax is Reduced by Appeal Board. The cosmetic tax wbb reduced by Che state tax appeal board from twen jty per cent to four per cent, at a meet ling held in the office of Governor Mc |Leod Friday. The tax on ice cream as sold in bulk was removed. How ever, ice cream when sold at" soft drink stands will be subject to the : usual tax. The cosmetics and ice cream taxes .were enacted by the recent legisla ture. Ice cream was taxed under the [provision for taxes on soft drinks. Heretofore an article of cosmetics coating fifty cents was taxed 10 cents. Hereafter the tax on Buch an article will be two cents. A one cent stamp 'on each twenty five cents articles will 'hereafter be imposed. I Lifting the tax on bulk ice cream (relieves purchases' for family use or i for church festivals and the like. The motion for the reduction of the two forms of taxation was made on motion of Representative Carroll Nance, of Laurens. Hollowing the decision for the reduction, the board called in Dr. E. L. Wingfield and W. J. Murray, Jr., Columbia drug gists, and advised them of the decis ion. J. A. Russell, of Anderson, an ice cream manufacturer, and Frank Kellar of Clinton, were also in Co lumbia and were in ?conference with the board. Hollowing the meeting Governor McLeod stated that the members of the commission had had the matter of reducing the cosmetics tax under consideration for some time. They j had given the matter ->thorough study The reduction was in line with what they believed to be the spirit of the legislature in passing the tax act, the chief executive said. ? Columbia Re cord. Band Concerts Continue in Wateree Community. The Sunday Concerts being given by the Wateree concert band at Wa teree BaptiBt Church are proving to , be very popular. Large crowds are in attendance on every performance and the gatherings is great. These concerts will continue in front of the church every Sunday at 9:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A cordial welcome is extended to all. Sunday school and preaching services in the Church im mediately after the concert. Baptist Pastor's Hold Meeting The Kershaw County Baptist Pas tor's Association met with Rev. John P. Graham, pastor of the Camden church, Monday, June 16th. Eleven pastors were present and the day was pleasantly and profitably spent in good fellowship and the discussion of church life and some of its problems. The ladies of the Camden W. M. U. served a moat excellent lunch, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The next meeting of the Association will be held at Wateree Mill Church Mon day after the 2nd Sunday in July. First Week Jurors. The following jurors were drawn this morning for the first week of the court of General Sessions, which con venes on the first Monday in July, w:th Judge W. H. Townsend, pre siding: J. i J. Gerald, F. C. Humphries, J. L. Guy, W. M. Elliott, T. J. Peach, D. O. Houser, J. D. Sinclair, C. A. Johnson, T. C. Hinson, J. E. McCaskill, J. W. .Jones, D. A. Goff, J. E. L. Brannon, Fletcher Kelly, E. D. Robertson, I. J. .Inckson, Lewis Branham, C. C. Joyner W, A. Marshall, L. G. You> g, T. M. Maddox, J. T. Raley, J. A. Branham, I II. L. Smyrl, A. J. Bahamer, J. M. King, S. W. Horton, D. J. Clyburn, J. B. Cureton, J. C. Gainor, L. S. Brown, B. C. West, Yaney' Throatt, J. M. Gay, E. R. Ray, J. A. McCaskill. Death of a Ilaby Hoy.. Wo deeply sympathize with Mr. and Mr*. Burrell Barfleld in tho death of their hahy hoy, Marvin, nfced seven months, which occurred Wed nesday about 2:30 o'clock after a brief illness. The burial took place Thursday in tho cemetery at Cook's church. The little fellow ^?ad lived lonsr enough to entwine itself around Ihe heart strings of its parents, and jits denth has brought, genuine sorrow jto them. The First Cotton llloom. I The first cotton bloom we have seen this season was brought to our .cfiieo yesterday by Tillman Session,, which opened in his field on the 14th inst. He Is a colored farmer resid ing at Sprlnfchlll near tho Kershaw county line. Send* tn Cotton llloom. Mr. W. E. Arledsro sent to our of fice a cotton bloom yesterday^ which ho plucked from his field. Thin wa? the first bloom for thin county thftt we l.nd seen. t BATTLE WITH OFFICERS. j Negro is^villed, Ai\pther Wounded. Ben McKnight, about 45 years of age, was instantly killed Wednesday, and hia brother Murphy McKnigm, seriously wounded, in a battle with officers of the law. Early Wednes day morning Rural Policeman Grooms of Lee county, came to -Camden with a warrant for M. Mc Knight, charg ing him with obtaiing money under false pretenses. Before going to his home, which is located about fifteen miles nqrtheast of Camden in the Boonetown section, he had Magis trate S. N. Nicholson to endorse the warrant. Mr. Grooms approached Mc Knight, who with his brother over powered him and took his pistol from him. Grooms returned to Camden and swore out a warrant charging Mc ! Knight with resisting an officer. | The warrant was placed ,ir. the hands of W. L. Ilunnicutt, Mag istrate Nicholson's constable, who I with Grooms and State Constable W L. Stokes and S. P. Watkins, proceed ed to the home of the negroes. They were not at home and it was learned that they had gone to Kershaw. The officers went in search for them 1 Meeting tlu.m i-t the road Mr. llunni l cutt who was ahead of the other of ficers, commanded them to n.id up their hands.* Instead of doing so they opened fire on Mr. Hunni.uu, who promptly returned the fire, and the other officers hurried to his assist ance and a number of shots were fired W hen the firing ceased it was ascer tained that . Ben McKnight was. dead and it was thought at first that i-iur I hy McKnight was dead also, but he later revived and was brought to the Camden hospital for treatment. He is ir a right serious condition but may recover. The shooting occurred be tween one and two o'clock. Constable Stokes came to Camden and reported what had taken place and Coroner W. F. Russell proceeded to the scene ef trouble and held an inquest. I)r. S. F. Brasington, of Camden, was fore man of the coroner's jury and a ver dict was rendered to the effect that | Ben McKnight came to his death | from gunshot wounds by officers of j the law while in the discharge of their duty. It is understood that there w?s a bout thirty dollars involved. Mur phy 'McKnight was .indebted to a par ty in Lee county for this sum, and when he was approached by the (in stable with the warrant, it is under- 1 stood that he said he would not go to Bishopville but would go to Kershaw and get the money with which to pay the account.' His brother Ben, who v\ .1? k>ned, went to Kershaw, it i said, and secured the money, and bought some articles of groceries which he had in the car at the tim< ol' the killing. They made the mis lake of resisting arrest, and thus brought on the trouble that resulted in the death of one and the serious wounding of the other. Some thirty odd dollars was found in the pocket of the dead man, indicating that he had secured the money for his broth er to settle the matter. A Fine Attendance. There was an unusually fine at tendance upon the Men's Bible class of the Lyttleton Street Methodist. Sunday School on Sunday morning, the best in a long time. It was inspir ing to see so many earnest men to gether for the study of the Word. Be fore adjourning a collection was taken up, which amounted to about $30.0(1, tor the .building fund of the church it is proposed to build at State Park for the tuburculosis patients* who now have no church. We understand that the estimated cost of the church is about $12,000. It will be undenomi national, ministers from the various churches being expected to preach from time to time in the new church when it is built. Confcdarte Memorial Half Dollars. The Confederate Memorial Coins, recently turned out by the United States mint, will be on sale at fh Hank of Camden and the First Na tional Hank. TJiey are fifty c?">'? coins and soil for ono dollar. Th?> extra fifty cents mill go to th?> Stone Mountain Memorial Association to ass.st in carving this projected won derfuP piece of work. Five millions have been minted, which monns when fthey are gold there will he $2,500,000 for the association. The first one that came from the mint was present ed to Prewldont Coolidge, In a suitably chiv.'o goi*t piate oi Georgia goiu. Miss Kline DeLoache entertained ?? party of young friends at bridge on Wednesday evening in honor of bet" eounin, Clyaby DuHose, of China, who ia upending some time hore with re lattveff. j v Junty Wins Hunurs at i tVinthrop College. t Last Fr.v.ay fourteen happy passen gers arrived in Camden und Kershaw on the Southern train from Rock Hill, j 1 hese were the Kershaw County delo ) gates to the State Short Course t j Winthrop College. Besides the Hon , Demonstration Agent there were se\ ! en women and six girls ap^ointe from the Homo Demonstration Club, i of the County as delegates to tht Short Course. They left Camden on Thursday, the 4th, and returned on Friday, the 12th, having spent a whole week as the guests of Winthrop Col lege. The State Short Course is always a If eat event in South Carolina, but ev erybody agreed that this year it was j e\en better than usual. Tlrcre were j between five and six hundred dele gates present, and they had the priv ilege of hearing a number of address es by very distinguished men and wo men. Among these were Ur. D. B. Johnson of Winthrop College, Dr. |Bohn of the New York Times, Mr. I K.tzhugh Mc Master of Columbia, S. C. and Gov. Thomas ' Mcleod. ti would be difficult to say just what was the best feature of the Short Course, and perhaps it would be well to teli what interested each delegate most. All of them felt very proud when Mrs. Moody Hough, the Kershaw ( ounty Market Secretary and Coun cil representative gave her report, for it was one of the very best, and the (. lit ire state depend on Kershaw ^oun ty as a leader in Club Marketing. Mrs. hough took a prominent part in all marketing discussions and has come home planning to make our market even better than it is. Mrs. R. K. i?e:nbcrt ol the Charlotte Thompson Club, who has been one of the staunch j supporters of our market attended the Short Courses by special ivque.s. j ? i om Winthrop, mid took a course in cake making. Those Who know Mrs. Kenibert's cakes will wonder if there is room for improvement, but just wait and see! Mrs. Jas. West from the Midway Ciub and Mrs. Thos. Waters from Mt. Zion Club took a course in judging i breads, cakes, etc. in Fair exliib.ts and it is well to know whom we can call on when our neighboring counties ask ' us to send them judges. Mrs. J. A.' Bell of the Lugofr' Uul> toon ?.i.. Jl"igi"K work in relation to can ned products, and the Lugoff Club will no douDt add new honors to its al ready famous name. Mrs. C. O. Stog- 1 ner ot the I'imrod Club took a poultry j course and Mrs. B. F. Bolton of the Bethune Club is now an expert judgi: of sewing. I Those who have beeij to Winthrop j do not need to be told that these wom-j ? " enjoyed the Short Course. In fact i they came very near forgetting they nad chickcns and flowers and hus bauds at hornet They did n?t forget! their children, however, nut they 1111*11. j iave been taken for a bunch of college girls. But if possible the girls had 1 oven a better time than the women. 1 On this trip they had their first taste of college life and such fun as only g.rls can have when 2;>0 of them meet j together for work and play. It was inspiring to be one of these 2;*>() when | <.hey sung their club songs in the big Winthrop auditorium with the pipe 'i'g?n accompaniment, directed by one of their own number, or when they gave their club yells in the dining room, and to realize that they were a part of the biggest and best organiza tion for girls and boys in the world. ? he girls from each county gave re ports of the club work they are do ing, and Gov. McLeod says that if these gills keep on as they have start ed out, South Carolina will have to stop talking about being a backward state. In fact it is now said tnai South Carolina has the best Home Demonstration Department in the Un ited States. The girls had a great time in the gymnasium and the swimming pool hikI on the last ni^ht gave an exhibi tion that would have done credit to ollegc tfirls. The girls were requir <d to enter a Health (Contest, and Cor u'lia Johnson of Antioch Clwb repre sented Kershaw County in this con , .. st. Now the best of all news is to [ . ome. The other ^irls wrote a Health j Story entitled The 100 per cent Health .i?irl, and Sarah Bruce of the Char j lotte Thompson Club won first place I and Kttn Knbon of, fine Grove club I won third place in this contest. Re member, this was open to the whole state. When this announcement was made on the coining night in the gym I nasium the Kershaw County delegate felt even happier than usual. 1 Mrs. h). Miller Boykin, the Home ' Demonstration Agent says although she spent four years at Winthrop, she never had a betar time than she did at the 192f? Short Course and that in tho future she will consider it a prlvi BETHINE NEWS. Bethune, June 15. ? Mr. John F. Folsom, a life-long citizen of the Tur key Creek section and a confederate , veteran, died at the home of his son, , John Folsom, Jr., about 1U o'clock Saturday morning last. Mr. Folsom Jiad" been in declining health for a ^lymber of years, but the end was not s: bought to be so near. He was about years of age and is survived by ^ 8 wife, herself an invalid, four sons, ess. E. W. Wood, S. L. and John .lsom, one daughter, Mrs. Lou Cor jbett, all of Lee County, and many other relatives. '1 lie luacral services [and interment was held at Bethany Methodist church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. \V. V jJerman, of Bethune. ! Mr. Charley Boykin, who resided on the DuPre Hall place, between here and Lucknow dropped dead on the I road last Friday evening while on his | way home from a fishing trip. Mr. Boykin had been in feeble health for 'a long while. He was between ?>.> and 1 70 years of age, and is survived by his wife and several grown children. The burial was held at Cotnord i church, near Lucknow yesterday af ternoon at 1 o'clock. Mrs. K. N. Marion and Miss (lus sie Hough left this morning to at u n<i bummer school at Winthrop Col lege. Miss Kuth Estridge, who attended school at Sumter the past session, re turned to her home last Fr.uny. Sou graduated in nigh school there and expects to attend Winthrop College the coming session. Robert Bradley, of California, is spending sometime here with Lis sis ters, Mrs. Mary Rethune, Misses Ty .<on and Emma Bradley. The new residence of Mr. C. L. Mays is nearly completed and Mr. and Mrs. Mays will mo\e in soon. .he Betliune baseball team played two games last week. The first game was played at Camden on Thurs day afternoon and the second game here on Friday afternoon. Botn games resulted in victories for Cam den. Due to the continued drouth, the c\ i n crops and gardens in this sec tion have suffered severely, the lat ter Seing practically destroyed. Brick and other material is being placed on the ground at this place for the erection of the spendid new drive-in filling station, to be erected by J. H. Ellen, of BishopvilU. This town needs several new cot tages for rent. Nearly every clay some one enquires for a house and there are none to be had. There is some probability of lie thune having a new electric light sys tem before very long. If the project materializes the town will have a day as well lis a night current, which would add much to the advancement of the community Mr. John Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Hebron Outlaw and children, of Great FnlU, spent Saturday and Sun day here. IN M KM OKI AM This space is dedicated to the memory of our dear wife and mother whom death took from us this day two years ago. Though the hands on the face of. the dial of time has made an other circuit, and the flowers of spring have hlooued and faded again, dear one, yet our hearts ache and long for you as though you had left us only yesterday. As lonjr as life shall Inst, the memory of the happy flays we spent together will find the brightest pages in the hook of memory. The sun shines just as brightly, Kut does not bring the cheer; The birds sing just as sweetly, I > 1 1 1. do not lift the care. Since you have left us, dear one, Our hearts are always sao", We miss your cheerful presence, That always made us glad. W. T. Smith and Children, ( (iiirt of Common Pleas. ri'ltc Court of I'ommnn Picas fo this county convened yesterday morn inff with Judge W. II. Townsend, pr<j siding. No jury casos were tried yoi terday and the jurors were dinchartff at the noon hour until this niorrdil lege to chaperone the following gii on any trip thoy wish to take:) Sftri Bruce, of the Charlotte Tl\6tn.p?< Club, (Cornelia Johnson of the Antlo Club, Ktta Kabon of the Pine Orrt Club, Marfcuoritte Truesdale of t Lusroff Club, Claudia West. of tho IV way Club, nnd Kmily Hlftckmon of t Shamrock Club.