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? -3/ The Wateree Messenger TERMS:? $i.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. ? . . 4. ~ ' 1 h i U, ^ ' ' Iho Hand of the Diligent Shall Rule" VQI" U CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 20. 1926 r: CIIAS.VW. BIRCHMORE, PROP. fcO. 36 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL r Messrs. C. H. Yates, L. T. Mills, M. H. lleyman, W. H. Pearce, James R. DeLoache, and R. M. Kennedy have gone into summer camp on the Her mitage Mill pond* A new crop of fish and snake stories is expected to fol low this camping expedition. Messrs. F. M. Wooten, K. M. Ken nedy, Jr., 11. G. Garrison, Jr., and Mayor C. P. DuHose will leave this week on an extended series of motor trips, including parts of Canada. Mr. Leon Schlosburg left Wednes day eveniag for a two weeks stay it the North. The Rev. Mr. Bowen, of Sanford, N C., preached in ftie Camden Presbyter ian church Sunday morning. Mrs. Ralph N. Shannon and child ren are visiting the parents of Mrs. Shannon, Judge and Mrs. Searcey, a*. Griffin, Ga. Mrs. G. H. Bautn went to Montreat, N. C., last week as a delegate to the Presbyterian Mission Conference be ing held there. Prof, and Mrs. (la. iff, and family of Macon, (la., are guestsof Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nettles. Miss Hazell Lowell, of St. Louis, Mo., is visiting her aunt, Miss Etta Robbins, of the Camden hospital. Miss Powell is a graduate nurse of the Cam due hospital. M iss Thome, a student nurse of the Camden hospital, has returned from her vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage and family will leave shortly for an ex tended trip to Massachusetts and oth er points. The Mis'.os Hill and Dunlap Were house guests for the week end at the * home of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. DePass. Mr. John T. Steven3, of Kershaw, was a visitor to Camden recently. Mr. Sam Huggins, accompanied bv hi.", wife, \a spending awhile with hi brother, Mr. Dewey Huggins. He is a former Ca.uleVi hoy but has been away for ten yea.s or more. He ha* a -.sit o-'. with the Curtis Publishing Co., at Camden, N. J. Mr*. Leo S.'hevk an*l Mrs. Leonard Sehenk and baby r.ve spending a few days at Pawley's Inland. Miss Frances Marshall, of Rock Hill do om anied Miss Carolyn Heyman came home last week and have each gone to Pawley's Island for a stay of n few days. Mr. Joseph Lindsay, of Chester Grand Commander of the Grand Com nnrdry of South Carolina, accompa nied by R. W. Coleman, formerly of Camden, made a visit Tuesday even ing to Camden Commandary No 12 The members of the (oral Oommandry are always delighted to have a visit from Mr. Lindsay. His presence is al ways inspiring. They were nlso < ' ased to have a visit from Mr. Cole man who is a member of the local 1 ulge and formerly resided here. Mr. K. D. Birchome egraph oper ator, for the Wester Union, locate*) at Savannah, Ga., who has been at home for the ? ast three weeks on ac count of sickness, has returned to Savannah to resume his work there. Mrs. K. G. Kirven and three rhild ren of Darlington, are guests of Mrs Kirven's parents in Camden. Misses Virginia Nicholson, Virginia Lee Nettles and Dottie Zemp went t* Denmark last weA to visit the Misses Hodges, daughters of Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Hodges. Mr. W. Ft. Gardner, who hns boon confined to hin bed for tho p??t ?ov oral works in still unahlo to ho iir, hut il is hoped that ho will not only con tinuc to hold his own but will make progress towards his rocovory. Miss Auhroy Bonttio, th?> rhnrm'n" daughter of Comptroller-Gone, al and Mrs. A. J. Heattlo, spent several days of Inst week in Camden. &he ram-1 over to attend a re-union of tho Cla-.* of '23 of the Camden High school of which she was a member. The clasp re -union was held Tuesday evening, w.hen a delightful banquet was served at the Betty Thoman Coffee Rhop. COMPANY M TREATED HAND SOMELY Fine Dinner Served them by Ladierf of Camden. Company M, 118th Infnntry, who have been in training camp at Camp Jackson for the past fifteen days, have all returned home, and report having had a fine time. There were two outstanding features this year that they will remember, the pleasure md profit they grained from their en ?ampment and the second, the hand iome manner in which they were re membered by the ladies of Camden Mrs. M. M. Reasonover and Miss Et i Zemp, just felt like giving the mer if our local company some real proof jf the, esteem in which they are hehl >y the home folk, and conceived the idea of a picnic dinner for them. In his they were heartily joined by oth r ladies, and the delicious cakes and >ther good things to eat were gotten ogether in real Camden style ? tho tyle that leads the world, and season ?d with a hospitality never surpassed rwi rarely ever equalled. With th" mskets well filled and their generous hearts beating faster, the good ladies eft Wednesday for Borden Arbor vhere the magnifieient dinner was erved. Well, the men in the comp any who ha.' pen not to be married, al 'elt that this community was the bes? ?lace to pick a wife, for they cannot ecall any other community that could reat them any better than the ladies lere treated them, and they ' enjoyed ;he dinner greatly. After the dinner was over many were the expressions o. ippreciation from the men. To all ol heir splendid expressions of appreci ition, Mrs. S. C. Zemp, who is a wholo team within herself on such occasions, jxyressed in very appropriate word5 the good wishes of the ladies and their high appreciation of our soldier boys. Sergeant R. H. Hilton, a member of the company prior to their going over leaps, was present by invitation and made a fine talk to his former com rades and friends. It was a real trea'. to hfav'e him present and to talk to them on so delightful an occasion, and hjs presence was an inspiration for they could not listen to him wittloar being conscious of the honors that he had won while "across the pond." It .vfts a charming occasion and so de lighted were the members of comp any M of the splendid remembrance that they will be ready to go in camp '.gain right soon to tempt their good lady friends to call upon them and su;i oly them with "good eats," just like hey did on this occasion. Hotel Site Selected. The committee appointed recently it a meeting of the chamber of com nerce to select a site for the erection if the proposed new hotel, have per formed that duty and the site selected s on UiTper Broad Broad street oppo site the court house, the Lewis resi lence and the Snvage residence. Each if these places are now being used as boarding houses, one t>eing conducted ay Mrs. R. L. Bell and the other known as the Jones House. This is a fine elevation and we understand that ? ptions could be secured on these two ? ieces of property at a considerable ;aving to what property on DeKalb trcet could be had at. Base Ball (Jots a Hoost in Camden Base hall in Camden has been given ? Kreat boost by the ladies circle of the I.yttleton street Methodist church. The ladies wanted to raise a sum of money and decided about the ber.t way to do so would be to stage a game of base ball between the "Fats" and th" "Leans." Thursday afternoon was the '.ime decided upon as the stores here ?lose at two o'clock every Thursday afternoon. The ball y layers were out in high spirits, each side determined to win. At the close of the ninth in ning the Fats had it on the Leans by a score of 17 to 16. The game was witnessed by a large number, the In dies got the money t.hey wanted and some over, and now baseball promises to be mor<? popular than ever. A game between the American Legion and Camden's Volunteer P'ire Depart-^ ment is being arranged for next Thursday evening, the winning team to get sixty per cent of the receipts and the losing team forty per rent. II j is fo he a great game. Announce Hirth of Daughter. | Mr. and Mrs. B F. Hasty, of Louis | ville, Ky . nnnontvo the arrival of Kathleen lone, July 10t.h, 192ft. Mr. Hasty i.? a native of this county and a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T Hasty, of near Camden. Their friends here ex tend them hearty congratulations, and wish for the lady a Jong, happy and uneful life. v IN MEMORIAM Alexander Dalton Kennedy July 16, 1922 Fojur years ? and yet it seems but yes terday (And I so far away) They said that you were dead! "There is no Death." This human clay may change and soar away Like winnowed chaff before the flail, Eternal Progress plods along And turns the elod to God. Notice of Special Conclave of Camden Commandry No, 12 Attention Sir Knights:You are courteously requested to attend a special conclave of your Commandry '.o be held, Thursday evening, July 22, it 8 o'clock, for the purpose of con erring The Order of the Temple upon ?\ class of candidates. Wear uniforms and please be prompt. , Refreshments will be served. By order of W. F. NETTLES, Commander Attest: M. BILLINGS, Rec. Visiting at "King II ai iclor** Myrtle Beach, July 15. ? At the H. '<). Carrison cottage, "King Halgler", are visiting two daughters, Mrs. Ray Smith of Florence with her children Nlurgaret und Frances, and Mrs. Sum >er Waite of Camden, with her daught ?r Elizabeth. Mrs. Waite's husband Maj. Sumner Waite of the U. S. Army, landed last Sunday in France for a ;wo years' course of military instruct ion at Ecolc de Guerre, Paris, and Mrs. Waite will join her husband in Sep tember to remain in Paris with him for the remainder of his course. Mr. \nd Mrs. Carrison also have with them their grandson, Henjy Carrison Thom as of Charleston, son of Rev. Albert Thomas, rector of St. Michael'* Church. Young Thomas recently won the state contest for the national Yale Scholarship competition for tuition and $500 a yea^ for lour years, upon an essay entitled "Tfte Relatiofi of 11 Medicine to Chemistry." This essay with the other successful papers from other states, is now in the hands of the committee in Washington and an nouncements of the winner in the na tional competition is awaited with in terest by the family and many friends. M iss Magraret Cartwright of York iR visiting her cousin, Mrs. Ralph Stevenson of Camden and sister Mrs. Clark W. Adickes of York at Mytrle Villu. Base Ball Saturday Wateree mill team defeated Oak land team of Newberry in a well play ed game on Wateree field Saturday. Baker pitched a fine game for Wa teree and received splendid support from his team mates. Bert Wilson, Wateree short stop, made one of the finest plays ever pulled off on the Wnteree field, when he jumped into the air and pulled down Bodie's line drive. The Oakland team played a <ood game, but the Wateree batters had their batting eyes and hit the Oakland pitchers hard. Mack Brown had a perfect day at the bat with two tingles and a long two-bagger. Wil son hit two throe-baggers and Miles ind Bonnie Smith also contributed three-baggers. The final score was seven to three. Next Saturday Wateree plays Thrift from Paw Creok, N. C. at Wa teree. Those two teams played on the fith and Thrift won that game -asily. Wateree hopes to he able to give them n better game this timet The team has been greatly strontcht-enod and is playing good hall now. Wilson is playing a great game at short stop and adds new life to the team. Miles is catching well and is hitting the hall hard. The other mem bers of the team are improving their playing find will no doubt give a (food account of themselves in all futurfl games. Thrift has the strongest team that has played on Wateree field in many a neason, and has a splendid manager in Prim, an old professional hall player. The team plays hall ev ery minute and is full of life. This (fame, which starts at four o'clock, should he tfle hest (fame of the sea son. The Wateree mill hand, which ha?? j i hene playing for the hall frames will | he out in force and will add color to i the occasion. A large crowd of loyal j rooters will accompany the team from j Thrift. The public Is cordUlly In [vited to the game. Don't mi*? It. BETHUNK NEWS Bethune, July 19. ? At a meeting on Thursday of last week of the fol lowing baseball teams, a semi-pro league was organized: Bethune, Jef ferson, Pageland, Chesterfield, Che raw and Morven, N. C. The schedule calls for two games a week per team. The league officially opens tomorrow afternoon with all six teams partici pating. Bethune will play at Jeffer son: Pageland at Chesterfield, and Morven at Cheraw. W. W. Miller, of Jefferson, was elected president, C. W. Coward of Cheraw, vice-president, with Everett Miller of Jefferson, sec retary and treasurer. The officials ef the league have designated one day ;'ach week as ladies day when all ladies will be admitted gratis. Only bona-fide residents of the various towns will be eligible to play on any of the teams, thereby creating more excitment in the race. The teams promise to give the people of this section some of the best brand of ball that they have had the opportunity of seeing in a good while. Misses Stella Bethune and Carrie Yarbrough, who are taking a sum mer course at the .University at Berkeley, Cal., write their friends here thut they are having the time of their lives. A recent card from them states: "We are very much pleased with California and the other Western States we've been in. The weather in Berkeley is delightfully :oi>l, the temperature being about 55 or 'JO degrees all the time. The sum mer session at the University is half over, so we'll soon be coming back to South Carolina." They expect to return home about August 16th. Mrs. Angie Barnes and two daugh ters, Misses Thaisser Lee and Theres * Gardner of DeSoto, Ga., spent sev eral days here last week with rela tives and friends. They left yester day morning for a few days visit to Mrs. T. E. Goodale, at Camden. Mrs. Barns' maiden name was Northcutt, her first husband being Mr. A. S. Gardner, of Bqthune. Mrs. A. IC. McLaurin and her 4*ughtera lyfiss Mary Louise McLau :in and Mls? Helen Pope Ward left Thursday afternoon for a trip to New York, Niagra Falls, Atlantic City and other Northern points. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Copeland, little son, John Jr., and Mr. Jim Copeland left Friday morning for a couple days visit to Greenville. The fifth annual picnic of the Gard ner family was held July 15, at the beech trees near Tiller's Ferry bridge and was greatly enjoyed by about 125 persons. The dinner was fine, well pre pared and bountiful and nil present did it ample justice. Visitors were oresent from Jefferson, Kershaw, Hartsville, McBee, Bethune and other points. Delightful music was fur nished by the well known Turner Bros., of Heath S'prings and Mobley and Coats, from near Kershaw. . Miss Kathryne Ward, who had her tonsils removed at the Columbia hos pital last week, has about recovered. Mr. J. E. Barfield returned Thurs day afternoon last from a few days I trip to Orangeburg county and other points in the lower part of the State. He says that the crops in those sec- 1 Hons are fine and that gardens, wat ermelons, cantaloupes, etc., were plentiful and sell at low prices. Mr. J. D. Lttfitte spent several days last week at Cope and on the Savan nah river. Mrs. H. T. Johnson, of Bethune, and her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Baker, of Sumter, spent la?t week with Mrs. Alice Horton, at Timrod. The Democrat ic club roll books close next Tuesday, July 27, and many per sons have failed so far to place their names on the books. If you desire to vote in tho primaries, don't fail to en roll before next Tuesday night. Mr. H. A. Pate is spending a few days with relatives in the Marshall church soction. A protracted meeting is being held thin week at Union church, over in Chest?rfipl<I county. Uov. W. V. Jor man, of Hethunc*, in doinj? the proach injj. A scries of meetings will begin Pleasant Hill Church, just below here, next Sunday. Ah nnnounced, n meeting will begin at Harmony Hantist church on the first Sunday in August. The township commissioners of Buffalo in this county and of Clyd<> townahlo in Darlington county met at Tiller's Ferry bridge last Saturday and agreed to have this bridge re paired at once, it having been con demned sometime ago. There is con siderable travel over this bridge and it should he kept in safe condition. Picnic This Afternoon . c The Lyttleton street Methodist Sun day school will have their annual bas ket picnic this afternoon at Holland's pond. They will meet at three o'cIock cn Hampton Park in front of the par sonage, and frorri there will be convey ed to the picnic grounds. Paving Assessments Past Due. City Council is giving fair warning to those who are behind in paying their paving assessments, which are now past due, that if they are not raid by the 31st inst., proprety a gainst which assessments are levied will be advertised and sold. Hette arrange this matter at once and save additional cost. Time to Enroll Most Up. The time within which to get youi name on the democratic club roll, which is necessary if you wish to vote in the primary election, is most up Just a few more days. Next Tuesday the 27th will bo the last day. Thi ladies are urged to enroll. They art now entitled to vote just the same a5 the men, and they should get their names?' the club roll also. By their ballots tht\ can help purify the elec tions and piitythe best men in olfke. fo.* they will i^te fori the best men ?? .vomen who offer'-for office. Hus Lifo Time of Chain (ian?. Stewart Barrett, white who wa. ried at the recent term of court, :harged with the niurde.- of his broth ?r-in-law, John Hinson, whom he shot nui killed the '2i)th of December, 192o, vas convicted with a recommendation .o mercy. This automatically fixed lis sentence at life. He has been tak in to the county chain gang to serve lis sentence. He is about 44 years of Age and has a wife and five small hildren. Hinsyn, who was somc vhat older is survived by his wife and cveral children who are grown. Maj. John G. Richards, prominent :andidate for Governor and in whose .uccess we have confidence in because .ie has a good platfoi*m, js a clean man .\nd can be depended upon to carry out lis campaign pledges, accompanied by Vs son-in-law, Thomas P. McCrea, of Oenmark, were visitors here this morn ing. Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Zemp spent iunday in Lancaster. They went .here to attend a home coming gath* aring of friends and relatives of Mrs. iemp. The services were held at one >f the churches near Lancaster and they report a delightful occasion with line music and good preaching. Some Improvement Noted. For the past day or so there has boen some improvement noted in the co) it lion of Mr. G. A. Rhame, al though he is still confined to his bed n the Camden hospital. He has been .?eating some better and his appetite has improved. It is sincerely hoped that he will continue to improve. The recently created State highway f.om Kershaw to Bishopville via Be thune will he completed some time this week and when finished will be one of the finest roads in Kershaw county. CJroat credit is rlue Mr. D. M. Kirkley, our present indefatigable townshi" commissioner for this road being mad? a State highway and he will have the thanks and well wishes not only of the people along the highway, but of j the traveling public as well. Mr. CJ. T. Morton, a prominent citi zen of McBee, died at 2 o'clock yester day, after several days' illness with apoplexy. Mr. Horton is survived by his wife and several children. He was near f>0 years of age. On Saturday night last, an un known negro man went to the home1 of a well known white man, , who resides in the Turkey Creek section and attempted to ravish his wife while she lay on her bed with her 3 three weeks old baby. Her husband was away at the time, nt Outlaw s and Folsom's stores, about half a mile dis tant, at the time of the attempted as sault, and his wife ami three littl" ' :'hild en were nt home alone. The ne gro walked around the house two or three times and seeing her on her bed, he hurst open the door, seized the woman hy the throat. Her screams and those of the children frightened the hrute away before he accomplished his purpose. The lady took her children and ran to a neighbors for protection. Men | r.earched for the negro during all of aturday night, but up to this writing i o r u" as to his idenity has been dis covered. ' Coi. Smith Endorsed by Local Legion Post for South Carolina Cora maMer At a largely attended meeting 01 James LeRoy Belk Post, No. 17, Am erican Legion, held Friday afternoon, resolitions were adopted enthusiasti cally endorsing Col. Mendel L. Smitii for Department Commander of South Carolina to be elected at the next con vention to be held in Chester on Aug ust 5th next. As is well known Col. Smith was a Circuit Judge at the time of the war and resigned from the Bench to volunteer, and later saw ser vice overseas. He is very much inter fc*Ud in Legion activities, and would accomplish a great deal for the organi '/!< t itnt in this ^tate, and the local posi knowing his unwavering interest in ll;.' Legion prompted the resolution; hearitly and unanimously endorsing him for this position. State and Congressional Candidate; Coming The Congressional candidates fo; the F'fth District, will speak in Cam den Tuesday, the 27th tnst. 'I he State candidates will speak here Monday, August 2nd. You will want to hear them, and it is expected that there will be a large attendance. Kershaw county has In the list a can didate for Governor, Maj. J. G. Rich ards. Summoned to McBee. Mr. and Mrs. \V. K. Hough were jummoned to McBee last week on ac count of the serious illness and death j I Air. G. T. Horton who died Sunday itler an illness of oniy a few days, jgtd ;>y years. Mr. tiorton was a oiother-in-law of Mrs. Hough, lie ?vas a good citizen and is survived by .1 large family connection, for whom leep sympathy is felt. Building a Residence. Mr. Samuel N. Nicholson is having material placed on his lot on upper Liroad street preparatory to erecting .t residence. It is to be built with m ick and will add to the attractive ness of that already attractive section jf our city. Sight Imuaired The many friends of Mr. Frank H. Arrants throughout the county will lenrn with regret that within the paRt i'eVv days he has become practically blind. The sight of one of hi8 eyes was about gone although not many knew this, and recently a cataract formed on his good eye and has about jlinded him. His friends hope that ne may soon be improved. Wuh Glad to Read Comments. A lady very much interested in Camden but who is not here now, w.ote us a few days ago saying: "I was glad to read your editorial on the civic league, and wish the public would help revive such a fine insti tution. It is dear to rny heart and >ne of Camden's needs." To be sure it is one of Camden's needs, and why not revive it? Wo would be mighty ?lad to see some of our patriotic la dies taking hold of this organization ;ind pushing the work vigorously for tho beautifying and building up of Camden. Car Stolen, Later Recovered. Mr. A. A. Schenck, well known lo cal .plumber, parked his car on De Kalb street Wednesday evening and left it for just a few minutes, and when he returned to ot his car at the found that it had been stolen. He had a lot of material in his iar at the time he pnrked it. The car could not be located that ni^ht hut later it wan found abandoned just east of the city. The material was also found in the car but some parts of the car had been taken, two of the tires having been removed. Base Hal) Thursday Afternoon. We told you so. The base ball fev | ei in Camden is running high, as a re suit, of the ladies getting behind a game laRt, Thursday afternoon. The era mo scheduled for Thursday after noon will be for the benefit of th* Viverican Legion and the IocaI fire de witment. Sixty per cent, of the re ceipts will go to the winning team and forty per cent, to the losing team, no there will be no blanks in this diamond flash The American legion will make j iv a team from among their member* J and the fire department will aid In making up a team to reprewnt tkem. (lame starts at five o'clock, tfmial adrt'.ssion fee will b# charged, Thlrt promises to be a game well worth Ing, so he on hand. t