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TERMS:? $1.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. VOL. 45 "The Hand of the Diligent Shall Rule' CHAS. VV. BIRCHMORE, PROf CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 0, 1?J28 NO. 5 Social and Personal Items Mrs. Louise Brown, former he?Jth nurse for Kershaw county, now locat ed in Cheraw, came to Camden in order to cast her ballot for the dem ocratic nominees and to look after some matters of business. Messrs. II. B. 'Kennedy and Alfred Kennedy, of Atlanta, Ga., will spend a week or so in Camden at their old ( home here, and while here Mrs. E. C. I yon Trcsckow will "ket;p house" for 1 them. i Voting in Heavy. The general election is bi ing held : today, and the voting is heavy for a i general election. Especially is this j true in Camden where before noon I about three hundred voles ht 1 b.-tM | cast in the presidential election. There will be few if any votes cast against . the democratic nominees. At a good ! many of the rural precincts wo doubt ' if any votes will be cast against the regular democratic nominees. Ker shaw county will prove by her vote ' today that she is loyal to her party. I Poultry Car at Kershaw Tuesday The Farm Agents of Lancaster and i Kershaw Counties will ship poultry n^ct weeks as follows: ivj-ltcrshaw ? Tuesday, al! day. Heath Springs ? Wednesday, all day. Lancaster ? Thurt lay. Prices to be pail a>'e fts follows: ; Colored hens an I chicks, 21c. per lb. leghorn hens and ducks, 18c. per lb. Stags, ducks, geese, - 15c. per lb. Turkeys 7 lbs. and over 31c. per lb. j Turkeys, culls & old toms, 25e. per lb. * Camden Methodist Church Lyttleton Street, near Hampton Park. George Pierce Watson, Pastor. Sunday, November 11: Bible school, 10:00 A. M., with classes for all grades and ages. Epworth League G:45 P. M. to which all the young ipeople are invited. Public worship, 11:15 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. conducted by the pastor. Morning theme ''Watch Your Step," a sermon especial y for, children and young people. Evening "The Supreme Reward." Thin i? th': last Sunday before An nual Conference. Let us have i largo attendance at Bible school and :it both services. i PRESBYTERIAN CHI RCM NOTES Mrs. MnyfieH gave a most helpful talk to the young peopl" Slinky cv n- nn the work of the associated charities. The young people respond- ( cd by promising to do all they can to help in I h i = work. We had 111 at Sunday School Sun dry. Thir; was *10 more than n year ego. If you aro not in the habit of coming to Sunday school, begin now ' and help us grow in interest and num bers. this Is church paper week. A church paper keeps us Informed of our church's work and furnirdi:*s th-> Vw*mo with *rrood religious, devotional literature. If you are not a subs?rib er please do so if you <-an. Sunady School 10 n. m. Mcrninrr Worship 11:15 a. m. Midweek s?rvic ? Wednesday evenings 7:30. Senior C. E. 7 p. m. Junior C. E. 4:30. .. You are cordially invited to all ser vices. A?> AOrwtive Booth. The Katherine DeLooche Coal Com pany had an especially attractive booth at thdi coUnty fair last w >ek. | It was Very much admired by all who ! saw it. An interesting contest was nut on. Three 'arge lumps of ceal were in the exhibit, and guesses were made as to the weight of the three lumps of coal, and the one guessing nearest was to be presented with a ton of coal, There were r>H"> guesses, '^he ronl weighed 2ii2 pounds, nnd there were a number of close guesses, but Miss Edith Webster "hit the n":1 on the head'' with a guess of 292. the exact weight of the coal, and she was presented with n ton of coal. Death of Mrs. Kelly I Blaney, November 1. Mrs. Eliza i iBranham Kelly, aged 49, wife of Nek Ke'ly of the Smyrna section, died Monday night after nn illness of three hours. Th > funeral nnd inter ment took place Wednesday afternoon the Smyrnn Methodist church near Blaney and was conducted by El I"'-* Scott and Aline of the Ceritcrville ehureh of which she was a devoted member for many years. She is sur vived by her husband and the follow- ! ing children: Leonard, Dolph, Cay- j ton, Elton. Samuel, Miss*-* Maude 4 Annio, Lila, Jessie, Mrs. Ola Bran bam. Mrs. Kate Branham and Mrs. Daisy Branham. She is also survived by several brothers am! sisters. ? '' wV,'.- v-- ' 4'.v ,-i: -.r, r NEWS FROM BLANEY Special to the Watoree Messenger. Blaney, Novembev 3. ? The Ninth Grade elected its ^/iiccrs for ihe year on last Thursday and the i'ol lowing were elected: Thomas Miles, President*; lA*vi Branham, V-Pres.; Fanny Monroe, Secretary; Mabel Dix on, Historian; Susie Campbell, Eva Peake, and Elton Lovett, Class Com mittee. George Ross and Charles Wooten have returned to their work in Edge field after spending the weekend with ( their parents here. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Watts have returned from Blythewood after visit ing their daughter, Mrs. (J. Y. Mollis. Marvin Shore, Misses Adabel Price cr.d Gcrtrud. Brown have returned from a pleasant visit to YadkTnville, ? N. C. \V ckhI Kelly has returned to his work in Charleston after visiting his , mother, Mrs. Kate Kelly this week j end. i Mr. and Mrs. Hobson Rose and i children c;f Charl ston wer? the ' guests of Mr. and Mrs. John I. Uo.se this week end. Mrs. J. G. Kelly has returned from ! Ridgeway where she was the guest j of Mrs. E. A. Sessions. M r?. J< ssie Kelly Roberts is in Or- j angeburg this week as the guest of her brother ihere. Miss Susie Shannon entertained in formally Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Carroll Bowen compliment ing her guest, Mias Denimin Shannon, cf Cassatt. A number of people from Blaney attended the State Fair in Columbia last week and also a number are at tending the Kershaw County Fair in Camden this week. Memoria^-scxy ices were held in the high school assetjibly on V/edne3<?*\v for Knowlton Mason, a popular mem ; 'if l t nth grade who met a tragic death in a sawmill accident on last Monday. , Promising Lad Succumbs t:> injuries. Blaney, November 1. ? Knowlton Mason, aged 10, the only son of Ar thur C. and Mrs. Jnnie Woe I M-r-ir. of Blaney, died early Wednesday morning in th Baptist Hospital in Columbia after being severely cut by a runaway saw at his father's s.iw wil' on Monday afternoon. The fun eral services and interment took place ! Thursday afternoon at Union Bap tist church at Blaney and were con ducted by his pastor, Rev. J. Davis Harrelson, of Gresham. The active pall bearers were his classmates from the tenth grade of the Blaney High school; the honorary pall bearsrs were the boys an:l girls from the high rrh'ol. Knowlton was an honor student in the tenth grade of the Blaney school and an active 1 adcr in athletic and literary affairs of h:f. school. He .was a member of the j Union Baptist church. He is sur- j vived by his parents, two sisters, Inez r>fl T.iis, and by a number of rela tives. l/Cirirnnaires Hear Dr. Mood. At the regular meeting of Lcroy Br'k Prut, No. 17. American Legion, held la.-t night. Dr. J. A. Mood, of Rumt r. made a very impressive and interesting address. He was intro duced by Dr. John W. Corbett. The l.egic nnaires were very much pleased to have had Dr. Mood with them and to h ar him speak. There will he an Armistice Day H-nnce in their hull next Monday even ing which it is expected will be at- i tended by th-; members of the post, their wives and sweethearts, ar>4 <-th"rs. further announcements of which will be made ?nter. There will ho appropriate observ- j p.nce of Armistice Day next Sund?\ A speaker will likely be chosen for this occasion. Sunday morning the members are to assemble in their hall nt 10-30 o'clock and g() in a body to the Prv-sbyterinn church to hear a ?? rmon l>y their chaplain, Rev. A. D. McArn. Stop Signals; A number of stop signals have been placed at int.- rsections of streets here, and they are nut there for the pi of (ft ion of motorists and those who are walking. We regard this as one r ihe b st things done here lately, for at .<ome 0f these places cars pass entirely too rapidly, and even with the ston signals some drivers seem not to be able to read for th<"y drive right along regardless of the signals, while fortunately many are law abiding and stop their cars as they are supposed to do. No farm building can be callcd Jomplete until it is painted. LIBERTY HILL HAPPEN INGS (lathered by Our Corres pondent Thfre. Mr. Editor ? Everything up this way is moving along quietly and no acci dents or incidents of public iinterest i have transpir.d since our last com jmunication to your paper ? which did not reach you in time for publication j in that issue, owing to an oversight i in mailing. All of our people seem j to have something to do. Some are j gathering in a short corn crop, some | digging sweet potatoes, ' which are fairly good, some planting oats, some following their daily avocations, and some are busy "minding their o.vn business." Thus' everyone being em- j ployed it makes the task of news gathering a rather difficult job, wor- I thy of the efforts of a more beautiful and active supply 0f "gray matter" I than is hidden tn the cranium of your ' reporter. Rev. F. A. Drennan preached two [ thoughtful and very timely sermons! at the Presbyterian church on Sun- I day. Gov. and Mrs. J. (J. Richa^la are spending a few days at theiryhomo here. We presume that they vfill re main until aft r Tuesdajx^vnd cast their ballots for the democratic nom inees. Miss Carolyn Drennan, student of Chicora College, is at home with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Dren nan, for the week < nd. She has as her guest Miss Mary Cocks, of Sum merville, her friend and schoolmate. Drennan drove over in his car f.u' them on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Johnson and lit tle son, "Jackie" of Lancaster w^re Sunday visitors of Mrs. Johnson's sis tt-r, Mrs. J. II. Clements. Quite a number of our people at- j tended the Kershaw County fair last | week. We are sorry to report that Hon N. S. Richardg has been confined to his home by a severe cold. We, and other friends, hope that he will soo* be up again. < * Mrs. Fannie Wood nee Hammond, of Lugoff, and Mrs. S. N. Hammond, of Stone boro, were visitors last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Iliggins on upper Main Street. Your reporter spent a short while last I* riday in the Kershaw county ! fair. We were impressed with the variety ami excellence of the Lugoff1 Community exhibit, and also with the j individual farm exhibits of Mr. Miles, of Blancy, and Mr. C. O. Stogner. of Bethune. They seem to have produc ed about everything that can be grown in this climate, and it demon strates very forcibly what Kershaw j lands ? one farm in the east, the other ' in the west portion ? are capable of doing when cultivated with the prop er care and intelligence. These gen tlemen are to be commended for their efforts which show that if we canhot raise cotton enough to buy what we need to eat, we can raise what we need to eat without the cotton! Other exhibits were good but lack of time permitted a careful inspection. Owing to more urgent obligations we did not see the ''Carnival Street' but our good friends Messrs. D. M. Kirkley, Jim Copeland of Kershaw, j |R. L. Smyrl, L. P. Thompson, Wade l II. Jones, J. E. Copeland, W. P. Sow jell, W. A. Cunningham and J. P. j Munn, were p. rsent and we suspect! that they spent some time inspecting the exhibits ()n that popular and wel' I patronized "Boulevard". Evangelist Escaped Uninjured It wil be recalled that some time : ago Dr. T. L. WiHingham had willi ni T'.vanp1 J'st W. C. Taylor assisting him in a meeting. When the recent i Florida storm came he and his family 1 were residing at Pnhokee. Fla... one ' of the towns that suffered most, in th ! storm disaster Dr. Willinghnm is in j i eeeipt. of a letter from the executive j secretary of the Baptist Board ;it ! Jacksonville, Fla., informing him that ! Mr. Tnvlor and his wife passed i through the storm without any injury to themselves, that Mrs. Taylor was ! almrtst a nervous wreck from the ex perience but has safely recovered . NOTICE I bo Public Hinlth Nurse would be ! trlnd to receive old clothes to be used j for ehnr't&Llv purposes. Anyone hav- 1 ing anything to give for such pur pose please notify the Health Nurse through Mrs. W. J. MayfPJd. A fund of $10,000,000,000 would have te he wet aside and. made to earn five per cent to repay the annual loss caused by fire In this country. ' ' J. A. WEST DIES SUDDENLY. Stricken This Morning While On th: Street. Mr. J. A. West, one of Camden'a j best known and most highly esteonc I I citizens dropped dead this morning 1 while in conversation with a friend on j Broad street about nine o'clock. 11 j had just shaken hands with a friend and they wen exchanging greetings, when his friend said he was not feel- i ing so well and Mr. West remarked ! that he, too. was not feeling so well. ! and b<;gan to sink. His friend tried , to support him, but was unable to j do so and he fell to the pavemert ! and was taken into the drug tft:>re j near by but it was found that life j was extinct and Evans' ambu!ai.e< j was summonc 1 and the body taken to i the un it flaking establishment. Few men we re- better known over the f county than was Mr We*t. an I i f was recognized by every one as a! genial and kin.lhearud man. ll< was j "7i; years of age, but notwithstanding his advanced years he was very act ive and his mind always very alert. Many of his friend.- greeted him a*, the county fair whi re he was assist ing in selling tickets. Mr. West had a large family connection, one of ? ne largest of any resident of our county. Ti.e greater portion <>f his lilt' was spent on the farm and as a farm* r ho was successful above the average. lie was very energetic. For many years he had been an active work1. r in the Baptist church and every Sunday he could be found at the religious ser vices unles-" p i"' ? v i .1 en t i.iily h'li.leivii Willi all of his traits he was unit domestic in his habits, fond of the garden, as well as of the domestic animals. A rumbcr c f children were born to him by his first m iiriauo. ??' of them grown and filling useful places in their respective communities. His first wife died a number of years ago and he was married to Miss Ile beif^a Nelson, a well known Camden lady, who survives him. Ther? are aiso a good many grandchildren sur viving him. llis sudden death was a ahock to tho citizens of Camden among whom he mingled and will bo received througgout the county with deep regret. After his second marriage he resid ed here for a while and then moveci to Florida where he and his wife re sided for sonii time, later v:?'. uin :* to Camden where they purchased a I home and were living happily togeth er, enjoying the love . and esteem of their relatives and the respect, of their friends generally. * Mr. West was always ready and willing to serve in any capacity where he might be of use to his fr>.;m!s and neighbors, and at the tin e of his :Kath was a member of the board of elections for the state. No arrangements have a:. y'?t been made for the funeral services, and probably will not be until nis childi-ra ajj be notified and can reach here. ^Sincere sympathy is ex-'-nded h's widow and other relative* in their le&p sorrow. Criminal Court Concluded Wednesday, Evening. The criminal court, which convened Monday morning, October 22nd, con cluded its business We In' s lay after noon when the case against .1. Elmore Jeffers, charged with the killing of I'eter Kirkland, was given to the jury. The jury trying this case eonsidere I it for about six hours before reaching a verdict. Their verdict was guilty of manslaughter with recommenda tion t(1 mercy. The defendant was ' t'pres' nt < d by Judge M. T?. Smith, ? f the Camden bar and Claude N. Sapp, of Columbia. .Fudge E. !> 'tlakeney assisted the prosecution. Judge Johnson imposed a sentence of ' h re y< ars. Notice of an appeal was made and Jeffers released on bond. | lie had previously been out on bond. Henry Truesdale, the young man who killed his father, and who wns convict' d of manslaughter, was (jis'en a sentence of twelve years in the pen itentiary. It wns a'lej?ed in this '-asp that Truer.dale and his father were in a game of poker together, shortly before the shooting. It was 1 further brought out that young J Truesdale did not attend his father's | funeral on account of being intoxi cated. His conduct after the shoot ing. which he claimed was accidental, 1 evidently operated against him and resulted in his getting quite a long term.. He did not have an attorney to represent him so the court appoint ed 1. C. Hough, W. I,. DePass, Jr., and J. K. del/onch. who represented hi y efficient manner. ' . "His two young white men, who w^roirr^sted In the town of Kershaw InevOTkl weeks ago, Adger Mills and COUNTY FAIR SCORES SUCCESS. Exhibits Good. ? Large Number of ^Visitors. Our county fair, which opened /Wednesday of last week, proved to he a splendid success notwithstanding the unfavorable year. The exhibits were fine in every department. The attendance was fully up to expecta tions and was very gratifying to the I management. The pmnium list was quite large and we would-be pleas.\i to give our readers a list of the win ners, but have not secured a copy of it as yet, but give the winners in the schools, home demonstration clubs and individual prizes, which we ! give herewith. The poultry exhibit was very a'.- ! tractive; the live stock, while not very numerous, was good, showing just : what some of our people have, and: the social feature was worth a great j deal. We hope to be able to obtain a list of the winners in all dejiprtmer.tv and publish them in a later issue. SCHOOL EXHIBITS High School Dept. Antioch First .... $25.00 Bethuno Second 15.00 Intermediate Grades. Camden City Schools First $25.00 { Lugoff Second 15. (JO Colored Schools, Jackson School, Camden, First. St. Matthew School, Second Prize. Home Demonstration Club Booths. Lugoff First $60.00 Westville Second ? . . *10.00 Charlotte Thompson Third . . 25.00 <ndividual Farm Display. C. O. Stogner First $50.00 W. L. Miles, Second iO.JL VTTR ACTIVE SCHOOL PARADE Saturday Given Over to Colored Schools at Fair. Friday was school day at the county fair for white teachers and pupils and they were here in large numbers and enjoyed the day. Saturday was school day for colored teachirs and pupils, and they staged an attractive parade. They marched from York street up Broad street and on .out to the fair grounds wherg they were admitted free. The parade was head ed by the Jackson school of Camden, who were winners of first prize. They made a fini showing, a large numb.') of pupils bjing in the parade. They were followed by the St. Matthew school, the largest colored school in the rural district?, an:l one which is doing a great work, the pupils b. ing taught in a number of lines of en deavor ? cooking, sewing, dairying, carpenter work an I other industries The other schools in the parade made a good showing, but found their com petitors too strong for them to cap ture the prizes, but they will likely be heard from in the future. History of Kershaw Lodge, No. 29. Kershaw Lodge, No. 20, \v?ll hold a regular meeting tonight, November "th, at which time ther^ will be the ea ling of the history of Kershaw Lodge, No. 20 A. F. M. The an nounccment is made that the ''com niling of this history has taken the time of one of our Past Masters two months." A large attendance is ex pected. Aged Citizen Injured by Car. Mr. (I. W. Moseley, one of our old est and most highly respected citizens. r i the misfortune to be run into by an automobile near the postoffice on Friday of last week. He was taken to the home of his son, Mr. J. L. Mose Icy, where nv dical attention was giv hi' i IPs friends will be glad to know that his injuries are nit con sidered serious an 1 that he is resting very comfortably. We understand that the car that struck him was b ing driven by one of the parties connect -d j with the carnival and was of course an accident. Pev. I. M. Forhis, of Andrews, was ! a visitor to Camden Saturday. For some years Mr. Forhis was p.??tor f tito Betnune Presbyterian church and has many friends here who are always lr 1 Id see him. Alvin Kdwards, charged with larceny, entered pleas of guilty and were sen fenced to serve four months on the chain gang. 1). C. Cannon, ? white man from North Carolina, who was ehnrgfd with violation of the prohibition law, entered a plea of guilty and was sentencod to serve three months, the 'sentence being suspt nded on account h'9 physical condition, he being affllctcd With tuberculosis. r ft, , ' t. I ' L ? ' ? SOCIAL AND PERSONAL f Mis Thomas Lawton Willinghara j Mrs. Gay liaum, who has boon away for sonic months, has returned ami is at homo on Hampton Avenue. Mr. liaum, who has been in Johns Hop kins Hospital l'or quite a while, is much improved and will arrive home this week. Mr. Norman M. Kohl, who was in Cam;!- n a while last winter, has open ed quite a good shop fur the refinish ing, restoring and procuring of an tique furniture. The U. 1}. C. was entertained most delightfully 'at the home of Mrs. H. (J. Carrisc-n, Sr., who most eharniingiy welcomed the quests. She was assist ed by her daughter, Mrs. W. J. May field. Mrs. Cureton, the president, was in the ehair. The chapter voted to buy a bond frum the Tuberculosis Socuty and electe 1 delegates t > the state U. 1). C. Convention to bo held in Columbia December Gth. The fol lowing ladies were elected: Mrs. Les lie Zcmp, Mrs. N, C. Anutt, Mrs. H. W. White, Mrs. .John T. Mackey. Alternates were: Mrs. Gay liaum, Miss Bateman, Mrs. Wittkowsky, Mrs. Mobley. A rising vote of thanks was g'.?vn Mrs. H. S. Zeiglor for her most ex cellent work in collecting all dues. Delicious icecream was servod at the ?ocial hour. The very handsome hnnie of Miss Minnie Clyburn was thrown open to die U. A. R.'s Thursday afternoon. Very fitting were the decorations of marigolds and beautiful fall >ha les blending with the deep color of age ild mahogany. The progremme was very good. The chief eal.er v.i Mrs. E. C. Von Tresckow. She was especially interesting in her present ation of the present sistuation in Russia and other foreign countries. One fact was that the Germans want lo come to America as fast as the law allows. A delicious salad coursQ ^ was served at the close.. I)r. and Mrs. Willingham were di.mer guests in the attractive home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Johnson Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. .John Sanders hii 1 a family reunion Sunday. A tabic with covers for thirty guests, loade 1 with all the good things of the season was spread on the beautiful lawn. wIi.mv a wealth pf lovely chrysanthemum* bloomed. Out of town visitors were: Mrs. Lizzie Sanders, of Columbia" Miss Ernestine Sanders, Mr. and firs. Rhc.tt Sanders, of Winnsboro. All present enjoyed to the fullest this happy occasion. Week of Prayer. This week is being observed by tin1 ' missionary circles of the Lyttloton Street Methodist church as a week of prayer and was conducted by Mrs. Ben Marshall. This, Tuesday, after noon the meeting will be at fou- o' clock at Mrs. A. A. Re asonover's, in I Mrs. N. C. Arnett is the leader. Wednesday, at the home of Mrs. B. (J. Sanders; leader, Miss Ellie Zcmp. Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. R. Zcmp, with Mrs. S. (' //nip, leader. The zone meetings will be held at the church Friday af ternoon at three o'clock. Soyjal hour afterwards at the home of Mrs. B. G. Sanders. CSING THE SCHOOL BOI SE (From Newberry IP rail & New-) In many country communities it is becoming more and more the custom to make use of school buildings for a variety of helpful purposes in addi tion to that for which they are prim :> ? ily intended. Where no other building is avail able. the school house nfofrds a con venient place for pleasant and profit able gatherings such as men's and women's clubs, boys' ami girls' clubs, '(?bating societies, singing, public speakings, ent rtainment and tin lik ?. While practically every school bouse is utilized for some of these ? urposcs, in many communities a com plete winter program is planned, so us to make it a regular social center, around which all neighborhood activ i t iey revolve. This tends to foster a spirit of co operation and neighborliness, which is extremely beneficial With the rdvont of radio, these gatherings may have music and other features of broadcast programs to enliven the ev ening, at little expense. By systematically using these u-rtns po readily at hand, the country school house mfty greatly contribute to the attractiveneas of rural life.