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The ? ? ? 1 SENGER TERMS: ? ti.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. VOL. 45 "The Hand of the Diligent Shan Rule" CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 28. ,} CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, PROP 1929. NO. 41 Social and Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mandeville arc leaving this week for Philadelphia. Their many friends in Camden ex tend them best wishes and hope to have them back in our city as usual next fall. Tluy always take a lively interest in whatever is helpful to the community. Mr. Robert Chewning, who has been engaged in teaching school in the up per part of the state, near the North Cnrolina line, has returned home, his school having closed. Mrs. J. C. Peers, of Orangeburg, was the guest last week of her sister*, Mrs. C. M. Coleman and Miss Zuleme Rhame. Mr. W. F. Nettles, Jr., sp-.nt Sun day with friends in Spartanburg. Mr. George Nicholsin ami family are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nicholson. TO /THE FRIENDS OF THE CAM DEN PUBLIC LIBRARY At a meeting held in the Camden Public Library today, the question of finances was discussed and the Treas-J urer was requested to call the atten tion of the friends of the libytfry to the facts in connection with the fin ancing of the library. When the present Library Asso ciation was organized, the City of Crnvdtn entered into an agreement' with thQ Carnegie Foundation to ''on- ' tribute annually Five Hundred ($";00.00) Dollars to help with the maintenence of the library. The overhead expenses of the li brary, salary of librarian, wages of janitor, fire insurance premiums, I wood, coal, etc., amount to about j 'Seven Hundred Fifty (750.00) Dol-I lars a year. At least Two Hundred i Fifty (250.00) Dollars worth of now i books should be purchased each j year. Therefore, . it can be ser.n that I the minimum amount that the library [ can get along with a year would be' One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars. ! Membership in the library is pure ly voluntarily. Heretofore, thoaa who took an active interest in the library have been^^eontributing an nually One ($1.00) Dollar each as <!uos, but for the last two years a | good many have not paid these volnn- 1 tary dues and tlx; finances of the! library have gotten in a con-Miion] where it is absolutely necessary tiint these dues be collected for the main tenance of the library. At the meeting today, a committee'' was appointed to make an active can-' vass for membership dues during the week beginning June 3rd. All those who are really interested in the lib rary are earnestly requested to promptly pay their dues, so that th" depleted treasury may bo put in bet tor shape. L. A. Wittkowsky, Treasurer. A CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the entire com | munity for their crrent kindness shown us during the illness arid -leal1 of our dear moth r. May God re ward each of you in His great way We also extend thnnks for the many floral offerings. We will ever hold you in remembrance. Miss Laura Robinson. Cassatt, S. C Glenn to Take Judges Bench June 3. Columbia. S. C., May 25. -Judge J. Lyles? Glenn, recently appointed third United States district judge in South' Carolina to sr rve in both eastern nnd western districts, will take the bench for the first time Monday, June 3, when ho sits in the courtroom of the Federal Build ing nt Charleston, it was learned here today. The regular term of Charleston district court opens Monday with Judge Ernest F. Cochran, of the enstern district, presiding. Judge Glenn will preside the following Monday. A hasty docket, in which 150 or more defendants, the vast majority indicted under the nntional prohibi tion net is set for trial at the term of court, it was learned from Charles ton todny. Judge Glenn was sworn in as judge last Thursday. Harry Hines, of Lancaster, who will succeed Judge Glenn as solicitor of the sixth South Carolina judicial district June 1, filed his surety bond in the Amount of $5,000 with the secretary of State today as requirt " by law. I I Petit 'Jurors. | The following jurors were drawn I Tuesday morning to serve for the I first week of the summer term of ! coui*i for Kershaw county to open I Monday, June 17th, with Judge W. |'H. Townsend, presiding: i D. A. West, Kershaw, II. F. D. | M. D. Peake, Lugoff, 2. | A. F. Morris, Camden. L. T. Bradley, Camden. , J. R. Gaiens, Camden. R. VV. Seegars, Kershaw, 6. 1). A. Goff, Lugoff, 2. J. B. Catoe, Camden, 6. j 1 Ernest Williams, Kershaw. " G. W. Harrison, Camden, 1 W. M. Loll is, Camden. Lewis Vincent, Kershaw, R. F. D. Henry I'itts, Rethune, R. F. D. B. H. Coates, Kershaw, R. F. D. T. W. Bowers, Ki rshaw, 4. Lewis Hilton, Bethune. W. T. Truesdale, Camden, 2. W. C. Scagle, Boykin, 1. E. T. Truesdale, Lugoff, 1 I). S. Minis, Camden. J. A. Whitley, Kershaw. E. B. King, B;thune. C. B. Smith, Camden, 4. N. O. Baxley, Camden. B. T. Davis, Camden. J. C. Conycrs, Camden, ?. S. W. West, Cassatt. ' J. V. A mints, Camedn, !>. B. F. Workman, Camden. W. S. Beckham, Camden. E. C. Mangum, Bethune. L. II. Truesdale, Lugoff. G. S. Snipes, Westville. F. M. Jones, Camden. W. S. Stokes, Cassatt. R. E. Chewning, Camden. Camden is always well represente;! at the various colleges of the state, and the commencement season is now at hand, and already a numberof the college hoys and girls have returned home. Glad to have these fine young people at home again. Lindbergh Weds. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow were marired yesterday. That settles all speculation as to when the event will take place. The ccrcmony took place at the home of Ambassador and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, in Englewood, N. J. Mr. Darr Preaches. Rev. J. II. Darr, Jr., of Sumter, filled the pulpit of thef First Baptist church of Camden Sunday morning and evening, and at each service de liven d deeply impressive discourse'. Mr. Darr is a young man just be ginning his ministerial career and gives promise of much usefulness. "Whenever he comes to Camden again he will be sure of a genuine welcome. Asked to Meet Thursday Evening. All the male members of the Cam den Baptist church are asked to meet j at the church Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Important business will , be discussed at this meeting, and a j full attendance is desired. I Extends Congratulations. A gentle man who saw a copy of The Messenger recently, wrote us as fol lows: <(I greatly enjoyed reading the Messenger and wish to extend to you my warmest congratulations on the splctidid paper you are givng the public." Tie backed up his eongratu- 1 lations with a check for a year's sub- j fcription, all of which We appreciate. J The superintendent of the ehautauejua ] was in our office for a short while and asked to see a copy of our paper. | After reading it he remarked to us'i that we were getting out a nice, clean] paper with good reading matter. That] it what we are trying to do. ? Has Beautiful Pond One evening last week we accom panied Mr. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., up o his pond at Sanders Creek just a few miles north of Camden, and it was a revelation to us. We were up there some months ago when Mr. Kennedy was having the trees cut down nnd I propp ing the place for a pon<k T? [ ourselves we were somewhat doubt ful at that time that there would be 'a sufficient amount of water to make it worth while, but all doubt was ro I moved when we went up there last week and saw what a lovely place he I had. The pond covers several acres i of land and with a sand bottom ! makes it an ideal place for swim ming. When a bathing house is built and a few other improvements made, it is destined to be a popular resort. Mr. Kennedy has his pond 'tttocked with 3,000 bass obtained from ; the federal government. I ENJOYED THEIR VISIT TO CAM tiEN. Speaks in Highest Praise of Camden's Entertainment. | AM of the visitors from Sumter | representing the McLeod-Wesley Bi I p ? C,USt8' who were the guests of the Character Builders Bible Class of the in Yi- r eet Sund?y school, speak " f. P??e of their reception and entertainment while in Camden on th"" ? y' th<? 19th' Brother Knight, of the Sumter Herald, who was one of the welcome guests, after reproducing the account of the semi-centennial celebration published in The Messen ger last week, added the following appreciated comments: "Although the day opened Up K oomy and threatening last Sunday, iwTi *'?.? men from the McLeod s ey Bible class met at Trinity church at 8:30 according to schedule, and boarded cars for the trip to Camden, and those who went are loud >n their praises for the delightful Xu y ncco,x,c<l them in that city, li . . *?in* was ,ho celebration the fiftieth anniversary of the' J?l?ti?n Of lhe Lyttleton Street' Methodist church. The Sumter peo pie were much interested in Bible class work, aitfd. assisted in the beau tiful programs which were rendered during the Sunday school, preaching and afternoon services. One part of' the program which profoundlv im pressed all who attended was the ser- ' vice of song led by the Sumter or chestra and greatly assisted by Prof. Moore of Camden at the pipe organ, J which was peculiarly enjoyable. "The start from Trinity Methodist ! church was made at 9 o'clock. The' trip up was an ideal one, and al-j hough the clouds hung pretty low. J the sun came out before our arrival j at the Lyttleton Street Mehthodist j c.'urch and we were met by a dele ! KJon ?f tho Character Builders} Class, and were made to feel! ' t home, and from then on there was nothing done but to see that ev ery member of the. visitors was look- 1 ed after. "The three services were of a high order and .when the parting time came, several eyes were seen to moist en as they told their guests good-bye. We were entertained at the ho>i pi table home of Brother Birchmrfre along with Frank A. McLeod.#^ R A LeCoq, who had taken hi^?> chine along to "shoot" the CrowdN out the rain interfered. "We hope we will have a fair dav when the Camden, class visi's ur and then he can get the picture. Brother Birchmore is the editor and own^r of the Wateree Messenger, who is more Mian nny one else re sponsible for this trip, and he and his good family are genuine folks, and the only fault to find is that thev had entirely too many good things o ea . To say that the Sumter crowd had a splendid time is ex pressing it mildly indeed. They were just carried away with the trip and hope that soon we will have the op portunity of entertaining those good mden people down this way. We were delighted to see up there n I'd el Walsh, Jim Burns, Dr. Zemp and dozens of others whom we have forgotten". Aged Citizen Dies Eli Bass, one of the oldest citizens of West Wateree, died on Thursday night of last week, nnd was buried at Hardshell cemetery near Rabon*s 1 Cross Roads Friday afternoon. Mr. !Bass is survived by his wife and a number of grown children and aho n J number of grand children. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. V Best, of the Methodist church. The ^ bereaved family have the sympathy of 'their friends in tho loss they have sustained. Camden Methodist Church ( Sunday, June 2nd. Bible school j ,'10:00 A. M., with classes for all who, will attend. Epworth League, es pecially for young people, 7:15 P. M.j I Public worship, llsJS A. M. and 8:00 | P. M., conducted by the pastor, George ; Pierce Watson. Morning theme, The Purpose of Jesus. The sermon trill be followed by the Holy Communion. Evening theme, Tho Unsolved, Yet Ever-Qhallenging Mystery. JMld- | , week service, every Wednesday at) 8:00 P. M. Charming music, both j instrumental arfd vocal. Congrega- j tional singing. Inspirational studies.. The public is most cordially invited ' to all the services of this friendly' church. Come and bring your friends. i THANKED FOR THEIR CO OPERATION _l , McLeod-Wesley Bible Class Appreci | ated. ? Camden Class Accepts Invitation | At the regular meeting of the , 'Character Builders Bible class of the Lyttleton Street Methodist Church, resolutions of appreciation were un ' animously adopted and the cordial invitation to the class to visit Sum ter, acccpted, the date to be decided ' upon later. The resolutions were as 'follows: ... i Lyttleton Street Methodist Church Camden, S. C., May 2Gth, 1929. Whereas tho Character Builders I Bible class of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church had the honor of 1 having with them on Sunday, May 19th, 1929, the McLeod-Wesley Bible class of Trinity Methodist church, 'Sumter, as their guests, who came t > join with us in the celebration of tho semi-centennial of the dedication of our church, and by their presence and their co-operation greatly added to the success of the occasion, we wish to go on record as a class and individ ually as well, as appreciating their, splendid Christian fellowship in ac cepting our invitation and taking an active part in our services, therefore' be it | Resolved, That we extend them our ( hearty thanks and appreciation for 'what they so well did, for the charm- 1 ing music, both vocal and instrument al they rendered, for the deeply im-j pressive s.rvices conducted by them' in the afternoon, and for the pleas- j ure they gave us of being guests in 'our respective homes. We wish fur-: lh >r to assure them of our apprecia tion extended our class by their re presentative while with us to visit them, and also the letter received i since their return h">me to visit them.j nrd that it is our purpose to accept! iheir cordial invitation to do so, and j ? hat a date will be announced later . for our class to visit them. Resolved, That a copy of these re- j solutions be sertt to the McLeod Wcslcy Bible class at Sumter, signed ; by our president and secretary, and i that a copy also be sent the Sumter i Herald with a request that they be ' published. Rev. J?.B. Canton To Resign Pastorate Tho dea^of one of Bamberg's lead ing citizens ^would not have caused more AdkiyHc ti^n the news that the, jH^w^QjfCaston, pastor of' the Bamberg Baptist church, has de cided to accept the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Camden. Mr. Caston received a call to the Camden I church on May 12. A delegation of | Camden Baptists headed by Judge Meridel L. Smith informed him of the call that afternoon. Mr. Caston promised the committee an answer on Monday 0f this week, when he met with the committee in Camden. He gave no indication of his reply before leaving Bamberg Monday. The Baptist pastor informed his congregation fully of his call, and oarnestly sought their prayers in making his decision. The Camden 3hurch offers Mr. Caston no promo tion in work, financial or otherwise, i but it offers a field of labor in which | Mr. Caston feels that he will be of j greater service in the Loild's work. Mr. Caston came to Bamberg a little more than three years ago from Lynchburg. He is an A. B. graduate of Mercer university, and a graduate of the Southern Bnptist Theological seminary. His education was broad ened by attending several other edu cational institutions throughout the south. Very few persons have intrenched themselves in the hearts of the peo ple of the city as Mr. Caston and his family have. Ho has worked with the other pastors of the city in a beautiful spirit of Christian cooper ation, ami he is held in no less love by the other denominations of the community. Mr. Caston will offer his resigna- ( tion to the local Baptists at once, and ; Will ask that it be accepted immedi ately in order that he can begin his | work in Camden on the first of July. ! It is expected that a pulpit committee j will be immediately named by the i local church. ? Bamberg Herald. Plumbing Put, In <lood Order. I The plumbing at the county jail^ which has given considerable trouble ( for a long time, has been put in good order we undertsand. It was neces- i sary for new equipment to be put in. This improvement pleases the jailor who wants to keep everything In goor order at the jail. I j STATE WELFARE BOAHI) MEETS ____ j Was a Pacific One Compared to Some. | The State Welfare Board met in | the office of Gov. John G. Richards, who is ex-officio chairman of the board. Members were Col. J. M. Witsell, of Waltprtjoro; Dr. A. C. Baa kin, of Bishopville; J. B. Derrick, of Little Mountain T. B. Gourdin, of Salter's Depot; and C. W. Birchmore, of Camden. The meeting was quite a pacific one, compared to some held in the past, and thG work generally of the several correctional institu tions, is moving forward nicely. J. A. Lindsay, superintendent of the Negro Goys' Reformatory, sub mitted his report and recommended several parolfcs, which upon motion was granted. I Miss Lena Sievers, superintendent of the Girlu Industrial school, made) her report. This institution was the storm center at a former meeting of the board, at which time Miss Seivers, who was serving in the capacity of assistant superintend" nt, was elected superintendent. She appears to have everything well in hand and the work is progressing smoothely upon the whole. I G. W. Collier, superintendent of the Boys' Industrial school at Florence, submitted his report. Everything is working well at this institution. Dr. B. O .Whitten, superintendent of the state training school for the feeble minded at Clinton, reported satisfactory progress. A new build ing, which is very much needed at this instiution, is under construction and will be completed within a few months more. The board was in session only a bout two hours. We made a visit af-. ( ter the adjournment of the board to the Girls Industrial school, and were shown every courtesy possible by Miss Seivers, the superintendent. After going through the buildings we next were shown over the farm by Miss Seivers and the capable farmer, Mr. C. F. Koon. We found Mr. Koon as sisting and supervising the construc tion of a new cow barn which is very much needed/ The school has a half dozen milch cows and from them an nmple supply of milk is furnished the school. Then we went to the hog, pasture where there are something like forty Duroc hogs and pigs. Thin will be a great help in furnishi/ig meat. They have a very good or chard but it is minus much fruit. Mr. Koon told us that the recent stom ? caused most of the young peaches to fall off. They will have some friut, however, but not a sufficient Mnount to put up. They have a new fl^ch orchard coming on. The poj^uy business is looked after carefully, and th<y have out around four hundred young chickens. The garden is look ed after and a right good supply of vegetables come from it. The school is located about eight miles out from Columbia on a paved road, and is in many respects an attractive place, but the soil is of clay and rather rough and not very fertile. A substantial wire fence has been erected around the premises, which is a great protection. It would be very difficult to climb in or out of the grounds. This fence was built in accordance with the recommenda tions of Gov. Richards. Going back again to the quarters occupied by the girls, their rooms are well kept and present a neat appear? ance, but there is a lack of room. The school is kept full to capacity which is about sixty girls. ""The kitchen, dining room and other de partments are well looked after. We feel, however, that it would be well for a capable committee from the legislature to make an inspection of the buildings, and premises. They would find the water supply very scant. It is said to be pure and wholesome, but the source is very much limited. The dining room is a small place, but on Sundays the tables have to be moved for four services which are held in it. During the week days this moving process must be made every morning for chapel services. Perhaps the greatest single need at the school is a school build ing. The room used is the garret. The entire building is not very high and this makes the attic very low. The girls as they sit at their cheap desks can easily touch the ceiling, and in fact those who sit on the sides frequently find their heads touching the ceiling-not that the girls are so tall but that the ceiling is so low. It is totally inadequate for the pur pose for which it is being used. We understand that only about $75.00 a ! SOCIAL AN1) PERSONAL J | Mrs. Thomas I.awton WUiingham | Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Pressley spent the week end in Hampton, S. C. Mrs. Jeff W. Boyd and young daughter, Catherine, have returned I from an extensive visit to llattics ? burg, Miss., Pensacola, New Orleans. | Prof. G. W. Nicholson, who will teach at Sewanee, Tenn., came with Mrs. Hoyd for a visit to hi.- father. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cook from ?'ust over, S. C., visited Mrs. Bclton Beard this week end. I Mr. Russell Davies, of Daltoi.. Ga., Is visiting his family who are with Mrs. Jones on Lyttleton street. Robert Chewning is at-home with his parents at least a part of the summer. ' Strangers passing through, and driving over Camden remark on the beautiful homes and gardens. . One bright spot is worthy of special men tion. On Rut ledge street in front of the homes of Mrs. J. A. McDaujjal ! and Mrs. Abraham Shebeen and others on the block, is a perfect riot of color which is a joy to the passers by. Scout News. The Boy Scouts of Troop 3ft, of Camden, S. C., are working on their tests so they can go to Murrell's Inlet, along with the other Scouts. J. I). Crolley, a new Scout, who has joined our troop stood his tenderfoot test Friday night which was a suc cess. We are planning to have an Ice Cream Supper next Friday night, which we hope will be enjoyed by all the Scouts of our troop. Virgil Gardner, Scribe. T. B. Testing. Ninety-five cows which produce the milk and milk products for Camden were tested for T. B. during May by Dr. Baer, of The Federal Live stock Santiary Department. All cows tested were found to be free from this disease. This service is free.' The farmers are visited twice, once for inspecting reaction fluid and again two days later to check results. Any persons having cows which they wish to have treated are urged to write this office and arrange for '.he work, When court convenes in June, Ker shaw county will have her usual crop of bootleggers up for t'dnl. Several more were added to the list last week we understand. year is appropriated for books and school material, and a number of the books used were donated. Then the appropriation for the teachers for a year is $1,200. They l>oar;l, he,w ever, in the school. We found in this little squatty room a number of girls at work with their studies, and were invited to speak to them which we did briefly. In the winter time tho room is very cold and in thi; summer time almost unbearably hot. The cows on the farm will soon be better cared for. This is where our repre sentatives can render a good service. In case of fire the property there would be at the mercy of the flames, and by all means a school house should be built, and il could well be used for chapel and other religious services. There is nearly always some one on the "waiting list" to be admitted to th<; school, but have to wait until some already there aro. discharged or paroled. A good part of the expense of maintenance comes from the farm, but naturally with such an institution a good deal is necessary to properly care for the various departments. There is no comparison of the farm at this school with the school in Florence which has about 200 boys, and the negro jeform atory, wh< re there is a goodly number of negvo boys. We hope the legis lature at its next sesion will at least porvide for a school building, and do something about the water supply,, and with but little additional cost to tho state, help the girls out who havo the washing of soiled clothes to do. Only a small vessel is used to "boil the clothes" and the water is hcatod on a small cheap stove. We believo that the people of the state should be made acquainted with the condi' tions at these institutions, which is our excuse to some extent at least for making this report.