The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 28, 1929, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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THANKED FOR THEIR CO
OPERATION
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, 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
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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.