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TERMS:? tiM IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. VOL. 45 CHAS. 77. BIRCUVORE, |?KOP NO. \l "The Hand of the Diligent Sbiii Rale' CAMDEN, KERSHAW COltNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 16, 1929. Social and Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. C. C: Hough, of Mi ami, Fla., are visiting the parents of the former, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hough, of our city. Mrs. J. H. Anderson was admitted to the Gamden hospital Saturday. For some time she has been quite unwell and her condition at thii timo is such as to give her family and friends much concern. It is hoped that her condi tion will soon improve. Rev. S. A. Nettles, of Columbia, spent Sunday in Camden at the home of his nephew, Mr. W. F. Nettles. Mr. Ftoster D. Blodgett, whose boy hood days were spent in Camden, but who since leaving Camden has made Sumter his home, was a visitor to Camden one day last week. Mr. J. H. Osborne and family spent the week end out of town, visiting the home of Mr. Osborne's boyhood days. Mr. Moultrie Burns, the popular s( ? of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burns, bos returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Chewning, who left this county some time a?jo to nrnke their home in Florida, are vis iting relatives in this and adjoining counties. Mr. Chewning was in Cam den Thursday meeting his friends here, who were glad to see him again. He paid us a pleasant visit. Miss Julia Rowan, of Concord, N. C., is a guest of her cousin, Miss Emily Wooten on Fair street. Mr. Hubert O. Wilson, prominent young business man of Camden, was taken to a Columbia hospital for treatment a few days asfo. He has sufficiently recovered to be able to return to his home here. Messrs. James H. Clyburn, clerk of court"; J. H. MoLcod, sheriff; S. Wylie Hogue, treasurer; and B. E. Sparrow, auditor, attended a meeting of county officials in Charleston this week. Mr. and Mrti. Withers Trotter, who i were recently married, have arrived in Camden, and are occupying the attractive hoi'me of Mrs. Julia Long Knapp. Members of the Presbyterian chareh and Sunday school had their annual v'-nc at Holland's pond north of Camden Friday evening. Mrs. H. S. Steedman and daughter? are away on a vacation. Their friends wish them a real pleasanl time. Camden Baptist Church . Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. B. Y. P. U. Thursday even ing at 7:15. Please note the change in the hour for the B. Y. P. U. This change is made for this week only in order to allow the Union to get through with their meeting before the reception which is being given in honor of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Caston on that evening at 8:30. Sunday, July 21: Sunday school at 10:00 A. M., Mr. W. G. Wilson, Super intendent. Morninrv preaching ser vice at 11:15, with a sermon to child ren. Subject: The Arms of Jesus. Evening service at 8:30. Subject: Walking With God1. Preaching at both services by the pastor, Rev. J. B. I Caston. You are cordially invited to attend j all services of this church. Lyttleton Street /Methodist Church Sunday, July 21: Bible school, 10:00 A. M. with classes for all who will attend. .Mr. L. C. Show, superintend ent. Bpwm'th League, 7:30 P. M., to | * which all the young poople are es- . pecially invited. Public, worship at | .11:15 A. M. and 8:15 P. M. Rev. | Albert D. Bettn will preach at the j morning hour. The pastor, George J Pierce Watson, will prcsch at the i evening hour. Theme: The Fidelity t of God. Mid-week service, Wednes- j day, 8:15 P. M. The public is most j cordially invited to all the services of j this church. Come and bring your ( friends. On next Sunday morning, at the session of the Methodist Bible school, 1 Rev. A. D. Bstts will hold a confer ence with the officers and teachers of the school relative to the holding of a Standard Training School at somo future date. All officers and teachers are earnestly requested to attend. SEABOARD RAILWAY MAKES NICE RECORD Local Trains Perfect on Time and Schedules with 100 Per Cent. One of the finest train perform- 1 ance records ever made by the &ta ( hoard Air Line Railway was dur ing the month of June, when 750 ' j local trains operated in the South 'Carolina Division; 750 were both on time and/ macie schedule for a per centage of 100 each, while the com bined averages for both local and through trains was 99.4 per cent., ac cording to train performance records | received yesterday by C. W. Small, , Division Passenger Agent of the Sea board Air Line Railroad with head quarters in Columbia. j Of the 245 through trains operate!, 222 wore on time for a percentage of 92.5 and 234 made schedule for a percentage of 97..'< Of the 990 trains operated, both local and thru 972 were on time for 98.2 per cent, j and 984 made schedule for 99.4 per I cent. Reception for "New >Pastor. Invitations have been extended to the members of the Camden Baptist church to attend a reception to be given Rev. J. B. Caston and family Thursday evening at eight-thirty o' clock in the church ??An effort has been muae to reach e\ery member of the church, but if by chance any one did not receive an invitation through the mails or otherwise they are in vited all the same, as well as any other Baptists who may be here on Thursday evening. The occasion is looked forward to with a great deal of interest, and the reception to be held is expected to reflect the warm welcome each one feels toward their new pastor and his family. Every Baptist is not only urged but expected to be present. Rev. T. J. Mackin, rector of St. Mary's church, who has been on an extended trip north, has returned home, and is cordially welcomed back by his host of frends here. RESOLUTION OF JtESPECT. Whereas Almighty God in his infin ite wisdom has seen fit to remove from our mi(?st our beloved brother, Hollia Deas, who died June the 5th 1929: Whereas we bow our heads in Humble submission to the decree of the Great Councilor of the Universe. Yet we sadly miss, this link in our chain of Brotherhood. His hearty hand clasp and his cheering words shall no lonner be heard in Council meetings. Therefore be it resolved, That the Mt. Pisgah Council No. 281, J. O. U. A. M., shall cause its charter to be draped1 for suitable period in his mem ory. And be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution bo given to the family of our receased brother, a copy to our county papers for pub lication, a copy to the Jr. Order Mag azine for like purpose, and a copy be spread upon the minutes, suitably inscribed and set aside in his memory. R. D. PHILLIPS, W. P. SOWELL, W. A. SEEGARS, Committee. July 4, 1929. Farm That Cost $350 Is Sold for $156,000.00 Tampa, Fla. (By A. P.) ? There is still money to be madtf in Florida i real estate. Bob Nichols, who ,?cttled on a tract of land on the Alafia river near here, for which he paid $350, has soli out I for $150,000. There were 130 acfos in the tract, where Nichols had lived for more thnn 2i ? years, fishing, con ducting fishing parties and renting boats. The land is situated where the river meets the bay, and will be used by an industrial United States Phos phoric Products corporation. Death of a Little Girl. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Stokes will sympathize with them in the loss of their little ^irl, Margar et Louise, aged two and a half yenrs, which occurred at their home just across the line in I/ee rounty on the 12th inst. Funeral services were held at Anti^ch church Saturday afternoon and the interment was in the church cemetery. A good garden is a wonderful helo to any family, yet there seems to be but little attention given tho home garden. We have not heen over the county to any considerable extent any time recently, but whero we have been we did not see much evidence of good gardens, W. E. JOHNSON RESIGN8 AS SECRETARY J. B. Wallace Temporarily Filling Position In Enterprine B. & L. Association At a recent meetinp of the board of directors of The Enterprise Building and Loan Association, the oldest of the four successful buildlhfl and loan associations operating: in Cam den, W. E. Johnson, who for the past score of years has been its secretary and treasurer, offered his resigna tion, which was accepted witn regret by the directors. The Enterprise Building and Loan Association was established in 1888, and has been in j successful operation ever since. With- ; in that time it has made but few ' changes in its officers with the poss ible exception of the personnel of the ! borad of dire;4ois, a new member] occasionally being added to the list. Mr. Johnson held the office of secre tary and treasurer longer than eith ^ of his predecessors, and was very popular with each of the stockhold ers. His uniform courtesy and con sideartion won for him the respect and esteem of every one with whom he came in contact, and the announce ment of his retirement from this pos Iton will be received with regret. Few men cculd be found who are as ac tive and as "young" as Mr. Johnson although he has passed) his three score and ten years. He has never had to wear glasses and is a jovial good fellow. Some important changes are being made in the plans of this association. It is being plac ed upon a more modern plan than the old system where stockholders could buy stock only at the close of a series or pay back assessments. The plan soon to be put into operation will ad mit of the buying of shares at any time without having to go back for n period of time and all series running of even date. A permanent secre tary and treasurer has not as yet been named, but J. B. Wallace, who is very competent and perfectly familiar with the new system is tem porarily in charge until a permanent secretary and treasurer is elected. It .is understood that Mr, Wallace wil1 be an applicant i'or the position. New Currency in Circulation The local banks have receive I a sup ply of the new currency issued by the treasury department of the United States. They are smaller than tht "bills heretofore in circulation. We rather like the appearance of them and the ownership of oom'j of them would, especially please us. It is es timated that it will take about; two or three years to get in all of the old bills and exchange them for the new bills. Made Interesting Talk Mr. J. K. de Loach made a very in teresting and helpful talk on the San day school lesson Sunday morning be fore the Character Builders Bibk class of the Lyttleton Street Method ist Sunday school. The attendance was very rcood. The musical feature, under the direction of Mr. Lewis L. Moore, was very much enjoyed. Next Sunday the ladies Bible class will meet with the men's Bible and h<iar Hov. A. I). Beits, conference Sunday School Supeirntrndent, discuss the ad visability of holding a training school at some date to be natned. Burglars Enter (Store Here. Some time during Thursday night iburfilars entered the store of Me Leod-Rush Co., and carried away some auricles of groceries. Entrance Was effected from the rear door by slipping the bar up. which had the appearance r/f having l>ecn done bv some one familiar with the method of fastening the back door. A hun dred pounds of sugar, a sack of rice and several sacks of flour were a mong the articles missed. The po lice were notified and an effort is bring made to locate the guilty par ties. _ I PAY OF JURORS The mat'or of jury pay was much discussed in Chester at the recent term of court. It in generally under stood that jurors receive $2 a day. The News understand* that the King jurors received they beinr\ held bo*h day and night. We are not familiar with the law but it stands to reason that a jut-or who listeria to a case all day ami wh<^> Is required to stay away from home all. night, should certainly receive compensation In keeping with the service* rendered. --Cheater News. NEWS FROM BLANEY Blaney, July 16. ? Miss Cleo Evans has returned to her home after spend ing1 some time in Colunibia with rel atives. > .Mr. end Mrs. B. K. Rose and child- j ren, spent Tuesday in Hartsville with | her parents, Mr. and! Mrs. William i Byrd. Messrs Bill Kiker, Lewis Smith and A. R. Little, of Aiken, spent Sun day with friends here. Little Faye Wilkes, of Columbia,! is spending some time with her aunt, . Mrs. W. D. Grifaby. I Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Eddleman, of Forest Hill and Miss Ginnnell Per-, cival, of College Place, spent last week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. K. , Rose. I Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Flaherty and children, of Hamlet, N. C., and Mrs. i C. M. Flaherty and children, of Ham- , let, spent last. Sunday here with rel atives. Misses Vera Perry and Evelyn Rose are spending some time here as the guests of Miss Elise Rose. Oscar Rose, of Winnsboro, spent last Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ross. Mrs. Reaves and children, of Aiken, are visiting Mrs. Minnie McLendon. i Miss Zola Rose has returned to her j home in .Columbia after spending 1 some time here as the guest-of Miss ! Mildred Evans. Mrs. J. Khowry Farah and little ; daughter, Fay Iris, of Columbia, spent last week end with her sister, Mrs. | J. H. Rabon. Miss Florrie Mae Ross, of Cam den, spent last Sunday with her par ents here. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ross and son, Richard, have returned to New Brook land after visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Rose. Miss Martha Boykin, of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. H. Bowen. Clyde Mason, of Camden, is visit ing friends here. iMiss Alice Huckabee, of Columbia, is spending some time hero with friends and relatives. Miss Alma Wood has returned to her home after spending several days in Columbia with her cousin,' 'Miss Marp*aret Cornell. . The Rev. Mr, Willis, of Ridgesvay, preached an interesting sermon in the Blaney Baptist church on last Sunday evening. Mrs. P. W. Morgan and children, of Douglas, Ga., Misses Ruby *nd ? Edifaye Kelly, of Columbia, spoiu i last week end with relatives. Mrs. D. Kelly and son, Walter, of i Columiba, spent Wednesday here with ' friendto and relatives. Mrs. W. B. Evans and son, Wade, have returned home from Savanna n, Ga., after an extended stay with friends and relatives. American Legion {Junior .'League Base Ball Game Thursday Blaney Juniors and Bethune Juniors will play an elimination game of base ball at the city base ball park Thurs day afternoon. A good game is ex pected. Come out and see these two 'earns play. Yellow Chrysanthemums. Mrs. Lillie V. Wood, of near I Blaney brought to our office Fri lay | a lovely bunch of yellow chrysanthe-j mums. This is early for this pop- 1 ular flower but Mrs. Wood says that i a number of them are blooming in | her garden. Fine Weather for Cotton We have been h:\ing some fine' weather for cotton. With a few hot' days an<l dry weather with it, the farmers have been having a chance to get their crops clean, and as cot ton is in very large measure a sun plant. Tho weather wlso mitigates j against tho boll weevil, and there | would be general rejoicing over tho t death of this pest. Crops Are Improving. | Reports of improved condition of 1 the crops of the county are now com- | ing In. For a good while the weather I was unfavorable, with too much rain for getting them worked out and too . cool for growing, but we ha-ve been having better weather conditions and | I crop* have been responding very nice- 1 ly. The presence of the boll weevil, however, 1ft a great menirce. Persist ent efforts have been made to gr>t the farmers to poison them, and there can be no doubt but that the poisoning of the weevil* meant more cotton. BETH UN B NEWS Interesting Items From That Place ! Bethune, July 15. ? The American Legion Junior League base ball team of this placf, with Neil Truesdell, as coach, played Blaney in its first match game here Friday afternoon, resulting in a score of 13-0 in favor of Bethune. Mr. John K. deLoach, of | Camden, who was instrumental in or ganizing the team, was present. The , next game will be played with Bhuvy i in Camden Thursday afternoon at j four o'clock. Protracted services began at the | Methodist church here Monday night ' July 15. The pastor, Rev. T. K. Der- j rick, will be assisted by Rev. Mr. | Glennon, of Greeleyville, S. C . Rev. G. 13. Gunter is visiting his old home, Batesburg. Mrs. P. H. Hester entertained m >ve I than a score of little boys and girl ; I Wednesday afternoon complimer.*. it v j to her little daughter, Helen's, sev- | enth birthday anniversary. Afte?* games on the lawn, delicious refresh ments were served in th dining ro >tu. Tiie little hostess received a number of lovely gifts from her lilt! 1 guests present. The Girls' Circle of the Methodist church met with Miss Mar jam llearon Thursday afternoon. The program was in charge of Mis- Mary Arthur. A social hour followe I it which interesting contests wove \Mi joyed. Refreshments consisting of sandwiches and ice tea were served. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis, of Great Falls, attended the funeral of Mr>. C. H. Wall Thursday of last week held at the home of Mrs. Wall's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward. Circle No. 1 of the Presbyterian church was entertained Tuesday af ternoon by Mrs. D. J. Clyburn, Jr.. with Miss Mary McKinnon as teach er. Circle No. 2 with Mrs. J. N. Mc Laurin as chairman, met with Mrs. C. L. McKinnon. Mrs. R. E. McCas kill was hostess to Circle No. 3. Miss Mabel Lee, of Monroe, N. C.. is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eva Morgan. t Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Foster and child ren returned Saturday from a weekS stay in the Piedmont section. Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell and Misses Katherine and Margaret Truesdell, Messrs. N. A. Bethune, G I B. Kinp, J. E. King and June Truer dell returned last week from a week's stay in Montreat, N. C. Mr. J. I). Lafitte is spending some time at Glenn Springs. Mrs. Roger Newsome, of Wallace, ? N. C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. ' Amanda McKinnon. Miss Eliza King, of the Ellen Fit/, gerald hospital in Monroe, N. (\, if taking her vacation at her home here. Mr. Raymond Clyburn, of Nor folk, Va., was the guest of friend; and relatives here last week. Now Selling Ice. i Messrs. F. M. Bryant, Jr., and J. Edward Bryant, enterprising young | ment who have been operating the Katherine DeLoache Coal Company have erected an ice house for the handling of ice as well as coal. They announce that this new business will be run in connection with their coal business. Their ice house is locate'1 on the Seaboard tracks on West l)e Kalb street, and easily accessible to platform trade. ''Service and Com tcsy" is their motto. See their an nouncement elsewhere in this issue of The Messenger. v VACATION ADVICK We believe it was King Solomon i who said: "He that despiseth liUle I things shall perish by them." What j ho meant was that the man wh'> fails to watch the pennies will perish for want of that which pennievs will buy. We asked a Lancaster man the other day the secret of his ability t" ' keep his large family so nicely and still maintain a bank account, lie replied: "I have always looked out for the pennies." Just now when our boys are out of school and earning a few pennies in the vara' ion season is a goodt time to acquaint them with this mai/s secret and fid Kinj{ Sol omon's wise words. A few word?: of advice on saving and thrift may puf them on the road to success and, com fort in their old age. You at least can't lose anything yourself by of ferinp such advice.- -Lancaster News. About, one-fourth of all power em ployed in New England is derived from water. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Thomas Lawton \\ illinjjham God (live I s Women i God give us women ? peaceful homes to make; Women whose faith in Go.l nothing can shake; Women whose virtue shines bright as a star, ' Whose genuine purity sin can not mar. Women on whose fair Cacv modesty is seen Adorning her brow like the crown of a queen ; Women whose sympathy, tenderness, and love. Make earth a heaven like that above. God give us women that wealth can not spoil, Nor the world entanHe iti it< deceitful toilf Women who hate sham, glitter an! show, Women who despise all things base and low. God wants women's cheerfulness to drive away pain; Women whose smile makes sun-bine of rain; Women who can hush the feeble cry of a child. With a face all aglow. with patience so mild. God wants women to be "ehas'e mak ers of home." Women who 'nave no desire in the path of vanity to roam; Women who are brave, gentle an I true, God wants such women ? Is this woman you? ? Mrs. Thomas Lawton Willingham. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Perry, with Mrs. Watnins, left Sunday for an ex tended visit to Miami, where Mrs. Watkins has a cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Will Saunder- with Mis? Althea have gone to Greenville to visit relatives. Mr. and R. McCants, of Columbia, spent the week end in Camden with Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Zcigler on Lyttic ton Street. Mr. and Mrs. McCants were returning home from Wrights ville Beach. Death of .Mr. Jordan. J. E. Jordan, a highly respected cit izen of this county, died about midday Friday at the home of his son, F. M. Jordan, a rural mail carrier, residing at Lugoff. For a good many years Mr. Jordan resided on his farm a f *w miles from Westville in this c aunty, but in after years his health began to fail him and he and his wife spent n good deal of their time at the home of their son. Mr. Jordan was in the 70th years of his age. He is survived by his widow an I several grown children and a number of grandchild ren. Funeral services were held for him Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and the interment was in the cemetery at St. Jonh's church, near Lugoff. A Card of Thanks We want lo extend our thanks to the many friends and the faithful doctor for the assistance rendered during the long illness of our brother, W. S. Iluckabee. Their sympathy and kindness, added to the assurance of his faith in his Master, makes the jirief easier for us to baer. M rs. C. M ye rs. wr.som tion of kksi'F Inasmuch as it has pleaseo \1 mighiv God t he second time on June 20, to ser.d the death angel unto our Fiaternal ''irele and take our brother, Robert 1*'. Sowell. a mem ber of Mt. I'is-ph (' mncil No. 2-51. Me it resolved, That. Mt. I'i'goh Council No. feels heavily the I -ss of this I'rother. Not only do we !?? 1 the loss of this Member but also tan loss of a good friend and kind neigh bor and a true American citizen. He it resolved. That the .-yn: ,?a:hy of the Council be extended this be | n aved family, commending tin in t.o jthe care of a kind and heavenly I Father, who tea dies us in Holy Words never makes u mi-'ake. A ml that I threat h their tears may he able to fee liis I.oving Hand in it. all. , He it further resolved. That a page , be ins libed i n ur minute book (o his memory, a copy J>e sen' to the bereaved family, a copy to the county papers, and a copy to the J. O. II. A. I M. Magazine for publication. K. J. CATO, T. W. I'.OWKRS, W. A. JOHNSON, ( ommittee. July I 1, l!?2!>.