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School to ,C|^'S^
I jgOtt Wednesday evening at eight o'
^|?lo?k the graduating class of the
Antioch High School will presenjt thaijr
final exercises. ' M?oJ; MqT. Daniel,
the State <High Sch"ol Inspector wili
||^ make the graduating addres8.lv The
following boy*. and girls will receive
fState High School Diplomas: Floyd
I Boy kin, Le oy Pate, Clyde Dority, T.
J. Blyther, Marjorie Baker, Mildred
' Reynolds as 3 Sadie Pate. The pubHo
! is invited to car.'.c and witness the
final exercises Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock, :
To Confer Degrees I
, DeKalb Council tfo. 88 Jr. 0. U. A.
M. -will confer depvrees on a large,
class of candidates next Monday,
night, May 26th at 8 o'clock.. All
members ate requested to be present
as there are some important matters
to be discussed. Refreshments will
be served. .
E'fjht y-fif ' h Commencement
t College, Gaffncy, will
have their eighty-fifth commence
ment exercises May 23rd to 20th. Wo
acknowledge with thanks, an inviva
.tioin from Miss Ina Williams Fletch
er, a Kershaw, student, to attend.
y Camden (Holds Lead in L. F. K. C.
Textile League
/ Camden retained' the leadership in
the L. F. K. C. Textile League by de
feating Kershaw in a hard fought 12
itmfao game. here Saturday by the
scroe <>|' 4 to 8.
LyieB pitched a wonderful pome for
the locals, ^Hewing only five scatter
ed hits awd sitting 12 men down by
' the^trikeout route.
Blanks for Kershaw also pitched f
good garrle, although the locals touch
^ Wts, they couid not
?noughsto .^ln until the
,#y*r the Center Fielder^
broke ujp a go?d ball game.
Camden war winning this
it. Mill defeat") Lancaster 18
Lancaster. This leaves - the
of The L. F. K. C. Textile
League as foiiwvs: ? ?
W h
; . Laiicaster plays at Camden next
and: ft. Milf (plays at Ker
F*?Urt .Meeting
fcianev: M*y 14,-*-The last mectin~
Of the future Palmetto Farmers o'
Kershaw County was held at Cam
den in the Ambtican Lepion Hall la.r
Tuesday" evening at 8:00 o'clock, with
about forty boys in attendance. Thb
will be the last meeting during the
preaeht school session.
the devotional exercises were con
ducted by Rev. Caston. After the roll
call and the adoption of the minutes.
Sgrf&ft very timely |U\4 !nv>lrlng~'tirtk war
tnftde by Mr. Ravage, President of
<the Chamber rt; Comemrce, on the
subject of/ "Forestry". He jpointed
out to the boy* the imnotrance of
protecting otir forests and the im
portance of reforest? our wast"
land. He stressed tj\e possibilities
0% thife.. turpentine holiness and the
lumiber business, saying that yoxlnsr
* boys had the chance to set out trees
and then rer<*> the benefits from thorn.
He also^nlatrod th^ plans ort foot
now in Kershaw county for refore?
4 'tation -*n;J the buildinjf of th* "watch
Wm
Wm thf tslk hv Mr. g*va?e^ '
Mt.'D. V/. Traxler told the boys a
Jfyit the summer camo at Tamassee
near the D. A. % prhool for the Fu
tore ,F?rhwn of S. C Kv<fy b?y p?
fpjtot e*r:oS*ed a desire io atUiiTd-ttttj
? ? pl*fts \for continuing the cbunty ,
F. P. P. orgftnlBfttlon
[ - Mr. Editoi>-A good t all of rain1
visited our section last week awfwas
very acceptableto our people, as the
ground was dry' and in many places
too hard to cultivate, and in many
cases cotton was up to a poor stand,
but since, it seems that -good stands
will in most places be secured, late
oats and garden* ware also much ben- i
efitted by tke needed moisture. ,
Mr. R. C. Jones arid Magistrate L*
P. Thompson each had some fine -
fields of oats which were shaWested
last week.
Mr. R. C. Jones, Jr., who recently
underwent an operation at a- Chester
sanatorium is recuperating nicely now
at the heme of his (parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Jones.
? Mrs. Q?&& W- Floyd and daugh
ter, Miss'Nannie arrived on Friday
(last to spend some time ^t their old
home here with Mr, *n4 Mts. F. B.
Flcyd, these popular ladies are al
vays accorded a pleasant -welcome on
<heir visits to their former heme.
Pev. ard H'l* F. A. D-s-n-n havo
as their guest Krs. McMurray of Ab
beville, a sister of Mr. Drennan.
Rev. F. A. Drennan preached o
forcible and impressive sermon on
Lunady morning from the text, "Pet
er said I go a fishing" handling his
theme in a very pleasant and instruc
tive manner, and again at night lie
treated his hearers to a very inter
esting and inspiring discourse.
While in "West Wateree" last week
we spent some time at the Willow
Brook" Dairy farm, property ot
Messrs. J. L. and N. P. Gefctys near
Twenty-five Mile Creek about 10 ot
11 miles from Camden. These yvw
tlemen have a large holding of valu- ,
able farm lands, arid have spent n\any
years an dmuch money in the very
laudable task of establishing and, ^e*
veloping a large and prosperous agfrf*
cu'turai enterprise which doer- not de- 1
pend oh cotton for. its basic support.;
These ; gentlemen afe milking at this
time about 40 cows- -registered ,
belr'appoinfea atitf most complete
daily plant It has ever been our good
fortune to visit. We did not have
the,, opportunity of seeing their pas
ture* of which they have several hun
dred acres. Afcout 180 people reside
on their estate. We wish to extend
thanks for kindness shown us while
there In the discharge of duty, C. )
Died Suddenly Saturday Afternoon V
Mr. Lawrence David Alford, aged
44 years, died suddenly Saturday af
ternoon. He h*4 been on the struts
shortly before This death, but com
plained of not feeling well. He went
to his room at Mr. Wiley Sh?orn's?
and within a few minutes he iflwsed
away." His father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Alford, moved to Cam
den from Darlington county many
years ago, and Mr.. AHord spent ,hln
life here. . At one time he was Em
ployed by the Germany-Roy-Brown
company, of Columbia, but returning
to Camden he was associated with the
Camden Fruit arid Produce company
a* traveling salesman, lr* which posi
tion he rendered efficient service and
made many warm friends. Every
body liked David Aif ord, because he
was a teal good fellow, quiet and un
' assuming ?and absolutely dependable.
Funeral service* were held for him
Sunday afternoon at 4:80 o'clock, con
ducted by Rev. G. P. Watson, of the
Methodist church, from the home of
Mr. Raymond Moore on Laurens
street, and the internjent was in the
cemetery here immediately following
the funeral services. A lkrge number
of friend* attended the funeral ser
vices, a number from out-of-town.
The floral tributes were a testimonial
of the esteem in which Mr. Alford
was held, one of the pieces being from
the Char#<iter Builder* Bible class of
the Methodiflt Sunday school of which
,he was a member.
Accident to Former Camden
'Man
wA? received in j&mvJen Sat
A 1*. ji ? n. .
'urday that Mr. Konrtedy Blakeney,
son ,of Judtfe E. D. ftlnkcnoy of our
city, whofor several years past has
been reskHn* In Chariot, flf. C., acv
?Ha?Xihoi;hfa left. arm off while'
** in. Report of this acei
a shook to Mr. Blakeney'*
ends % Camd?n, Who d^ep^
him Ifi ht?
Chamber of Commerce Wants ot Help
4-H Club Boys
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of 'the Camden and Ker
shaw County' Chamber of Commerce
it was decided to foster the financing
of one hundred 4-H club boys in Ker
shaw county who need help in pur
chasing <pure4>red pigs and gilts.
The Chamber of Commerce is to fi
nance a good number of these out Of
its own funds, but the majority will
be financed^ by individual business
men, business houses and banks.; A
large number of individuals anji busi
ness houses have' subscribed. TJnder
this plan, for instance, Mr. Joh-q Doe,
a business man in the county desires
to help one or more boys. Mr. Doe's
name will' be placed on the list in the
Chairber of Commerce office. Mr.
Green furnishes the Chamber of Com-.'
merce with a list of boys needing as
sistance. The boy and Mi^ Doe will
be put in touch with eaclv'.other. If
the boy wants to buy a $10 registered |
pig and he has 6nly $3.00 then Mr.
Doe will lend the, necessary $7.00.
The Chamber of Commerce and Mr.
Green are anxious that ^the transact
ion be' carried out on %> strictly busi
ress basis, therefore, the 4-H boy and
his fa' her or mother d* gaurtiian will
rvecute a note and >a mortptage in
*rvor of Mr, Dee, tjie pig being the
lateral. The transaction wili be
*;nnd!ed through the Chamber of
rommerce office. This plan not only
he'ps the beys to' pet the pigs but
~l~n cive3 them a bit of business ex
perience. ? , .vV " '? J
The^-rate of interest on these noter>
will be 6 per cent per annum. The (
loans for purchasing 'pigs will be 18,
months, ffor bred gilts 12 months and
for pure<4nred calves 18 to 24 months. .
The Chamber of Commerce is anx
ious tfiat each CRSe r.l*e' yoeceji*. j
While it. is desired to help ^very boy |
in the bounty who needahelp it is
also . desired 'that only those who are (
?unab\e'to .finance -themselves and i
Ihose ^ho ire. prepated" to care for
and feed th?se animals, will use this
boys as it is believed th^t hog raising
offers one of the best methods of put
ting agriculture in Keuhaw County '
on a profitable basis.
Boy* who are interested in being |
financed as outlined above will please
see Mr. Green and enroll in the 4-H j
ch&.
Business men and institutions who
are interested in cooperating %will
please get in touch with the Chamlber
of Commerte. I
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Will Erect Watch Tower
A tower, one hundred^ feet high,
has been ordered from Chicago, III.,
to be erected near Camden. The tow* j
er costs .$?,000, and has been purchas
ed with a view of the conservation of
forests, a- number of people realizing
the great economic loss by forest
fires. . This is the third tower to be'
shipped into South Carolina for thiB
purpose. For the first year the cost 1
is estimated at $4,000, which includes
the purchase price of the tower. This |
will take care of many hundreds of
acres of forests, as a reliable man
will be kept in the tower with tele-,
iphonic connections with the country
round about. Maintenance of this
new enterprise will come from cori
txibutions from large land owners, by
associate members and from active
members who .will pay a stipulated
amount monthly. At the recent coun
ty democratic convention resolutions
urging reforestation and forest fire
prevention \jere unanimously adopted
The people of this county appear to
be waking ttfp to the importance ofi
taking care of their forests. One
land-owner aftreed with his tenants
that he would give each of them $5.00 {
a year to see th*t there were no for
est fires on his place during the year,
and if there were any fifes he was to
be paid $r>.oo by each of them, a kind
fof reciprocity arrangement.
I Cooperation Strongly Urtfed
I Automobile drivers on highway No.
,1, just east of &i*d?n, passing
through the mill village, frequently
go at too high * rate of speed. A
public road crosses this highway and
many school children pass along this
road. The view is not perfectly clear
at this point, and for this reason all
a frfw milesfrom this place, died
: Tuesday night following * decline of
I several months although he had been
j confined to Kissed only about a week. !
Mr. Hucknbee was en holiest, upright
man and a memfoer of the Presbyter
ian church of this place. He was
preceded to the grave . by his son,
Laurence Huckaibee, about five weeks
ago. He 1g survived by his widow,
four Rons as follows, Menton, Dalton,
Eugene and Ernest Huckabee and two
daughters, Mrs. Lonnie Waters all of
Bethune, and by .MisS Annie Mae
Hyckabee, who. is a pupil nurse In a
hospital in Virginia and by a number
of other relatives of tills county.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. G. E. Inp?ram Wednesday morn
ing at the Scotch cemetery.
Mr. D. M. Mayes made a business
trip to Chattanooga last week.
Mrs. L. A.'.Seegars and children of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. are the guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Bran
non. '?'/*
> The class of nineteen hundred and
thirty, Bethune high school, have an
nounced their commencement exer
cises to take place Friday evening.
28, at eight-thirty o'clock in thr high
rth^oC auditorium. M. L. Smith of
Camden will deliver the graduating
address, The class is composed of
eight boys and nine p^rls. ClasB T)av
Exercises will . be held in the high
school auditorium Thursday evening,
22. at oight-thirty.
Superintendent J. C. Foster with ?
five of the agricultural boys attended
the district judging contest held on
the Caldwell farm near Chester last :
Friday. " ' . , i
Miss Judith Stanton celebrated her
sixteenth birthday anniversary Satur- ,
day evening with a party at the home (
^f her friend, Miss Edith Clyburn* '
Progressive conversation featured the
evening's entertainment. ^Ab?ut twen
to extend cbnf*ratuaitions and to wish
their young hostess many happy re
turns of the day. Refreshments con
sisting of ice cream wafers were serv
ed;
Mr. J. M. Clyfcurn and the Rev. M.
B. Ounter of Jefferson spent several
days at Klngstree last week on a
fishing trip.
Miss Clara Gordon who has been
teachlrtg in the - Union school is at
home for the summer vacation. -
Dr. E. Z. Truesdale attended the
County Medical 'meeting held in Cam
den Wednesday evening.
The voice and piano pupils of Mrs.
J. C. Foster gave a recital in the high
school auditorium Wednseday after
noon. The opening number was giv
en by the Rythm Board composed cf
members of the third pnrade in the
grammar school. The program con
sisted of piano solos, duets, choruses
by high school girls and musical read
ings by Misses Eddie Bradham and
Thelma Strowman.
Xn electric range demonstration of
foods that could be cooked in the oven,
thus conserving electricity, was held
at the home of Mrs. t>. M. Mayes
Wednesday afternoon; sponsored by
the Carolina Light Company of
Hartsville. Miss-Hatwood of Raleigh
served this delightful course dinner
fo eight quests.
fc Miss Mary King entertained the
members of her class, Senior, with a
party at her .homve just north of town
Wednesday evening. .
Miss Thelma Strowman of the high
school faculty was called to her home
in Qrangeburg Thursday on account
of tlie illness of her mother.
The ofpefatto "Dor '<?}. Among the
,'FairlSi" was presented to a capacity
i audience In the high school auditor
ium Friday evening;
The stage presenter} a woodland
*cene in its setting of' pines, graceful
festoons of silvery moss and Dorothy
Perkins Tones, through whleh lovely
fairies and nlri&le elves danced.
Music foV the operetta wai furnished
by Mrs. 3. C. Foster, pianist.
iMlsses Mildred Billings and Carrie
Yarbrough of the Lancaster schools
were week-entt guests of Miss Stella
j Bethune.
i iifPfiti
Club Boy? Getting j
4-H club hoy? h?ve re
In adme fcxtwi fine pi
4-JttdttbWoi1c.;Uhyon^
seeing Mm* of these pi
proud fMjL thrifty owno
Uv. MiJtfutMi di 11*. J. it
MM&ZZ
Total . ?2, 440.64
DISBURSEMENTS
Camden Clottii
"S?Ie" (ClotMnsr) " "65.00
Lomansky Brother* (fcjry
Goods) 8.25
Joseph Baruch (Dry
Goods!.. 1.50
Lamoy's Grocery (Grocer
ies')
Waney.vMer. Cof -(grocer- ?? ' s
? ies) " -3.00
Lamoy's Grocery (Grocer
ies) ? ' 31.22
Lang's Grocery, (Grocer
ies) , 1.20
Clyburn, J. M. (Grocer
ies) 3.00
Lamoy's Grocery (Grocer
ies) r 16.09
Lntr jy'8 Grocery (Grocer
ies) 16.46
Nelson, F. R. (Grocer
ies) 1.48
Lamoy's Grocery (Grocer
ies) 23.12
.Tess;e Gasner, (Groceries) a 00
Mr3. MayfieH 1.50
Camden Marble & Granite.
Company (Tombstone) 10. 00
Dr. A. W. Humphiies 5.00
(Railroad fare for cancer
treatment) 10.00
Zemp, W. R. ' 1.50
Mrs. Mayfield (To pur
chase rolling chair) 5.0.1
Mrs. Mayfield (To pur
chase incidentals) 1.50
$226.58
Balance $2,214 00 ,
W. H. HARRIS, Treas. [
Class Entertains "Dads'*
Blaney, May 14. ? The Vocational
f?rlcultu,re c^of Blaney, v
ctf P. ' B. Waters, teacher or
agriculture, entertained their "dads" .
and evening class memlbers at a re
lightful banquet Wednesday night.
Over 50 people were . present. Mr.'
Waters, -presiding, introduce>d sever- ,
al members of the agriculture class,
who gave brief reports on the object- ,
ives, Future Palmetto Farmers' activ- ,
ities, and accomplishments in project '
work. Good project work was shown
in project and thrift activities. Tho
class has a total of $76.00 on saving.
Mr. Waters told of his accomplish
ments of his department in the Blan
ey and Donts communities. There is
a total of 76 boyB and farmers on- '
rolled in organized classes in these
two 'communities.
Alfred Scarborough of the S. C. 1
Co-operative Association gave an in
structive and helpful address. He
stressed the importance of training
future farmers for their work, and
.the necessity for co-operative activi
ties on the part of farmers. I
W. H. Garrison, assistant state su
pervisor, spoke of the national organ
ization of the Future Farmers of A
meirca and the work being accom
dished with the 6,000 boys enrolled in !
-agriculture classes throughout the
state. Mr. Garrison told of the ways .
in which boys and their "dads" might |
coooperate in putting across the agrk
cultural program. He stressed the
importance of economic production
and thrift on the part of rural peo
ple. ?
Mrs! Kathleen Watt3, county super- |
interfdent of Kershaw county, apoke
of the vocational program in her^
county and complimented the work
being carried on. Her remarks were
very encouraging to those interested
in this wftrk.
E. W. Rent/, Suneintfindent of the |
Blaney school, qpoke very highly of
the work , being accomplished by Mr^j
Waters in his agricultural clauses of
the Blanay school. He urg?d the co
operation of the parents in helping
the boys select their vocations.
I After the speaking A banquet was
served by the woftien of the commun
ity in co-oiperation . with the members
of the agricultural class.
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Cassatt baptist Church
' Sunday School 10 o'clock, Stoney
Speftrs, Supt. Preaching 11 o'clock
by the pastor, Rev, T. P. Christmas* -
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Mt, Won Baptist Church
, Wade
Church announcements
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Rev. M. B. CJunter, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 o'clock a. m. : !
Preaching at 11 o'clock a. m.
B. Y. P. U. at' 7:80 o'clock P. M.
.
First Baptist Church
J. B. Caston, Pastor
The following services are announ6?j
ed for the week at The First Baptist ;
Church. Sunday school at 10 o'clock,
Mr. W. G. Wilson, superintendent,
preaching fcy the pastor at 11:15 on
the subject: Echos From The South
em Baptist Convention. Evening
service at 8:80. Prayer meeting at
8:80 on "Wednesday, B. Y. P. U. Sun
day evening at 7:80.
On Sunday evening at the preach
ing hour a play illustrating the Par
able Of The. Good Samaritan will be
presented by nurses from the Bapt
ist Hospital. This play has been giv
en at a number of churches in the
state and every where it has beeiv.
hinhly spoken of as instructive itid
Helpful.
The public is cordially, invited (o -
woiship with us.
Lyttleton Street Methodist Church ?
George Pierce Watson, Pastor
Sunday, May 25: Bible school, 10:00.
A. M., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent >
Epworth League, 7:15 P. M. - Public j
worship, 11:15 A. M-, and 8:00 P. M.
conducted by the pastor. Morning
theme: Five Mountain Peaks for the
Individual Christian. Evening theme:
The Prevalent Word. Mid-week sei'
vices, Wednesday, 8:00 P. M. The
public is most cordially invited to all
the services of this church. Visitor's
are especially welcome. Come and
bring your friends.
Boll Weevil Meetings 'Scheduled to
Cover County
Arrangements arte being made for ^
a series of Boll, -Weevil meetings .tofcl'
be ' held over various parts of Kor- ?
shaw- county. The dates and places
?will be announced in the County
newspapers within the next few days.
Methods of making moips, of mix- ...?
ing poison and molasses and of ap
plying will be demonstrated by ex
perts in cooperation with County A- .
gent Green.
Anyone desiring the latest inform- ?>
ation on "Boll Weevil Control" are
requested to write the County A
fjent's office for Bulletin No. 104.
Poison and molassses can be pu<?|pj
chased from the Southern Cotton Oil .'j$
Co. of Can\den.
,To Have Creamery if Farmers Get
Enough Cows
In an interview with County Agem^
Green he declared that Kersha>y|fe|
county now had opportunity to gefc :^
either a creamery or a cheese factor^ '?$
just as soon as the farmers of the
county got enough cows.
This should be especially signlfi- <
cant to those who would like to hAve
a regular monthly or weekly income :h :
through the year in addition to the
cotton c/op.
All farmers who intend puttitor ?:
n few cows should start now to mtk-^|]
ing feed and pasturage.
,Went Wateree Farmer Has Discover*
ed The <4Cow, Sow, and Hen"
System of Farming
In his rounds over the county last
week, County Agent Green repojrW '
that he found another instance of
fruit from the County's Agricultural / y
program. ? ' '?
About eight months ago a certain j
fawner in West Wate'roq ' towitahtp
started to sell his few cows but WAS |
persuaded' instead by Mr. Green to,
not only ffi'it his teeth arid keep his
cows but also to got more and better
chickens and ho"s. Last month thifc ' i
man, who had always been a cotton ;
farmers, sold $05.00 worth of egg*
-^beside* cre&m and milk and a calf.
He now has 18 brand ,new pigs. He
says he doesn't know what he would
do now without his rows, sows and.
hens which he calls his "mortgage
lifters;" One of this man's boys re
cently purchased a fine bred Hamp
shire gilt. The boy is in the 4-tt
[club. He had only half ertough mon
ey of his own to buy the W* but he
jWent with the county a*ent to ? -
I banker in Kershaw ******
banker.; was proud to h