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L. Smith, G. C. Which, L. 1. Guion, Loring Dav is and W. B Turner. 1':: ? h Caiolina Congressional delegation was criticized by the con vention for their failure to take a de finite stand in the momentous affairs row t iking r'loa in Congress. In the convention former Governor John G. Richardu introduced a reso lution endorsing the program of the 1 Farmers and Taxpayers League whs h wr-r unanimously adopted. 'Mr. L. A. Wittkowsky introduced a rear, .ution, wWch was un.an'mously adop.ed, leaving the Kershaw county delegates unineitructed, as to the pre. ?.?: denial race api free to vote for the most" logical candidate. On a mendment by John K. de Loach leav ing the delegation free to vote for any candidate except A1 Smrith wan defeated. /_ A resolution by Mr. L. I. Guion call ing upon rripre&sri'.r.tive? in Congress to play "follow your leader" and vote p.ccor.'i'ng to the Democratic leaders wa9 adopted. Bolting the ' party in South Qarolina. has always been political suicide. The following resolutions by the ^' Ra'cy's Mill Cluib were tabled: Th?it we urge our next Legislative Dole^at'on to make all offices both ,rvto.te and County a two year term We also recommend that all officiab c': nw'ng a ti-'ary from the People'i Tax Money -be required to go before ( thie people in the primary to fvjt tl\e job. A warm discussdon or liie prohibi it'on question- was precipitated \v'ner. the lebsrty H il:. Club offered a reso lution favoring a continuance of the prohibition law as at present. The convention finslly tcbled the reso lution upen motion of Mr. Wittkows ky who objected as a matter of pol icy to the introduction of the prohi bition question into tVia De.mociiatic Panty. The Executive Committee met im mediately after the adjournment of the Oouirty Convention. 1 ? OPERETTA AT BARON DEKALB SCHOOL The Baron DeKalb Grammar School will present an operetta "Cin> u3ie!la in Flowerlnnd" Friday even ing, May 6th at 8, o'clock. The oast consists of' about sixty grammar prade pupils. The public ift invited. Medal for Nurse I Liberty Hill News i ... . ? . Liberty Hill, May 2. ? Our section >n-g, Che lami being too wet for plow had a nice fall of rain Sunday morn -ing Monday. Mr. J. G. Richards' 3rd and Mrg. Richards of Ashville and Mr. W. J. Richards and Misa Elizabeth Sniith of Concord, N, C. were Sunday visi tors in the home of Mrs. C. E. Rich ards. Mt. R. J, Wardlaw, Jr. and Miss F rieda Town of Columbia were Sun day guests in the home of Mr. and> Mrs. R. J. Wardlaw. Mrs. N. S. Richards and Misses E dith Richards and Lila Cureton mo tored to Salisbury on last Friday to visit Mr. and 'Mrs. P.<J. Richards, the yonug ladies returned on Satur !ay but Mrs. Richaixls remained for a longer visit with her son and family Messrs. R, C. and E* L. Jones wore business visitors in Charlotte one day last week. Mrs. R. W. White of Winnsiboro is spending some time with her sister, ; Mrs. John G. Ric^hards. Gov. John G. Richards and Messrs. N S Richards, R. C. Jones, L. P (Thompson, J. H. Clements and W C. Perry were in Camden Monday. Some as delegates to the courrty convention ' | and others as interested onlookers. Mrs. C. E. Richaixls and daughters! Misses Lizzie and Lai and Mr. W. C (Wardlaw were in Camden on Satur day. The ladies . were doing some shopping. Misses Mary and Sara, attractive twin^ daughters V Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cunningham, and Miss Ann, bright young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson, wer& visiting friends in Camden Monday. N Mr. W. D. McDowell and sisters, popular residents of the Knights Hill aect.on, were visitors het\> on Friday last. Mrs. G. W. Perry has" returned tc j her home in Lancaster after spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Clements here. Mrs. Clements and children, Lucy and John, accompanied her home but returned the same day. Mr. A. W. Cunningham of Char lotte after an extended1 visit tc friends and relatives in Camden, is now with his brother, Post Masrei Cunninrjham, for a while. Mr. and Mrs. L B Jeter and sons, Richard and John, of Saluda, S. C., Mr. R. W. McDow of Union, S. C, Mr and Mrs Will Haynes and daughters, Misses Nina and Reba of Sumter, and Mrs, R. E. Mcllwain, of Abbeville, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnston on Sun (5ay. Mr. McDow is a brother of-Mrs Johnston and a former esetemed re sident of this section but has been making his home in Union for many 'ears., where he and Mrs .McDow re ~ntiy^ celebrated the 50th anniver ary of their marriage. The "old riends" in his boyhood home are al vays pleased to see him an<{ feel his 'riendly hand shake. Our local school under the eff oient management of Misses Lizzie Rich ards and Ix>ui?e Johnston closed a very successful term last week. A number of students made a pei*fect attendance record, among them were' >1 ssm Ma<y, Sarti, and Charles Cun ningham, Lucy and John Henrj Clements and Willie Lee Higgins. In Camden on Sunday we attended the morning services at the Presby terian church at 3 P. M. in company of Miss Willie Moore, Roc'al and Sunday school "worker, we went to Malvern Hill chutrh, 4 miles east of Camden, whore in our boyhood day^ we contributed- in a small way to the erection of the church ? the only one in the nearby section. We heard n good sermon by Rev. W. 10. Purer on and met a number of friends amon/r the good people of .that section, bul none of our boyhood friends were t< be seen "passed on as all must soon dol At n.ght wo heard a good sermon a' the fii.?t fJapt i;t Church Camden, hv the Pastor, Rev. J. JB. Cftston, who alwaye> drawn a full house. ' We had the pleasure of nttendinr t>he play Resented by the Senior ,01a** of the Midway High School on Friday nipht last. ^ I 'ithe acts were very amusing and wfell presented, reflecting credit on 6ach mfember of the cast and their instructor, Mis* Willie Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Por ter of Camden. We enjoyed very Imsich our ?hort atay among the good poopte of that seetlorf. 'First Lady*' S?ts Fashion for Cotton Mr*. Hoover photographed in the beautiful oatto, cs>wn which hn. worn to important social and official affairs. S whlcJl she ^ MARBLE CHAMPIONSHIP CON TEST AT ANTIOCH SCHOOL On Monday afternoon representa tives from the Baron DeKalb, Mid way, Antioch and Camden schools Ynet at Antioch for a marble Champ ionship contest to select a represen tative from this county to the marble champdons.hp contest of the Carolinas being sponsored by the Charlotte Ob server. Frank Braairvgton made the highest score and will therefore have the honor of representing his county. Mr. W. F. Nettles, Jr., refereed the game and Mis^ Tommie Guthrie acted as' storekeeper. ? CAROLINA ROTARY CLUB TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE The 58th District Conference of I Rotary International, to be held at | Asheville, N. C. "May 12 and 13, will attract many members of the Camden Rotary Club, who are planning to* at- ' tend the session? of the Conference. Five hundred ^itotarlans and Rotary Anns are expected to participate. A comprehensive and interesting program for the two-day session has been announced by Clarence Walker, of Ashevi'lle, the Conference Chair man. Brent Schaeffer of Hickory, N. C., Governor of the 58th Disftrict which embraces North and South Car olina, will preside over the sessions. Joseph Jackson of Madison, Wiscon sin, Rotary International Director, will bring a me?sap>? from the gov erning officials. - OLI) KERSHAW HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire which smouldered in the second story some titaie before it was dis cover^! lasrt week partially destroyed one of Camden's old landmarks, the home of General J. B. Kershaw, on Lybtteton street. Mrs. W. Bratton de I^oach, the owner, had the^home insured. Mr. nml Mr?. Henry Garrison, Jr.. and their family were occupying th*: home. Most of their furn'ture was saved but was badly damaged' by smoke and water. At the business meet:ng of the County Council of Farm Women the spring meeting date was changed from April 2fJ to May 27. The pro gram will bo published later. Oet? $500 Award Rolf Lium, who won fame as the "boy pftftolr" when he prcached in a South Dakota church which Presi dent .fcoolldge attended, ha? been awardedPone of 17 graduate fellow? ahip* hi medical research by Harvard UnWwty. * ? MRS. HENRY SAVAGE, JR. PASSED AWAY FRIDAY Mrs. Henry Savage, Jr., of Camden, the former Mis? Elizabeth Amipison of Summerton, died at 5 o'clock Fri day afternoon at the Camden hospital after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services were held at Grace Episco pal church there at 3 o'clock Saturday I afternoon, with interment in Camden. | Mrs. Savage is survived by her hus band, attorney, business man and civic leader in Camden; an infant son, Henry Savage, 3rd, who is two weeks old; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anderson of Summerton; one broth er, H. T. Anderson, of Thomasville, (pa.; four auirts, Mrs. H. J\ Kershaw a f Hendersonville, Miss Sallie Ander son of Coiumba, Mrs. J. M. Plowden of Gable, Mrs. D. O. Rharne of Clint on; two uncles, J F. Anderson of Jackson, Miss., and R. F. Anderson of Gable. ' The paasin# of this lovyly young maitron, with who-m it seeur.s impos sible to associate death, will cause genuine grief throughout South Car olina. She was exceptionally beau tifuQ and talented and in her Con verge diays was honored in many w^ys. She was popular in society, goinp out in many places in the sta^e and through her charm and her sweet ness endeared herself to all who had the privilege of knowing her. Born an<l< reared in Summerton, she lived there all her life until she married Mr. Savage and moved to Camden, where she immediately be came a favorite, dispensing,' wit/n her husband, a generous and gracious hospitality from a charming new nome. Mr. Henry E. Heard, of Hartsville, was in Camden last week visiting friends and relatives. Mr. James A. McDoweffl, a former citizen of Camden, is spending some time in the c'ty. I High Heal* ? N?e???ily Cowboys' boots have liixh heels to enable the oowhoy.'i to keep their feet In the fitivri:'*'! nn<1 (V>vm n bnice \vlu?i> l !;rnw'n'? n ' it :? ' 1 ' Big "Bear" Matthew C. finish, Rroafcst stock ?peculator, who has been to! liriK "in side gtuff" about the share market Jn which be made million*. V- ? ' Plans Made for Observance Of Annual Memorial Day Bethune News / Bethune,' S. C., May 2. ? The closing of the Oakland grammar school was held Friday mormn?. Class day exercises were as fol lows: History of the Class was giv. en by Bessie May Baskiras; Class pr o phesy by Ethylene Corbett; Class will j by Annie V. Gaskins and poem by ( Etheylene Corbett. The graduating class is composed j of four girls as follows: Eula Gas kins, Bessie May Raskins, Aronie V. Gaskins and Ethylene Corbett. Roy Watkins Was presented a prize for perfect attendance. Dinner was served and a number of fid ends and patrons were present, i The? Oakland school was taught bj I Neil E. Truesdell assist ad by M:s? | Margaret Horton of McBoe. FARMERS AND TAXPAYERS LEAGUE TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. The Farmers and Taxpayers League will hold their Annual Stati Cjnvant'on at the Columbia Hotel in Columbia on Wednesday May 11th, at 11 o'clock for the purose of electing officers for the coming year and tc prepare its proposals to be submitted to the Democratic Convention which is to be held on May 18th. The executive committee of the league will meet at the same place or Tuesday evening May 10. The ex ecutive committee consists of one member from each county. The delegates to the conversion from Kershaw county are: J. G. Richards, L. O. Funderburk, Judge M. L. Smith, J. B. Munn, L. T. Mills, L P Thompson and W L De-Pass, Jr. READY TO SEND ~~ TEACH ER? MOSEY Paper Takes Care of Deficit' for Last Year and Apparent Deficit for This Year / Nates to the total sum of $069,146 wiLl be jn the hands of ail counties in the state within a few days for dis tribution among the various schools in each, it was announced yesterday from the offices* o^ the state depart ment of education where the amounts have been computed in preparation for sending. This amount, provided for in a bill passed at the recent meeting of the stbate legislature to take care of the vleficit of 1931 and the apparent defic it for the session 1931-32 with build ing aid due, was voted separately from the $3,394,329 set aside in th? annual appropriation bill. It is pro vided on the ba?is of the 6-0-1 law. The notes are being held until the county superintendehts have complied with the requests of the *state supe rintendent of education as to the de nominations and sizes wanted by each for distribution. It will be several days, it was announced, before the notes will be mailed. The amount allotted to Kershaw County is: deficit 1930-31, $">,2fjH.OO; ^ipparent deficit 19^1-32, $8,172.00. For Magistrate Upper Division West Wateree I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate from the Upper Division West Wateree subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I will appreciate the support^of all the A DOLPH'US DOWRY. REDUCTION IN MILK PRICES The Willowbrook Dairy is aiding in the fight, on depression and in the advertising columns of The Messen ger today announces a reduction in prices of Grade A. Milk to 10c, per quart. jBIRTII Mr. arid Mrs. Talmadge Branham wishes to announce the birth of a daughter. The little g'rl hns been given the name, Martha Ray. LEE COUNTY KINGING CON VENTION TO MEET The Lee County Pinging (invent ion will meet wfth Si. Andrews Church of (?^<1 and . Johns M. K. Church nt Cervtrnl School houp-e on Sumtay, May 8, nt 2:80 P. M. We cordially invite all choir* and s' rigors to meet with us and t>nke part, in the exercises. A warm welcome to all. L. A. MOORE, President. Preparations h-ave been completed for Memorial Day Services to be hold Tuesday afternoon May the 10th. The John D. Kennedy Chapter U. D. C. will entertain the Confederate Veterans with a dinner at the Amer ican Legion Hall at 12:30 P. M. Veterans and wives, widows, and sons of veterans, with invited guests . will attend the dinner. A parade, in * charge of the Legion Post, will form at the Confederate Monument at 4 o'clock and proceed down Broad Street to the cemetery, where services wrll be held at the stand in Cemetery Park. After an address and music, the graves will be decorated and the Ker shaw Guards will perform the usual ceremony for the Confederate <jead. GOV. BLACK WOOD TO AWARD HEARST PRIZES Governor 1. C. Biaekwood and a committee of distinguished South Carol na educators will make formal award of the William Randolph Hearst prizes for essays on Wash ington's Farewell Address written by yc.wrg | : c .'plv of this state when the jud'.os c uu h le their selections ea :-ly in May. wore written by several thousand public school and college students of South Carolina competing for the gold ttophy, $100 cash prize and a dozen medals that were offered by Mr. Hcn-l in co-operaton with the George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission. The contest was con ducted by The Atlanta Georgian American. Writing\of the essays was super vised in South Carolina by A. C. Flora, superintendent of Columbia city schools and president the South Carolina Association; and by J. IT. Hope, state superintendent of public instruction, Columbia. With these educators and Governor Blackwood on the advisory committee for the state are A Burnet Rhett, superintendent of Charleston schools; H. O. Strohecker, principal Bennett Public School, Charleston, and former president of the South Carolina Edu cation Association; General Charles P. Summerall, former Chief of Staff, United States Army, and now presi dent The Citadel, Charleston; Dr. J. I). Fulp, president, Bailey Military Academy, Greenwood; Dr. John Mc Sween, president, Pre&byterian Col lege, Clinton, Dr. Warren G. Keith, Winthrop College, Rock Hill; Dr. L. T. Baker, president, University of South Carolina; and Dr. H. W. Pro vence, president, Greenville Wloman'B College. . Among the South Carolina school officials who were especially active in supervising competition in schools of their systems were: Miss Bertha Burress, principal at Pendleton; Miss Ruby Ajbercrorrvbie, Saluda; C. K. Ackerman, superintendent, Williston Klko public school system; F. S. Gale, superintendent, Tubdrville. S, C.; T. E. Doin, superintendent Green wood County; and J. F. Whatlye, su perintendent Greenville County. ?w For a Clean Sweep r- fiejieral SmedleyJD. Butter, U. S. . Marine#, Retired, >fno is a candidate for election a* Mayor of Philadel phia, where he was onc.? ChUf oil Police *