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A GREAT DEMOCRATIC RALLY SCHEDULED FOR FAIR WEEK Plans For Greatest Kershaw Co. Fair Nearing Completion MEETING HELD IN INTEREST OF FAIR A most enthusiastic meeting of the officers, committees and othes inter e:tei in putting on the Kershaw County Fair to be held at Camden on the dates October 24 to 29th. inclu E-iva, was held at the Legion Hali in Camden on la3t Monday night. A large and interested crowd gathered at that time. The officers and differ ent committees made reports of pro press and much enthusiasm prevailed. Peppy talks were made by a number of thore present and If the spirit of that meeting is any index, the fair this year is bound to be a pronounc ed suoce-s in ripite of the hard times and the poor crops. A number of those over the county wlho are coop erating with the fair management were present and promised to see < that the people in their respective communities bring in exhitits and I^irticipate in the fair. Inquiries are coming in daily from all over the county and lots of inter est is already being manifested. The management is grateful for the fine cooperation being received and the interest shown in all sections of the county. Chairman Walsh and his v't associates are working untiringly to put over the biggest fair we have ever had and they ask a continuance of the helpful spirit go far shown. BLACK WELL MAILS ELECTION NOTICE! ig^'Voter to Show - yesterday mailed oftfTto comm&Wtoh ei;s of election over the state a' letter setting forth the qualifications for voting in the general election "Nov ember 8. , t jf ?? ' Ih the letter it is aet forth '$hat citizens are required to show their registration certificates and poll; tax 1 receipts. H V - '? . | Thp letter, in part, was as follows: "The notices of election sent, out j from this office under date of Oc tober 1. 1932, stipulate as qualifica tion for suffrage proof of payiheot of all taxes, including poll tax, as sesred and?collectable during the pre vious year. ^'"However. Article 2, section 4, sub- ( division E of the constitution, as amended in 1931, reads as follows: I "Payment of Taxes Necessary for Voting? angers, of election shah require of every elector offering t< vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, proof of the payment IW dayri before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Th< production of a certificate of th( receipt of the officer authorised tf collect such taxes ahall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. "Thi3 constitutional requirement pupercedes and takes precedence over the existing statutory provision and under the ruling of the attornej general the managers of eleetlor shall only require the voter to show biz registration certificate and poll tar receipt." Standard of GreatnStaT A j?rent leader ueeins to f>0 one who takes the credit when tTtlngs work out rlRht.? I'nthflnder Mngnr.lne. National Golf Owmplon Virginia Van Wto, tyyei lkA(fo*n, it the new women' m?? golf charnplo# fthe routi champion, dnuu ( Under the direction of General Chairman T. V. Walsh, plans are going rapidly forward for the Ker shaw County Fair, to be held on Oc tober 24 to 29th inclusive. Bunts' Shows, with their many attractions, will have the midway; the Fair Man agement has contracted for a mos1 excellent free show for the amuse ment and edification of the Fair vis itors, and arrangements for an ex craordinary fine line- of exihibtts are being perfected by Mr. Miller, who has charge of that department. County Agent Green and the agricul .ural beaohers in the different schools over the county are all cooperating , wonderfully in the matter of exhibifc and word comes to Camden from ev ?ry section that the people are goin$ ;o turn out enmasse to make this the V.ggest and best Fair that the County lias ever held. Friday will be school day and the Fair will be visited by the school children from all over the county. On the same day a large democrats rally will be held, with Hon. Roacih S. Stewart, of Lancaster, as the prin cipal speaker. The small cost incident to attend ance at the Fair, the many thing* to be seen, the opportunity of seeing old friends, and in having a good time generally, assures a very large attendance throughout the week ir spite of prevailing conditions. The Fair Management has request* ed us to ask thafc everyone having ex hibits that they desire to enter please get in touch wttlh Mr. Miller, County Agent Green, any agricultural teach vfeBACber, orjjuiy member of tisi, County 'GonwnitUjfe recently Ap pointed,';' 7 ' ? | A tout* of the county in tihei interest j of the Fair will be made next week, j at which time a number of the com munities and schools will be visited. The Fair 4s being operated jointly by the Camden Shrine Club and the LeRoy Belk Boat of the American Legion. \ [_ JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE FOR FIRST WEEK FALL TERM Duo to the continued illness of Judge J. K. Henry. Governor Black wood has appointed Judge W. H Townsend to hold the court of gen eral sessions which convenes heTO on October 24. Judge Hayne F. Rice will preside at the session of th? court of common pleas convening the .veek of November 7. Following is a list of jurors drawn Tuesday to swerve for the first week >f court of general sessions: Stephen C. Clyburn, Lane C. Shaw, M H Deal. W L Goff, John M Vil lepigue, T D Massobeau, M H Hey man. Eddison Gatoe, W H Bradley, J E Campbell, of Oamden; Lexie L. Croxiton, W N Gay. S M Carnes, Fletcher Seeigars, J E Goats. Sr, F. A Sowell, Ray F Gregory. I) A Brown, L W Fletcher. Jim I>Ptase, A. J. Hunter, Edwin Barfield. Leslie Snipes, of Kershaw; R H Young, Lewis L Truefdale, D F Owens. G C Rush, of Westville; G S Rodger*. Henry H. Hopkins, R T Tidwell. of Ca^satt; Luther Jones, H S Ray. J L Ford, Jqo Nettles, of Ivugoff ; O. E Mangum, of Bethune; P C Rodgers, of Jefferson* W. T. Redfe-arn. N R Goodale, Jr. Wesley Boone, L W Reeves, H W Baker, ami W O Croxton were ex cused from jury duty at the last term of court -but were required by the pre siding judge to serve at the October term instead and the sheriff has no j tified the?e men ttiat they will have I to report for jury duty. FIDDLERS CONVENTION >VT BETIIIJNK > r ' ' A fiddler's' convention will be held at Bethune Friday night at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the Bethune Com rtvunity Fair', a small adnviseion of lOo and 20c will b? ? charged. Five ' string bands from Kershaw, Lancas Jfer, Mcftei? and Bethune will be pre set* and a good time is guaranteed. VCAMDEN wltNS AGAIN Camd/wi High School defeated the CokwrVhia B'n laet Friday by a ftcore of 28 to 0. Oamdn and Hartaville will meet in the first elimination game Friday of thU wee*. U: ,.1 V Richards to Speak To Rotary Club The Rotary Club programme for Thursday, Oct. ISth will.be in charge of John T Mackey, Jr., and he wiH have as guest speaiker. J P Richards, who "wajs recently elected to Congress from this District. V, Mr. Richards was borii and raisea at Liberty Hill, in the upper part of this County, and is a son of Mr. Nor man Richards, who represented thir in the Legislature, and is a nephew of Ex. Governor John G Richards, an a first cousin of J G Richards, Jr. Superintendent of the Camden schoo. He was a member of th crack bell team in Camden in 1920. while a student at the University of Sout<\ Carolina, and served as ft member 01 Co. M of the 30tih Division over? After graduating fron$ the Uni versity of South Caroling where he 1 starred in football and baeeball, he located in Lancaster, and has be. Probate Judge for several terms. i A full attendance is expected to g<reet Mr. Richards and welcome him hack to his home County. | Mr. T V Waliah is President of the Rotary Club. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES The following services are announ ced at the First Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10/>V^0ck Mr. C O Stogner superintendent, Public wor ship conducted by the pastor at 11:16 A M and 8 P. M. Morning subject: A Friend Of God, Evening subject: | What Does Death Do For Ua ? Pray- 1 er and praise service W^cttfcRday ev^ ening at 8, B Y P U S at T, The public is cordially invited U attend all the services of this church BAm EVANS PASSES STATE BOARD OF EMBALMING Mr. Sam Evans, of the firm of C W Evans, Undertakers, who has re cently completed a course of study at the McAllister School of Embalm ing in New York City, passed the State Board of Examiners at Colum bia last weeik and received his license as an emfealmer under the laws of South Carolina. CHICKEN SUPPER There will be a chicken supper Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Weot for the benefit of The Young Woman's Auxiliary of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Charges will be 26c. per plate. The public is cordially invited to attend. CROP ESTIMATE 8HAKES MARKET Government Cotton Report Much Higher Than Expected. New York. Oct. 8. ? The cotton market broke shturply today on the government's October 1 crop ?fVtimiaU of 11,426,000 bales, whidh was from 250.000 to 300,000 bales larger than expected in the trade. The figurew were greeted with idling wihich forced contracts down nearly 1-2 cent a pound to tihe low est levels since the market reached it" mimmer peak in August. The mixture of liquidation and pro fessional pressure thrown into the I figures were released at 11 o'clock 1 cncounterred rather poor resistance, 1 (hie to the trade's previous belief that the estimate wonld be considerably below the .Sreptemlbcr 1 figure of 11, 310 halea. October contracts dropped prrecipl-' tously from 0.90 cent? a pound to fl.50 cents. December from 0.97 to 6.62 , March - from 7.08 to 6.00 ap(f July from 7:30 to 0.86 Cl??wfep prices were only a shade a bov# the lows. Net losses ranged from $2.16 to $2.36 The market's performance was not , unlike that following the September 1 estimate which also was well above general expectation*. An e miles* number of private estimatx* since August harped on crop deterioration and placed1 the indicated crop at any where from 11.000,000 bales maxi mum to 10,700,000 minimum. About Ouratlfti All of life's varied experience* ^r? '?ut the stnff we test our gonla upon. County Teachers Hold Fir& Meeting of Year The teachers of Kershaw County held the first meeting oi' th\> ^ ' Thursday night in the High School auditorium. R M Foster of tha Mt. iPisgah school is president and had charge of this meeting. Mr. Clifton McKain rendered two musical num bers and Mr. W H Ward, (president 01 the State Teachers Association with J P Coatcs, Secretary and Treasurer were present. Other platform guests were tho County Board of Ed ucation, the County Delegation and T V Walsh, who presented the plans for the County Fair to the teachers. There are one hundred and six., five teachers in this county, and this Association is considered one of the best of the State. Two new superintendents were in- \ troduced at this meeting. Mr. F M MeJlette of Calhoun County who sue- | ceeds Mr. Virgil Harvey at Charlotte j i Thompson fend Mr. C A Byrd, from 1 Lancarter is at Blaney in place of E W R?ntz, who is teaching in Lexing ton. North Carolina, and a few chan ges in the teaching list, but the ma jority of the teachers are back in th<Mr respective places. bethune farm meeting An important meeting has been called for Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p m., to be held in the Bethune High School building. Matters of interest and importance will be discusBed and everyone in the Bethune community and in the town of Bethune is urged to attend. -Meed to be considered at -this tithe by both the farm people and the town people. Also the com munity and County Fairs will be considered. There will be singing and other music, and not only men are asked to, come but also the ladies and boys and girls. This meeting is being arranged by Professor Keieler and County Agent Green. Please notify your neighbors. Respectfully, HENRY D GREEN, Co. Agt. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEAD ^QUARTERS URGENTY IN NEED OF CAMPAIGN MONEY. The Messenger is in receipt of the fallowing telegram from James A. Farley, Chairman Democratic Na tional Campaign Fund: f "National headquarters urgently needs immediate funds lo safeguard pjfesent Roosevelt advantage against aWsperaite efforts of opponents. Will ydfe * * *kindly appeal to your read erf* for immediate campaign money foljjrarding results speedily with names for record and credit to indi vidual givers and your state quota.' tyow is the time for all good men to oonve to the aid of the party, and The. Messenger will be gtlad to receive contributions and forward same to j National Headquarters. The chances for a Democratic vic torfjtylbok bright but money is needed to<Hold the present Roosevelt advan ha^fe. So send1 in your bit and Rhare in helping to elect a Democratic pres* ident. ? - . Wf.SR Wcii/th I'arler and Mrs C II 1 I^rler of St. George spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Camden coming especially to attend the tea given Tue&day by Mrs Sam Evans. Mr EVims w411 be an attendant in the PftH&r-McK a i n wedding on Niovember , i ?? ? . Wt and Mrs Kershaw Skinner of Sumter were week end guetfta of Mr and JMrs W L Goodale. There were fl.805#bale* of cotton gin>l$ed in Kershaw (bounty from the croAof 1982 prior to Oct. 1, 1982, as oonSared witih 8,714 bales ginned, to' Oct&l, 1981, aecording to Robert K Torrtklns, Special Agent. m- ^ 1 M*. W E Johndon, accompanied by his W E Johnson, .Tr, attended the QYiveiling of the monument to Col. | Coward at t!he celebration of Tlhe Battle of Kings Motintain at York-^ ville, last Friday. While there Mr. Johnson visited relatives. He reports having h*d * most enjoyable time. ?' .. ? Friday of Fair Week to Stage Monster Parade and Rall> What is promised to be the biggest I Democratic Rally held in South Car olina since 1906, when William Jen nings Bryan visited Columbia, will take place at Camden on Oct. 28th. R M Kennedy, Jr., Mayor of Gam I den, is Chairman of the Rally, and he has a tenetative schedule of a monster parade, and such visitors as Gov. Ira C Blackwood, Ex. Governor John G Richards. Roach Stewart of Lancaster, and Senator Robert M Oooper of Lee County, as speaker of the day. Mr. Kennedy has on his committee Vardell Walsh, General Chairman of the County Fair, which will be in progress at that time; Stanley Lle wellyn, former Commander of the American Legion of Sojuth Carolina Hughey Tindal, President of the ; Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. C F I Watts, County Supt. of Education ( and Thomas Ancrum. | On the day of the rally, is school children's day at the County Fair, and thousands of them will join in the parade. Others parading will be the American Legion, Shrine Club, Confederate Veterans, Spanish-Amer ican War Veterans. Co. M. of the South Carolina Militia, and the Red shirts. (J '76. Mr. H G Carrisor. Jr. will be Chief Marshall, and he will have as his assistants, members of the local Polo teams, who will wear red shirts, and other local horseanen, about twenty five all told will be mounted, A contingent of State Highway Po lice will help handle the crowds. The carnival band and perhaps the sic for the occasion. The school children will be dressed in pagent fa shion. as this year is the TWp Hund reth Anniversary of the town of Camden, and this feature will be a preliminary to a big- celebration later on in the Fall, when an elaborate Pagent will be held, outlining the history of the town from the earliest settlement to the present day. Tho town is to be elaborately deco rated. and Mr. Sam Kareeh has been appointed Chairman of decorations. Other committees will be appointed from time to time and nothing will be left undone to make the big\ cele bration a success in every way. Other attractions on tihat day will be one of the best County Fairs in South Carolina, the usual Carnival, and a foot ball game between Sumter and Camden. There has always been a lot of rivalry between the?e two teams, and Sumter will send over a larje delegation to cheer its team, Camden of course will have a large crowd to chcer its team, which won the State's Championship last year. Visitors from all sections of South Carolina are expected, but particular ly large delegations of visitors will come from Kershaw. Bishopville, Lancaster, Bethune, Sumter and oth er nearby points. The parade will form at the Court House, and will pass down Main st and when the old Court House on South Main Street is reachd. the Governor and other distinguished vi sitors of the day, will mount a plat form and see the parade pass in view and shortly afterwards, the speech making will take place at the Fair Grounds. Other announcements as to the big rally will be made from time to time and nothing will jbs left . undone to ' v . rn-ammou'th big success in every way, anticipate irtg a big Democratic victory in ''fJort * > ,1 vemiber. and aB every one hopes A re turn of better times. ' J "v ; i - Bethune News Tho Rev. J. T N. Keels attendejr the funeral of his uncle, Mr. Nisuei. near Florence, Thursday. Circles num/ber one, two and three of the Presbyterian Auxiliary met at the homes of Mra. C L McKinnon, Mrs. Dana Olyburn and Miss Emma Bradley respectively, Tuesday after noon. Mr. M G King entered the Colum bia hospital Thursday evening and underwent an appendix operation the following morning. Friends of Aii King will be glad to know that he is doing nicely. Dr. B L Norwood of MeBee entered the Baptist hospital in Columbia for examination and treatment, Sunday evening. Dr. Norwood's son, J 1 Norwood is with him. Tho teachers of tho Bethune school' attended the County Teachers Meet ing held in Camden Thursd'ay. Mr. and Mrs. N E Truaed.ale . tended the CaroJina-Wiake Forest football gamo in Charlotte Saturday afternoon. The high school footfall team pi" ed the Mayesville team at Mayesville Friday afternoon. Neither team scored. Misses Stella Bethuno and K^th ryne Truesdahe were week end guests of Mrs. L S King in Itfurtsville' Ha# >T\yo Hearts Edward Reynold*, machinist, of Pittsburgh, Fa., threw physicians Into a panic recently when they were unable to locate hi* heart An revealed that he has two hearts . a large one on the right side small on t on the left Liberty Hill News -. October 10. ? The recent rains have retarded the gathering of cotton, and forage crops, but otherwise have been of benefit in helping to replenish th? flow of streams and springs, many of which have been very low of late. A good horse belonging to Willie Cunningham, colored tenant of Gov. Richards, dropped dead on tho road one day last week while hitched to the wagon hauling a bale of cotton to the gin. Mr G C Truesdale of Stoneboro haa located his paw mill on the James land, south of here and is now em ploying a number of hands converting pin- 'cgs into lumber. i -rier Governor John G Richard# and Mrs. Richards had as guests for the week end their aon-in law and (laughter. Mr and Mrs. J Austin Frances of Sumter and also another son-in law and daughter, Mr and Mrs John Roddy of Rock HiH. Mrs R C Jones, Jr.. of Lancaster was visiting relatives here lasit week. Mr and Mrs N S Richards and dau" ghter, Mi?s Kdiith were Lancaster visitors on Sunday evening in the home of their son and daughter in law. Congressman eloct and Mrs. J P Richards who are rejoicing over tihe arrival of a son in their h .ne on last Thursday, the young man has been named N S Richards, for hi? gram! father. Mrs W C Perry was quite sick fo ??' ? sefvera'l days la.^t week. I>r. W Hi * Glyburn of Camden attended her ami-.' she is now some better. * ^ Mr W A Cunningham honored OCn" federate veteran suffered a sllfcihfC stroke on Sunday. Dr Morrison OJfw* lancas'ter was? called. Mr Cunnings?/ ham rented well on Monday night. Mr and Mrs E L Clements a.? , children orf Lynchburg, Mr and M.$? Ira R Small and cfilldren and A Small of IancnBrfer County, Mr and Mrs W T Boyd and Misses Mar- { giret and liouise Adams of Rock Hill Mr and Mrs? PHiful K Jones and little daughter of: .'Kershaw and Mr And Mrs J H'^'Quattlebaum of Ridge Spring were gueots la?t Sumkiy t/he home of Mr ami ?M?s J If Olemttv ents. flP occasion being a surpdSpNj , birty&ay dinner for your reporter br M^v' children. We appreciate ' th^rw. "went wfoich promoted the aci/^ much at*! graatly 0n}<tyed and the dinner. \V, m v. ?. . c.o -jMm m