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mm* WSSSBfm I iHHfc J?* JDL I 1 u I 1 I I , I ' I ' I., I .r? ? ... ^ N -? , ?; ? ? >?.?? : J-.'.-;. ~ VKKM8:? *1.50 JN ADVANCE PER AN NUM-i ; i ? i 1 i i 'fii'iiii i," __ r> ? v" s, ^ s - 'The Hand o t the Diligent Shall Kule" CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTT, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 12, 193S PROP. Court Convened Monday Morning \ ? . % Court of General Sessions for Ker shuw County convened Monday morn ing July 10 with Judge W. H. Town send presiding. Up until 2 o'clock Tuesday morn ing the following cases have been dis V posed of:. J. C. Tunstall, house breaking and p larceny, 6 months. Hnynes Salmond, house breaking and larceny, pleads guilty, sentenced ? to 6 months. Savilla Jones, violatio prohibition law, pleads guilty and gets 3 months in jail ? 2 suspended. Barney Cooper, larceny. First given 2 year's but sentence reduced to 1 year. William Scywell and Robert Morris tried for intent to kill. Given 2 years but sentence suspended providing they leave state. It is understood tnty have already departed. J. B. Bair, house breaking and lar ceny. Two cases against Bair of the same nature. Given 1 year in eacli case. FratVk Fields and Albert Brown, larceny. Stole $400 - from Dize Bre vard. Diew five years each. Shank Thompson alias Albert Thompson, housebreaking and lar ceny. This is the negro that broke into Mi. Robert Bilings' filling stat ion just on the outskirts of .the city one morning about three weeks ago. lie was given 10 years. Sam Wiley, privilily stealing from person, drew a sentence of 3 months. E. S. Brown, Sam Smith, G. C. Murrell were tried lor housebreaking and larceny. These were the men who broke into a warehouse at Blan ey awhile back. They were sentenced to 15 months each. Sam Jones was convicted on the chaxge of obtaining property under . ,isu pretenses. $25 or 80 days. ?Arthur Jordan charged with kitt ing negro was found not guilty. The judge directed a verdict of not guil ty in this case. Jesse Neal and Willie Jones plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and got 6 months. Pinckney Alexandiei pleads guilty to larcony. Two years. The case of Albert Carlos and Eu gene Cook in connection with killing of Heyward Reynolds, young white j farmer of Lugoff, several months ago was scheduled to come up Tuesday afternoon. On going to press the case had not come up. ARTHUR JORDAN KILLS NEGRO FARM TENANT IN LOCK HART SECTION Arthur S. Jordan, son of L. J. Jor dan, of the Lockheart section of this county, shot and killed Bud Lightly, a negro tenant?, on Tuesday afternoon of last week. As testified at the coroner's in quest by a number of witnesses, in cluding the wife of tho deceased, Lightly, along with other croppers, had caught out his mule to return to .plowing after the noon hour Tuesday. I Tho mule threw Ligh'ly, who became violently envnged boating the mulel ?and cursing. Tie th?n went, still [ cursing, toward Mr. Jordan's home, his wife following him and begging ' him to stop sweaiing and n<> back to! Work. He continued, however, into Jordan's yard, when Jordan appeared upon the porch and ordered him away he paid no attention but continued j ^advancing on tho house, with his hand In his hip pocket, telling Jordan that! ho hhd come down there to kill him. ' 1 if" I ^ When ho reached tho porch steps Jordan shot twice at his feot. Lightly > then jumped on the porch and grap- | .pled with Jordan, who fired twice into hin hody* Lightly was brought to ! the Camden hospital but died the sam? evening. Jordan's attorney M. M. Johnson, v Appeared before Judge W. H. Town send in Columbia Wednesday after- ? iloon and secured an >rder for bail tor Jordan at $l,6v. The case will j likely be tried at this weeks court, i !}rl ? '"ft i' I * 'M /?? t.\- ?/ : t'y* ? ? 1 Roy V. Light of Glencoe, 111, in In a hospital after looking for a gas leak with a lighted match and find- 1 /lng it. rs. Edith Howell of Chicago tentl in her divorce ault taht her hua d spoken only about four day to her for 84 year* Time for Signing lip Midnight Wednesday Farmers of Kershaw county who have not yet signed cotton contracts are urged to sign .a contract at once even though they may not have their cotton inspected at the time of sign ing their contracts. The govern ment has extended the time for sign ing the contracts until midnight of Wednesday, July 12. For a farmer's contract to count it must be signed before that day and hour. It will be physically impossible for the com mitteemen'to get to every farmer by that time and make out a full con tract and inspect his cotton. There fore, every farmer is urged and re quested to get a contract im mediate ly, either from his nearest committee man or from the county agent's of fice in the court house, and sign it in blank, then an inspector will come to the farmer's place as soon as pos sible after Wednesday and inspect the .'otton and complete the contract. In case the farmer and the committee man cannot agree on tho yield of the cotton to ibe "T%k$n^uM*J^roduc- ' tion, then the contract ^wh'hrh $he ?farmer had signed in blank will be turned over to the farmer or destroy ed and he will r\?t be bound under that contract until ^oyill have been completed and agreed on in all par ticulars by the farmer himself and the inspector or committeeman. All farmers who have signed con tracts are urged to take an active part until midnight Wednesday in getting their neighbors to sign. Con tracts may be gotten from the county agentfe office or from any of the committeemen over the county. Everybody in the county is asked to cooperate and get some farmer signed up before Wednesday mid nighty .This is a good thing so let's get everybody signed up before it is too late, says Henry D. Green, county . | ? ___ ? ; First baptist church On Sunday July 16th the Pastor, J. B. Caston will conduct both morn ing and evening services. Morning subject: "The World's Greatest Bat tle," evening, subject: "A Great Sal ivation," Sunday school with Mr. C. O. Stogner, superintendent at 10 o'clock, B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30. Midweek Prayer service Wednesday evening at 8:30, Men's prayer meet ing Sunday morning at 9:30. The public Ls cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. VflfTERESTING VISITOR TO COUNTY An interesting visitor to Kershaw County last week was Presentacion Atienza of Manilia, who spent two days with Miss Craig, the home agent studying homo demonstration meth ods to carry hack to the Phillipines. Since Extension work for girls and women originated in South Carolina, it should be the first state that Senorita Atienga should visit. The Home Demonstration program in Kershaw county is so varied and many club members have dono out standing pieces of work so Kershaw county was selected for Senorita Atienza's study. The first organized Woman' Club pi^eMni1 "iono?ita Atinnzn ever at tended was last Wednesday at the lom< <> Mrs. II. K. Tompkins of dates l'v.rd Club. This was a. joint mee' ins, with the Sand Hill Club. Mrs. Tompkins has done a splendid piece of exterior beautification work, j She har used native vinos, trees and shrubs. Another home visited was i Mrs. J. J. Young of th'i Midway club. Mrs. Young is last year's winner in the kitchen contest. Mrs. Young started with very litt.lo but with an expenditure of less than $12.00 she ban one of the most, attractive and convenient kitchens in the county. Seno'itrx Atienza also visited the Cates Hill club, the Midway club and Lugoff club. During her stay in the County she was the guest of Mrs. Lee Went of the Charlotte Thompson club. Senorita Atienza, who is a graduate in Pharmacy of the University of the Phillipinep, was a homo demonstra I tion agent for three years, ^he is now supervisor of homo demonstration work in the Phillipines with fourteen agents already wroking thore with grotipn of women. She wont from [Kershaw county to Charleston to at tend the Women's camp at the Citadel. From there She goes to | Moid, tor furtW ?lud?. Liberty Hill News ^y>t 1 V ' ?v ' ? Liberty Hill, July 10.? At the church on Sunday, Su,pt. L. P. Thomp* son conducted the Sunday Bchool ex ercises after which Mr. R. B. Cue j ningham gave a very interesting and I timely talk to the assembled classes. | Church services were conducted at 11:16 by Elder R. C. Jones, and the evening prayer meeting was in charge of Mr. J. C. McCaskill, a recent- P. C. graduate. All of the services {were well attended. Mr. C. D. Cunningham and family and Mr. L. P. Thompson and family spent the 4th at the home of <their brother-in-law and sister, Revr and Mrs. A. M. McLauchlin of Cmster County. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cunningham and daughter, Miss Catherine o? De catur, Ga. are visiting in the jbome of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cunningham. Mrs. T. P. McCrea and children of Columbia are spending some time in the home of her parents, Gov.0antf Mrs. John G. Richards. Mrs. H. A. Brown and young ;|jtons of Camden are visiting her sister, ?)&Ht C. ,C. Stroupe. " Mr. and Mrs. H/S. 'Moore and ofcher members of the family were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Clements on July 4th. ^ The friends of Miss Callie Jo|t?9, popular school teacher, who haa tyeen a patient in the Columbia hospital, will no doubt be glad to know tfoat she is now at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones. Her shjter Miss Louise and Mr. J. C. McCaBvkill went to Columbia on Saturday.'Jpid accompanied her home. W Miss Ruth Perry of Lancaster, jrt10 for a number of years was principle of the Oceola schools In Lancaster, but connected with the Blacksljiirg schools is a visitor in the honfcfe otjier sister, Mrs. J. H. Clements. J Mr. and Mrs. Timms arld Mr^jL C. Harrison of Winn?boro: TwiirtfweiT* on Sunday, guests ' of MisS LauVie Matheson. ?-> ' ;7: Misses Kate and Gladys, Johnstojl of Great Falls were Sunday visitors | of their cousins, Misses Clara and ' Louise Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Croxton and children of 3 C's section were visiting relatives here on Sunday. * H. S. Higgins and Mr. S. C. Crox ton of Stoneboro attended the meet ing of the American Legion in Spar tanburg last week. A number of our citizens attended the forestry meeting in Camden on last Wednesday. , Mr. R. C. Jones, Jr. of Lancaster spent Sunday in the home of his parents here. Mr. A. W. Matheson of Longtown was a recent visitor on the "Hill." Mrs. J. B. McCoy and children of the Mt. Zion section were recent vis itors in the home of her sister, Mrs. P. B. Floyd. NEXT SUNDAY AT THE METHO DIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 o'clock. All the departments will meet promptly. The Sunday school assembly and the Junior Chorus will gather at 10:50 in the church auditorium, for a chalk talk message by the Pastor. Preaching at 11:15. Theme: "The Mystery of the Net." Preaching at 8:30 P. M. This will close the services for internal dect?> ration, of the Church and Sunday School ^ulitorium. I | 'George Hilton of Leeds, Eng., sold his shirt to get money for his dog's license, thus escaping a fine. "This lady struck me with a knuckle duster," testified J. C. Gllv ray of Chicago against Mrs. Kate Hennon, and the "lady" paid a $50 fin?. When Mis* Margaret Lottin of Sunderland, Eng., was arrested for theft, 562 pairs of silk stockings were found in her home. Caught (milking a neighbor's cow. Charles West of Marlow, Okla., was fined for theft. / Scientists of tho Bureau of Stan-j dards have contributed a new tube] amplifier which amplifies or increase* | feeble electrical impulses at mutely a billion (County Well Repre sented Short Course The highest peak of Home Demon stration Club work for the year was reached last week when twenty-four women and girls from Kershaw Coun ty attended the State Short Course * Winthrop College. The week was filled with interst ing and inspiring programs. There was an interesting talk by Dr. Keith * the history department on' World Relationships and anothe* by Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse of the Uni versity of North Carolina on the pre tr?H !?ancial situation. Miss Ger trude Warren, of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture 8poke on Northf South, Enst and West in Club Work, khe paid a glowing tribute to the excellent work being done in South Carolina. The women were greatly interested ?n the demonstrations given in re jarving chairs, reupholatering furni ture and in the making of a barrel chair. They also found the Clothing C?u,depo8t.s for Mrs. Consumer by Miss Gilliam, the clothing specialist, ery helpful. The girls were divided into eight ?roups according to age, with a lead er and director for each group. Dur ing the week the girls were taken on V rt tours, taught games, judging and handwork. At the club hour the girls gave a model club meeting program. They were also given a period for writing a news article describing their trip to Winthrop. Pollye West, one of South Caro lina's representatives at the Nation al 4-H Club Camp, presided at the 4-H chapel hour on Tuesday. She gave a splendid report of the Nation al Camp and presided with poise and dignity. held during the Short Course. In" the health contest, Anna Blake Kel ley of the DeKalb 4-H Club won third place in the district. She competed with representatives from twenty* three counties. The Camp fire and the candle lighting service on Tuesday evening was the most impressive program of ihe Short Course. Miss Gertrude Warren, from the Washington office and Miss Landrum, the State Agent rpresented the hub of the 4-H Wheel of Progress. Next were the State Staff and the home agents, then the local leadera. The spokes of the wheel were 4-H Club girls and the club women were the rim of the wheel. While the orchestra played Follow the Gleam" tne groups got into formation. At the close of the exercises Taps were sung and an went quietly to their rooms. Those attending from Kershaw were Mrs. A. A. West, Mrs. H. C. McCoy, Mrs. B. K. Tidwell, Mrs. B. C. Thompson, Mrs. Ella Pearce, Mrs. J. J. Bell, Mrs. Kate B. Gettys, Mrs. R. K. Tompkins, Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Mrs. J. T. Gettys, Misses Eva Bakwr, Louise Hunnicutt, Viola Barfield, Stella Hough, Lucile Fletcher, Emily McCoy, Ruby Marshall, Ola Baker, Dorothy West, Anna Wake Kelley,' Annette Hasty, Florence Young, Ruth Holland and Pollye West. PARABLE OF THE NET This in the theme of the Sundiy morning message by Or. Wimberly at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. This will finish this series of Prophetic messages which He has been delivering for the past weeks. This will be the last Sunday before I)r. Wimberly for a campaign en gagement at Hannibal, Mo. This is the old town made famous by the boyhood home of MarK Twain. Many of the old landmarks still remain, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn did their desds of horoism. Misses Lounette and Evelyn Haker| of Kembert, formerly of Camden are efficient and talented members of the Choir of the Church of the Ascension* Hagood, S. C. Miss Evelyn is an alto; Miss Lou nette is a suprano. Miss Lounette) expects to study later at Conserva tories in ftalt{M6re and Neiw York ty. They have delights many :es throughout the State with } ? ^ Bethune Bethune. July 10.-? The Bethune Chapter U.JD. C. held a meeting in celebration Jot Independence Day Tuesday irflernoon with the president. Mrs. T. R. Bethune. The historian, Mra. Margaret Marian presided over the program which follows: Mrs. G. B. McKinnon.> read an ar ticle on "The Star Spangled Banner," Miss Carrie Yarbrough gave Henry Van Dyke's "America for Me" and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale told Read's "Rising of 1776." ' The meeting was adjourned to meet again in September. Mrs. C. O. Terry and daughters, Miss Beth and little Miss Katherine Terry of Quitman, Ga. arrived Mon day of last week for an extended visit to Mrs. Terry's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill. Born to Mr. and Mrs?* R. E. Mc Caskill Saturday morning, July 1, a daughter ? Elizabeth Gray. Little Miss Anne Clarkson of Baron DeKalb is the guest of Robbie New ton Marion. Miss Annie Mae Bethune of Gaff ney was n-grreHt of relatives on the afternoon of tha Fourth. The Camp Fire girls of Lancaster were encamped at Big Springs last week. They were chaperoned by Miss Charlotte Porter, also of Lan caster. The Bishopville baseball team play- 1 ed the local team on the home dia-j mond the morning of the fourth. Score was 11-3 in favor of tfett.i^cals. In the afternoon another guoa was played at Bishopville, when itff the close of 15 innings the tie wfuj broken by the Bethune team and 4?.#core stood 8-7 in fiivor of the latSPT !?h!a game aasure^tiie ,team of Bethune the lead for th^ fli^t half of the Misses Mary Louise McLaurin and Kathryne Truesdale left Sunday for Greenville to join the Carolina Expo sition Tours which leaves that City Monday morning for the World's Fair. This tour is conducted by L. P. Hollis, Supt. of Parker District schools and will last eight days. Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis and lit tle daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best and children and Miss Lizzie Davis ire spending several weeks at Myrtle Beach. Miss Frances Severance and Mrs. David Holly, who have T>een teaching in Morristown, N. J. are spending the| summer vacation with their parents,! Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Severance. Miss Mabel Watts has returned to Madison, Va. after having spent some time with her mother, Mrs. Maude Watts. She was accompanied to Vir ginia by Miss Ruth Estridge for a visit. Miss Mary Ellen McLaurin has re turned from a visit to friends and relatives at China Grove and else where in North Carolina. The closing exerciess of the Com munity Bible School which is being held in the Presbyterian church and conducted by Miss Carrie Yarbrough, will bo held Friday evening. Mr. and Mra. R. M. Bethune and little son of Cheraw were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. J. P. Be thune. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McLaurin spent Sunday in Greenville. ICE CRRAM SUPPER The Gates Hill H. D. C. in having an ice cream Hipper Thursday, July 18 at 8:80 o'clock at the home of Mrs. M. A. Hough. Proceds will go for the Club Cabin. Everyone in invited to come for an evenings fun. MET AT MRS. WEST'S The memfl>ers o fthe Midway Girls 4-H Club met on Tuesday, at the home of Mrs. A. A. West. Miss Craig the agent made a very interesting talk on The Teeth, empha*i*ing the care that we should take of them Tn order to have healthy and beautiful teeth in the future. Delicious re freshments were served by the host ess. The Club delighted to havo as its guest* two members of the Sentor 4-H Club and several members of the Home Demonstration Club. * ' y E. Sparrow Dies Suddenly ; * S Mr. Fletcher E. Sparrow died at his residence in the Antioch section of ' this county Tuesday morning at 8 o' clock. Mr. Sparrow was stricken while at work in hiB field and died shortly afterwards. A native of Ker shaw county Mr. Sparrow was born July 18, 1856 thus being 77 years of age at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Frances Sparrow and two sons, B. E. Sparrow, County Auditor, and L. J. Sparrow of Antioch; two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Chewning of Camden and Miss Nellie I Sparrow of Anticoh. Mr. Sparrow : was a member of Salem M. E. church I from which church funeral services were held for him this morning at 10 o'clock conducted oy the pastor, Rev. A. M. Jones. GOVERNOR SEES BENEFITS IN CODE The textile industries' code, an im portant feature of the .recovery pro gram, will "work for good in many directions," Governor Blackwood de clared yesterday. It makes more "definite and cer tain" teh prospects of the textile op erative, he said, and with its 44 hour per week provision leaves some time for wholesome recreation. It was gratifying, the governor said, that the manufacturers joined in "so near ly unanimously" in advocating the adoption of the code. The govenor gave out th^ following statement: v. "^ne ?' the most important fea of the recovery program is the successful negotiation respecting the textile industries' code. When the president affixed his signature to this adva^^^tno^^to a been productive of much misunder standing and demonstrates that it is possible and practicable that man agers of textile manufacturing estab lishments and those who work for them can settle their own differences by the aid of the federal government. This is a result that has been anx iously awaited by discerning patriotic citizens of the textile field. It is my judgment that this code will work for good in many directions, it makes more definite and certain the pros pect of the textile operative in that under the terms of this code he may know what amount of wages to ex pect and at the same time the 44 hour pe rweek limitation will leave for the operative sufficient time for rest and wholesome recreation. Limits Age of Worker*. In addition to this the condition that hmits the age at which children shall begin work and regulates the conditions under which women may be employed will redown to the bene fit not only of the wrokers but to the community where they live. The regulation of what is known as the stretch-out system will also produce wholesome results. It may reasonably be hoped that by the terms of the textile code the manufacturers will also be greatly benefited. It was keenly gratifying that they joined in so nearly unanimously in advocating the adoption of the code. Now that this marvelous achievement has been consummated, I sincerely hope that the textile manufacturers will begm promptly to make an application of the terms of this instrument. Atmosphere of Good Will. "It would really be fine if the tex tile operators would contribute their influence to the creation of an atmos phere of good will and optimism by Immediately complying with the re quirements. I will recognize that we cannot hope for regular employment of a large number of textile opera tives at a fair wage unless the man agers and owners of the textile plants can earn a profit and that in order for one party to be prosperous the other party must also enjoy prosper I am impressed that the adoption of this code will make it possible and probable for the operatives and ope rators of textile plants to join hearts and hands enthusiastically, for what is to the interest of one in to the Interest of the other. There should no ,Io"**T ** occasion for strife and distemper for the federal Rov ernment is proposing to do for each faction what it could not reasonably hop* to do for Itself,? The State,