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CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNtY, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 19, 1933
NO. 41
Liberty Hill News
Liberty Hill, July 17. ? Of interest
to many of the readers of the "Mess
enger" will be the announcement of
former Gov. and Mrs. John G. Rich
ards of the coming marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mildred Ann to Mr.
Robert Chester Francis of Roanoke,
Va. The marriage to take place in
the early fall.
Miss Richards is a graduate of
Winthrop College and has for several
years taught Music in Laurens. Mr.
Francis is boys wrok Secretary of
the Central Young Men's Christian
Association of Roanoke.
Miss Lisle Hay has gone to Mon
treat for a period of rest and recre
ation in that popular resort.
Prof. J. P. Richards of the Lancas
ter Grammar school has gone to Chi
cago to ?'take in" the "Century of
Progress Fair" now under way in
that great Western Metropolis.
Mr. W. C. Perry was in Camden
last week attending court as a mem
ber of the Grand Jury.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Lowman ? and
a lady friend ? of Camden were in
our village for a while Sunday even
ing.
Mr. A. C. Cureton is spending a
while with father, Rev. J. E. Jones
of Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cureton of Cam
den were visiting friends and rela
tives on the "Hill" Sunday evening.
Mrs. Emma H. Burch has returned
home after an extended visit to
friends in Anderson. Kershaw and
other points.
Mr. T. P. McCrea of Columbia is
visiting his family who are spending
the summer here.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cunningham
of Charlotte were Sunday guests in
the home of his uncle, Post master
C. D. Cunningham.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Floyd of
Greenville are visiting his brother,
Mr. F. B. Floyd, at the old home
Place.
Hon. and Mrs. J. R. Belk and
daughter were Sunday visitors in the
home of Gov. and Mrs. J. (*. Richards.
Mrs. R. C. Jones, Jr., of Lancaster
and her sister, Mrs. Madden were
recent visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Francis of Sum
mer were Sunday guests of Gov. and
Mrs. John G. Richards.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stroupe w> re
visitors last week in the home of ivn.
R. C. Jones of Kershaw, where Mrs.
Stroupe met two of her brothr^s she
liad not seen for some time? one of
them lives in High 1 oint, N. C. and
the other one ir Fl orida.
Little Miss Dorothy Matheson is
spending some time with her aunt,
Mrs. J. M. Croxton of the 3C's sec
tion.
Mrs. C. E. ilichards and daughters,
Misses Lizzie, Sophie, Lai and Marion
havo returned from a pleasant stay
at Myrtle Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hinson and son,
Jaines wore reeent guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Hilton.
Mrs. W. '/>? Hilton and little grand
daughter visited relsMves in Kershaw
last week.
LUTHER CATOE DIBS IN CRASH
Lancaster, July 17. ? Luther Catoe,
82. is dead and fi"c others are pain
fully injured as the result of an acci
dent \^hich occurred several miles
from Lanncstor on highway No. f) at
0 o'clock this morning.
The wreck took place when a sedan
fj- driven by Marcia Guy, Negress of
Brooklyn, N. Y., sideswiped the coach
which Catoe was driving.
Mr. Catoe was rushed to the Lan
caster hospital shortly after the ac
cident. but died of a ruptured liver
within ten minutes of his arrival. He
wafi from the Fork Hill section of this
county and is survived by his widow
and several young children.
Other occupants of the Catoe car
were Misses Ada and Ida Smith, Hey
ward Heeler, Lance Hlnson and Cly
burn Connell. They aire suffering
from brUiftes and minor injuries.
PRICES WILL ADVANCE ON
August First about Fifty Per Cent
on Awnings Which Means That
You Have Only A Few Days Left
To Purchase Them at the Old Low
Prices. Straightout Purchases For
Immediate Shipments Only Will Re
Accepted Between Now and the
First, and We Cannot Now Guaran
tee Price* Until the First, There
fore You Should Act Now If You
With to Save. Jenkins Repair Shop.
Durham Scott Killed
In Auto Accident
DURHAM SCOTT KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Durahm Scott was killed early Sun
day night in an automobilo accident
near Horatio, S. C., about fifteen
miles from here. Tho car was oc
cupied by Scott and three companions
Paul Sessions and his brother, and
Wade Melton. The car was driven
by Paul Sessions. The three compan
ions were not seriously hurt .suffer
ing only shock and minor injuiies.
An inquest will be held herfc the date
of which has not been decided.
Durham D. Scott was 36 years of
age, the son of S. H. and Rebecca
, Brown Scott. He was at Iho time of
I his death employed as ?. Guard at the
I S. C. Penal Farm near Rembert, S. C.
He is survived by his wife and one
j son, W. M. Scott, his father and
; mother, one. brother. Charlio Scott,
I five sisters, Mrs. Mamie Tyson, Mrs.
I Mary Sessions, Geneva Scott, Edna
"Scott and Sallio May Scott. Funeral
services were held for Mr. Scott Mon
day at 5 P. M. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church, near Kershaw and were con
ducted by Rev. B. S. Broom of the
I Hermitage Baptist Church assisted
by Rev. Luther Knight. Interment
| was in the churchyard cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were in charge
| of Kornegay Funeral Home.
DR. HOFFER ATTENDS
MEETING AT ORANGEBURG
The Central zone of the South Car
I olina Optometric association held its
regular monthly meeting at the office
of Dr. G. Ches Wise in Orangeburg,
at 7 o'clock Monday evening. Papers
were read by Dr. J. M. Hoffer, Cam
den; Dr. H. W. Le>vis. Columbia, and
Dr. G. Ches Wise, Orangeburg. Dr.
J C. H. Pointel, chairman of the Central
zone, Columbia, presided.
NEGRO WOMAN IS KILLED
WHEN SHOT GUN FIRES
Gun Accidentally Discharges When
She Threw Weapon At Her Husband.
After being shot in the abdomen
with a No. 12 gauge shot gun Alberta
Gaymon. a negro woman who lived
near Kershaw died at the Camder
hospital about twenty hours after she
had been taken to the hospital, the
entire load of the gun entered hor
body. She was shot following an
argument with her husband and
testimony brought out at a coroner's
inquest held by Coroner Van Hegler
indicated that the shooting was acci
dental and that the gun discharged
a/ter she had thrown the weapon at
!. . husband.
A coroner's jury was summoned on
Wednesday morning and they decided
that she came to her death by a shot
gun wound which was discharged in
an accidental manner.
It seems that on Monday evening
Alberta Gaymon started to whip one
of her children when the husband,
Charlie (laymori intervened. The wife
then turned her wrath uoon her hus
band and she reached fr, ,? the shot
gun. While husband and wife were
scuffling over the shot gun the wife
was also busy with a raz.or and she
cut her husband in several different
places. The wife was the larger and
stronger of the two and she succeed
ed in getting the shot gun. In the
meantime Charlie Gaymon had ran
outside the house and sought aid ir.
dressing his wounds. He entered the
house again and it then that it is al
leged that tho shot gun was thrown
at him. The barrel was pointing to
wards the woman who threw the gun
and the trigger catching on some
thing evidently caused it to discharge
with the shot entering her abdomen.
Tho Gaymons live about a mile
west of Kershaw in Lancaster county.
Deceased was albout 40 years of age
and is survived by her husband and
four children.
There "'ere but two witnesses who
testified at the inquest, the husband
and another negro named Tillman
James. Roth told much the same
story. On the floor of the porch at
this home was seen the mark of the
gun where it scraped the boards af
ter she had thrown the weapon,
v Roth Gaymon and his wife were
what are called yellow negroes as
neither were fuR blooded members of
> the colored race. ? Lancaster News.
4-H Club Camp
HeldNext Week
Tuseday, Wednesday and Thursday
of next week will be busy days for
the 4-H Club girls of Kershaw Coun
ty. Their Annual encampment is to
be held at the 4-H camp at Lake
Shamokin on July 25. 26 and 27th.
There are 275 girls enrolled in club
work and they are expected to attend
th camp.
An interesting program of work
and play has been arranged by Miss
Sadie B. Craig, the Home Agent. She
will be assisted by specialists from
Winthrop College .Members of the
Home Demonstration Clubs and the
Senior 4-H Club.
Thursday will be visitor's day and
the parents and friends are invited
to bring picnic lunch and spend the
day. See next week's paper for the
program.
C. C. C. CAMP NEWS
Camp P-52, Civilian Conservation
Corps, Blaney, July 15. ? Camp offi
cers, the members of the Conserva
tion corps and visitors are very much
gratified at the progress being made
in the construction work at their
camp, ten miles from Camden and
three from Blaney. Plans called for
the immediate erection of a perma
nent mess hall, a warehouse, and a
water tank; in order that these build
ings might be ready as soon as possi
ble, the carpenters and their helpers,
who come from the Conservation
corps with one or two exceptions,
have been working an hour extra
each day. The mess hall will be com
pleted by the first of the week, at
which time it will be ready for accom
odation and service to the men. This
means a double pleasure; * ithe men
will be happy to have the pleasure of
exchanging an outdoor eating at tab
les, standing, for the comforts and
conveniences of a nice mess hall. The
men are specially looking forward to
the house-warming which will take
place about Tuesday night, the 18th.
The nature of the house-warming witf
be a dance at night, at which occasion
the officers and the C. C. C. men will
entertain a fairly large group of
young people from the surrounding
country and towns. A delightful even
ing is anticipated.
A section of men has been busy the
last few days putting up some four
miles of telephone poles in the direc
tion of Camden; some wiring has also
been done, and when the work has
been completed so as to connect with
Camden, this section will have ample
telephone connections and facilities.
A few more days will likely seo this
work completed. A flag-pole near the
headquarters house han also ben put
up and the flag of the United States
floats in the summer breezes.
A memorandum under date of July
11 from district headquarters at Fort
Moultrie gives a very fine piece of
news. It states that each ^amp will
be equipped right away with a radio;
furthermore, one of the first attrac
tions, and one in which the foresters
will be particularly interested, will be
the address by President Roosevelt
to the men in the Civilian Conserva
tion corps. This address will bo de
livered Monday, July 17, at 10 p. m.
E. S. T. The chief executive of the
United States, a very fine speaker,
will be heard with much interest by
foresters and citizens alike. ? By Ed
win C. Kennedy.
It. Y. I\ IJ. RALLY MEETING
The Third Quarterly B. Y. P. U.
Rally Meeting will he held with Mt.
Pisgah church Sunday afternoon, Ju
ly 80th at 3 o'clock. Wo aro hoping
to have representatives from all the
B. Y. P. TJ.'s of the Kershaw Aasoci
ation. The following program will be
rendered :
8:00 ? 8:05. Song Sorvlce.
8:05- ? 8:15. Devotional, Miss Annie j
Tumerv Camden, S. C.
8:15?8:30. Business and roll call.
uiojj K^jodo>i *og: fj 08:8
who attended Assembly at Greenville.
8:50 ? 8:65. Special Music, Mt. Pis
gah Intermediates.
8:55?4:15. Conferences for Juniors
and Intermediates.
4:15-4:25. 'What is Vision,"
Miss Hill, Camden, S. C.
4:26?4:80. "A Study of the
World's Need Enlarges Vision," Miss
\nnie Heglflr, Kershaw, S. C.
4:80 ? 4:35. Special Music.
4:86?4:40. "Service Enlarges Vis
ion," Miss Frances Saverance, Ho- j
thune, S. C.
Cotton Campaign
Closes To-day Noon
Every farmer in Kershaw County
who has not yet signed a cotton con
tract is urged to sign immediately
and see that his contract gets to the
Co. Agt's. office not later than Wed
nesday n^on. Those farmers who
have not signed contracts yet should
realize that they are not doing their
part to wipe out the surplus which is
holding the price of cotton down. A
farmer who will not sign is not acting
fair with his neighbors because he is
holding down the price of his neigh
bor's cotton as well as his own. Our
Gov't, is doing all it can to help our
people, why not everybody cooperate ?
If you have a neighbor who has not
signed please talk with hirr immed
iately.
HENRY D. GREEN. Co. Agt.
PERMITS TO PLOW
COTTON ISSUED FRI.
County Agent Henry D. Green has
just received a telegram from Direc
tor W. W. Long advising that permits
for plowing up cotton will bo issued
from County Agent's office and that
permit blanks should reach Camden
by Friday, July 21.
It will not now be necessary for
cotton contracts to be accepted in
Washington and for the permits to
be issued from Washington. Under
the new arrangements the permits
must be accepted as previously
required but the permits will be is
sued directly from the County
Agent's office which will expedite the
whole program by several days.
Just as soon as these permits ar
rive they will be issued to farmers
who have made contracts which con
tracts have been duly apporved by
the Washington office.
COUST ADJOURNED
LAST WEDNESDAY
The July term of Court of General
Sessions for Kershaw County ad
journed here last Wednesday after
noon. Besides the cases disposed of
up until Tuesday afternoon and pub
lished in our last issue, the case
against Albert Carlos and Eugene
Cook, negroes of Lugoff. charged
with the slaying of Heyward Reynold
young white farmer was disposed of.
In this case the jury found Carlos
and Cook guilty of voluntary man
slaughter and Judge Townsend sen
tenced each to a term of 10 years in
the penitentiary. After the comple
tion of this case the court adjourned.
Following is the presentment of
the Grand Jury:
To his Honor, W. H. Townsend,
presiding judge July term of court,
Camden, South Carolina.
We, the grand jury, herewith beg
to present our report.
We have passed on all bills at this
term of court.
Beg leave to make the following
recommendations :
We recommend that four miles of
old Liberty Hill road, two miles south
of Liberty Hill where piping has been
removed, be replaced and any other
necessary work to put road in good
and permanent condition.
All roads in the county are very
choppy and rough and wo ask that
the County Directors try and scrape
same to put in condition as soon as
possible.
A committee has been appointed to
take up matter with Federal Govern
ment and try to obtain some funds to
build a new jail. This Is for imme
diate action.
Committee on magistrates are re
quested to check up all magistrate's
books in county and see that all ir
regularities are investigated and re
port at fall term of court.
We request your Honor to instruct
G. E. I'arrott, former clerk to r.'hool
board, district number 22, tx> turn
over to Loring Davis, newly appoint
ed clerk, all books, papers, and funrts
belonging to said school district num
ber 22.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. Boykin.
Foreman.
KartV* Ic? Supply
There nr* about 0,000,000 square
mllen of lc? on the earth's surface. Of
this amount R, 000, 000 square miles are
In the Antarctic.
Bethune News
Bethunt July 17. ? A series of
meetings are being held in the Bap
tist church. The Rev. Mr. Rogers of
Timmonsvi'.le is conducting the ser
vice*.
The Community Bible School which
has been in session the past two
weeks closcd Friday evening with at
tractive and impressivo exercises.
One hundred and seventeen children
were enrolled. More than one third of
these were present every day and did
not receive a mark for tardiness.
Misses Ruby Morris of Newberry.
Lillian Goodlett of Traveler's Rest,
Thelma Strounan of Orangeburg and
Eloise Miliar <>f Pauline were week
end guests ol Mrs. G. B. McKinnon.
Mrs. J. G. Richards of Asheville is
visitir*r he parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. McCaskill.
Of interest to their many friends
here and elsewhere was the marriage
last week of Miss Mamie Coker of
Easley to Mr. Dargan D. Clybum of
this place.
Mrs. Clyburn is a graduate of Due
West and has taught in the Bethur.e
school system and the Midway schooli
Cassatt, for the past few years.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Clyburn and is a
prominent young business man of
this town.
Miss Margaret McDowell of Tampa
Fla. is the guest of her grand parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McDowell.
Mrs. Minnie Heustiss of Wallace,
N. C., who has been the guest of Mrs.
Hattie Heustiss, left Thursday for a
visit to relatives in Hartsville. She
| was accompanied by Mrs. Hattie
Heustiss. who spent several days with
friends in that place.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis and
Li?'ie Davis have returned from
a two week's stay at Myrtle Beach.
Alvin Clyburn and Harold Cope
land are at Fort Bragg, N. C.
|
CAMDEN BOY
REGISTERED ARCHITECT
The state board of architectual ex
aminers, which held its regular an
naul meeting last week, announces
there were eight applicants for regis
tration. four of whom were granted
registration, the others carried over
to a subsequent meeting. Those
granted registration at this time
were Horace Wells Sellers of Phila
delphia, J. Lee Cunningham of Greer,
Ralph Little of Camden and Leon S.
Barton, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
OPENS MEAT MARKET
Mr. J. K. Lee has opened a meat
market at 943 Main Street, next door
to A. Sheheen's Grocery and will han
dle a choice line of meats. Mr. Lee
has conducted a market in Camden
before and as usual his meats will be
the best and his prices reasonable.
He solicits your patronage.
BANK OF CAMDEN
MAKING PROGRESS
Commendable progress is being
made in the reorganization plans of
the Bank of Camden, and the plans
have the approval of the state board
of bank control, Julian H. Scar
borough, chairman of the board, said
yesterday.
The bank has until September 1 to
get its creditors to agree and to open
up the bank. Mr. Scarborough said,
Henry W. Savage has been appointed
local attorney.
The board of bank control held a
lengthy session yosterday^first hear
ing the request of the depositors of
the Central Union bank for 30 days
more timo in which to propose re
organization plans, and thon taking
up other matters. Audits aro l>eing
made of building and loan asaocin
tions over the state, Mr. Scarborough
announced, the work being done by
P. M. Watson and two other exami
ners. The building and loan associ
ations aro now under state suj>er
vision. ? The State.
Protecting th? Bird*
"Few amall bird*," *ays a writer
In fllrd Noto* and News, "enn keep
abend of a car for any length of tlm?
if It In going 40 miles nn hour or
more." The statement Is not made
nn nn Interesting example of relatlvs
speeds, hut as nn appeal to motorists
to tnke thought of the birds when
''?a-lvlng through wooded country. Such
thought, if rxorclm'd by nil drivers
would nowadays snvo more birds t<
thu woods (.ban many reulina
Youth Killed in
I Motor Mishap
W. L. McGuirt's Neck Broken, H. L.
Benbow Hurt.
W. Lawson McGuirt, 21, of Camden
was almost instantly killed and H.
L. Benbow painfully injured near
Lydia, nine miles from here, when
the tie rod of their truck's steering
wheel came loose and sent the truck
crashing into a deep ditch on the left
side of the 1 ode. The accidunt oc
curred around midday on state high
way No. 34. McGuirt, the driver, was
caught under the truck, being pinned
to the ground by the cab and trailer,
he died of a broken neck and other
injuries.
His companion, about 30, was paiij
fuly but apparently not set iously^
injured. He was treated by a local
physician.
A coroner's jury .empaneled by
Coroner J. H. Kistler, held that the
youth came to his death in an un
avoidable accident.
McGuirt and Benbow were driving
a truck of the Bowman Transfer
company of Bowman towards Dar
lington. The truck was heavily loaded
and pulled a semi-trailer. When the
tie rod loosened, the truck plunged
directly into a seven-foot ditch on the
left side of the road. The trailer body
went forward, pushed the cab off and
smashed it, pinning young McGuirt
to the ditch bank. A railroad jack
was necessary to lift the truck from
his body. L. O. Lucas, state highway,
patrolman, investigated the accident.
? The State.
Funeral Services for Mr. McGuirt
Funeral services for Lawson Mc
Guirt, who was instantly killed in au
tomobile accident near Lydia, S. C.,
were held from the Van Wyck M. E.
Church Saturday afternoon at 3:3H
conducted by the Pastor, Rev. Airthur
Paul Beaver.
Pallbearers were all representa
tives of the Bowman Transportation
Company and wer^ as follows: J. J.
Bell, S. ' H. Weathers, D. B. Wana
maker, T. C. Riser, W. C. Felder and
E. Z. Smith. Funeral arrangements
were in charge of Kornegay Funeral
Home.
REVIVAL MEETING AT HERMI
TAGE BAPTIST CHURCH
A revival meeting is in progress at
the Hermitage Baptist Church. Ser
vices are held twice a day at 2 P. M.
and 8 P. M. Great interest is being
manifested in the meeting and large
congregations are attending.
The Rev. Luther Knight of Jeffer
son is assisting the pastor, Rev. B.
S. Broom. Rev. Knight is a Biblical
preacher and will discuss such sub
jects this week as "The Unpardon
able Sin," "Regeneration," "The
Judgment," and "The Man Who
Prayed in Hell."
The public is invited to attend all
services.
B. S. BROOM, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
The pastor, Rev. J. B. Caston is
away this week conducting a series
of revival services at Wagener.
On next Sunday morning at 1 I
o'clock Rev. II. C. Hester of Wagener
will preach. At the evening hour Miss
Virginia Hill will make a short talk
on "The Missionary Message" after
which a playlet entitled "Go yo into
All the World," will bo presented by
members of Intermediate and Senior
B. Y. P. U.'s.
The organizations of the churrh
will meet at their usual hr,urH- ^
large attendance is expected at each
of theso meetings.
The public is especially urged to at
tend the Sunday morning and evening
services.
DEATH OF MRS. LOUELLA RAY
Mrs. Louella Ray, 35, wifr? of H. 1).
Ray of Lancaster, died at the Cnm
den hospital July 10. She was the
?laughter of John Hunter^'and Reekie
Bowors Hunter. >She is survived by
her husband and five small children.
Interment wan in Lancaster.
DEATH OF ABRAHAM It A LEY
Abraham Raley, 55, of Cool
Springs, died suddenly Tuesday, July
11th of a heart attack. He leaves sur
viving wife and five children. Rurial
was at Sandy Grovo.