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TERMS: ? 11.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. VOLUME 50 ?in ." i ? I ?? ? The Hand of the Diligent Shall Rule" CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, PROP. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934 -9* NO. 18 Camden To Have New Auditorium Work has already begun in the old Opera House building on Camden*2 new auditorium. The old building ! will undergo a complete change ex- ! cepting the steeple and King Haiglet 's statue, which will be left undisturbed. The auditorium will j occupy tho ground floor and will have one balcony. The seating j capacity will bo approximately 750. i The stage will be regulation size and) the heating and lighting system will j be the most up-to date. The | auditorium when completed will bo; very lovely and would do credit to ! cities much larger than Camden. It i will answer a long felt need and be something the citizens ol Camden can be proud of. It is being built in co-operation with the Civil Works ' Administration. LaFayo & Lafaye, of Columbia, are the architects. NANCE ANNOUNCES FOR GOVERNORSHIP Laurens Senator and Sales Tax Ad vocute to Make Race This Summer. Columbia, Feb. 1. ? Senator Caroll D. Nance, of Laurens, announced to night he would make the lace for the governorship this summer. "Yes, sir, I'm in the race," the Laurens fa i<mer and business man said in response ta an inquiry. ''I hadn't announced, but I'll probably make public my platform tomorrow." One plank in the platform, he said, will be "the relief of all property owners of the state from taxes." Nance campaigned for the govern 02 ship in 1926, advocating indirect taxes on soft drinks, tobacco and other commodities which were enact ~?d although - he defeated, ? <?. He was chairman of the house ways and means committee up to the time he dccided to run for the gov ernorship. Elected to the senate in 1932, he offered a resolution to impose a general sales tax early in the 1933 session at which he took his seat. He has spoken repeatedly in favor of such a levy. N unco's announcement brought the field of candidates to seven. The others: Representative W. M. Man ning, of Sumter; Lieutenant Governor | James O. Sheppard; Senator C. E. Sloan, of Greenville; Tom B. Pearce and Cole L. Blease, of Columbia, and Olin D. Jx>hnston, of Spartanburg. "MAY HIS TRIBE INCREASE" The following from a valired sub scriber, formeily of Camden and now a successful business man oj! Roanoke, Va., if- much appreciated: "My subscription expires on tomor row and so that thorn may bo no brenk, I am attaching my check fo. $1.50 with those instructions: Contin ue to senfl me the Messenger ns I cannot well do without it." SWEETHEARTS LICK CAMDEN'S SEXTET (T ? ? Boys From Kershaw Get Revenge by Defeating Red Foxes by Three I'oints Hartsville, Fob. 2.? In a double bill tho Ilartsvillo Swof^nearts defeated ^ Camden, 64 to 11, while the Hartsville W Red Foxes went down, 18 to IB. Hartsvillo girls ran roughshod over Camdon Tourist CitT girls in- a fast game here tonight, 64 to 11, The Camdon sextet was entirely .out classed. From tho beginning tho Swoethoarts easily rolled up a heavy score, 21 to 0, nt tho end of tho first i quarter. At the half Coach Pap Tlmmerman ran in his second team, who continues to acorn at will. Fo* Hartsvillo Kalber, Blackwell, ( Gllleapio and Kelly played a good game. In a fast and furious game Camden defated the HarsviTie "Tied Foxes, 18 <to IB. (TafnJen ran away with tffc Poxes in tho first half, enifihg 10 to 1. Tho Foxes came. hack in tho last lv\lf thrilling tho large crowd with their brilliant team work, every man worRTng as a unit to come within ono point of tying the score. With Polsom setting the pace, the whole team played one of the Best games seen of! the local court this season* - I wwmt: Liberty Hill News Liberty Hill, Feb. 5.? The sudden! and unusually cold weather of early last week played havoc with all green and growing vegetation, including oats which are vejy seriously injure*?? if not killed entirely, the mercury which some reported as low an 8 degrees made a record for a numbei of years and was followed by a con tinous downpour of rain on Thursday making freshly worked county roads ?which means about all of them-, quite sloppy and bad to travel over. Mr. P. B Floyd, president of the Liberty Hill branch oj! tho Kershaw County Forestry Association and Mr. W. C. Perry, ranger, attended a meet ing last week at Mt. Pisgah School house last week in the interest of establishing a fire observation tower in that section and both made talks on the subject ? giving some of their experience here. We learn that Mr. R. J. Wardlaw, Jr., and Miss Frieda Town were married last week in Orangeburg. We 1 have been unable to secure particu lars. Mrs. Wardlaw is a young lady of pleasing personality and has visit ed here a number of times. Mr. Wardlaw is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J ? Wardlaw of this place. He is an affable and popular young man and holds a responsible position in Columbia, where he has been making his home for several years. His many friends at his' old Ifotao here extend best wishes for a pleasant voyage through life. K Kev. J. 0 Mann of Chester preached on Sunday morning to an attentivSj and interested audience at the Pres byterian Church ^ H() and ^ littie son were dinner guests in the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs R C Jones, and later in tho afternoon they went to Heath Springs, where Mr. and Mrs. J. K Heriot anfi children of Bishopville were Sunday guests in tTie home of Mrs. C. E Richards. Mr. an? Mrs. 0. W Deaton and >a y of Shelby, N. C. are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Clem I ents. Miss Laura. Matheson. an aged' ' who llves alone ? except for a small niece has been sick f?r several 'lays. I? answer to a plionc message, i her niece, Mrs. J. M. Croxton came ! hZj*',* ?ml She was "P<"-ted better Sunday morning. mCK DAVIS AND THE DEVIL This will be tho themo of Dr. imberly's address next Sunday morning before the Men's Bible Class of the Methodist chuich. These Sun day morning addresses are bing wid<T V ^okon of among the .men who hear them. Wo want to boost a big c ass next Sunday to hear this true story, from a Life Sketch of a char- 1 acter who lived, and was known. Dick' Davis and the Devil will be a gripp ing story, and we urge our men to ,L Rememer the time? Class assemble.1 at 10:20. ?TACK MOORE, Secretary. SERVICES AT THE METH(7DlST CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY Preaching service at the Methodist j church next Sunday nt tho usual hour 11:16, by the pastor. j Theme of tho setnion: "Wo Aro Complete in Christ." Evening hour, will be: "Dangers of a Half-hearted Attitude." j Our nig"nt congregations are show ing improvement, and now the Men's Bible Class has pledged their support for this night service, it should grow each Sunday night. Our fine choir is giving us thl benefit of their skilled voices, and every service will bo worthwhile. C. I-'. W I M BERLY, Pastor. "The office (if the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, I). C., has announced that the processing tax on hogs, effective as of February 1, 1934, will be one and one-half (1 1-2) cents per pound, live weight; and as of March 1, 1934 and there after two and one-quarter (2 1-4) cents per pound, live weight." R. M. COOPER, Collector Ilobert Clayton of Philadelphia wan ordored to pay for a pair of shoes I bought by his wifo two years before I he married her. k ? ^ M Bethune News Items! Bethune, Feb. Rev. J B Caston of Camden delivered a splendid ad dress in the high school auditorium Tuesday , afternoon in honor of Roosevelt's 52nd birthday annivers ary. t< Mr> Caston toA for his subject 'The Development? of Our Country Within the Last Twenty Years." Mrs. M. G King teas hostess to the Presbyteiian Chiij^h School Council Monday evening. .Hot Cocoa and wafers were serve# during the social hour at the close of the meeting. The executive council of Young people of the churdfe was entertained by Miss Frances ?e^hune Tuesday evening. A sweet course was served at the close of the Wli&ess and inspi rational meeting. ?, Misses Maigie Parrotf, Elsie Ham mond, Mary B. Radcllffe. and Ruth Jones returned to Winfluop College iuesday evening aft^r 'Spending the holiday of President P. IfcRoosc&elt's birthday anniversary wit^ their par ents here. '*? Miss Margaret TMHKIttantl to Queens-Chicora College .'-Tuesday, after spending seVe^daya '?t home following mid-term <examlhation8 Born to Mr. and ^s^slie ^ones January 31, a son, jfc 0.{., Miss Mary Louis^ turned from McLeod}* Florence, SunSay, where a patient for Iit,tle more?: Mrs. B. E K< former borne idjfltfgej, account of the ill Mrs. Loring Da$s>:$3 daughter, Rita $isijed-, parents, Mr. in Kershaw reef A number of^ from this place of Mr. John B, home 71 of Mrs. James King and Mrs. L. \7! Wages, Jr., accompanied their hus band's to Anderson, last week, where they expect to reside for the present. Mr. King and Mr. Wages are engaged in work near "that city. Mr. and Mrs. J. H McDaniel spent ! the week end in Rock Hill with Mrs. McDaniel's parents, Rev. and Mrs Brown. ' , Miss Midge Billings of Lancaster | was a week end guest of MisscStella I Hethune. Mr. and Mrs. R R Bums visited Mr. Burn's oi'd home in Gray Courtl last week end. Miss Carrio Yai'oorough of the Baron DeKalb School faculty spent the week end with "her parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. D. T Yarborough. Miss Mildred Manning was hostesS I to a heart dice party Saturday after noon in honor of Miss Margaret Manning of Clio. ~ - Messrs. Lee and Van Morgan and Alvin Clyburn, who are \vorlcIng in i Spartanburg, spent the week end at their homes here. Dr. E. Z TruesdeH, Mr. N E Truesdell and" Miss Kathryne Trues deH attended the Carolina-Clemson I oxing meet in Colifi,bia Saturday evening. HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASS The churches of Camden will put on a house to house canvass next j Sunday, and teams will assemble at tho Baptist church at 2:00 P. M. and about 15 men and women from each church will bo there, and cover tho j town In tho evening. This Is very , important, and it should marie a new day for the Camden chui%hes. Let every ono called upon to help, takft hold and put it over. The pastors | of the city are doing nil they can for ' tho people, and they should have the I hearty cooperation from the mem 1 bers. SI NO I NO CONVENTION TO MEET The Lee County Singing Conven tion will meet with Bethany (Tillers) Methodist church, situated 0 1-2 miles south of Bethune on Sunday, February 11th at 2:80 P. M. Wft expect substantial help from all tho churches of Bethune, and we urge all the choirs of Camden and vicirflty to be pronent and take part in tho convention. From Bethune take Stato Highway No. 841 to Outlaws store and turn ? I Shrine Club Elects Officers for the Year At a meeting of the Camden Shrine Club held Tuesday night, January ! January SO, the following officers t were elected for the year: W. F. ! Nettles, Prsident and Treasurer,, sue- ! A. S Karesh; Dr. W. R Clyburn, Vice President; Leon Schlosbung, Secre tary. The Governoring Borrd elected for ^ the year consists of the following: : Dr. John W Corbett, W. R. Zemp, T. V Walsh, Jr., A. S Karesh, A S Llewellyn, J. W. Wilson, J. H Os borne, J. H. McLeod, W. F Nettles, Dr. W. R. Clyburn, Leon Schlosburg, M. H Deal and M. M Johnson. There will be a regular meeting of the Club the second Friday night in #ach month. The Governing Board | will meet the fi^st Tuesday in each ! month at 7 :30 ? r. M. in the Club Rooms in tho Masonic building. At the meeting held last Tuesday a donation from the club to the Warm Springs Foundation honoring Presi dent Roosevelt's birthday was for warded to tho Foundation. TAX COMMISSION AGENTS TO ASSIST IN MAKING INCOME TAX RETURNS On February 12th' the Field Agents of the Income Tax Division of the South Carolina Tax: Commission ? start out; on theif> annual tour of the State for the purpose of assisting 'taxpayers in th$ preparation of their Incoibe ?&x Returns for 1933, and of giving ^orma^iori,^;. concerning the income Tax re^fy^ents. . This service will be particylarlycvaluable ye?r on ac^ouni of the changes Wk T^e d retires every" individual who 6r wiore if single mora if married io Wake a return. A return is also re quired of every individual receiving a total of more than $100.00 of interest or dividends, regardless of the amount of his or her other in come. Every corporation and part- 1 nership ane required to file returns regardless of the amount of income. In addition to the returns of in come, every person, fi:m or corpora tion is required to make a return of information if that taxpayer made payments of salaries, wages, rent, commissions, etc. in excess of $1,000. 00 or interest or dividends in excess of $10.00 to any other individual, partnership or corporation. R. B. Still, Field Agent will bo in Camden at the Court House on Feb ruary 21-22. CAMDEN EXHIBITION GOLF IS POSTPONE!/ The roturn exhibition golf mac!T between Molvin Hemphill and Gene McCarthy of Columbia and Tommy Harmon and Joe Batelli of Camden, scheduled for last Sunday afternoon on the Kirkwood course at Camden, I has been postponed until I" ebruary 11, Hemphill announced last Friday. Plans for the tilt were changed be cause of a conflict with the Camden Savannah polo gamed. Hemphill and McCarthy defeated the Camden pair at Forest Lake club last Sunday, 6 up, 18 holes, before a gallery of more than 200 spectators. LUGOFF PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. II G Moore and little daughter, Syble, of Columbia arid Mrs. Levi MoorO of Lugoff, spent Sunday with Mr. and IV^rs. Henry1. Parker, of Westville, S. C. Miss Mattie Watts of Lugoff has been spending a while with Miss Cymbeline Kelly. Miss Margaret Session's of Blaney, spent Sunday with Miss Sarah Boy kin. of Lugoff. Mr. Olin D. Johnson of Spartan burg, was the dinner guest of Mr. Newton Kelly Saturday. Miss Lillian Moore, of Lugoff I spent last Wednesday afternoon wft7\ her sister, Mrs. Ezell Kelly. I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andrews of Columbia has been visiting Mrs. ( I Andrew's mother, Mrs. J W Dinkinn , j of Lugoff. I tn tho right. A warm welcome to all. L. A. MOORE, I* resident. Interest in Meat Canning Continues Meat canning at home has gone far beyond being merely a desireable economy and will actually prove a means of having fresh meat during the summer months when it is needed so badly. Women who have long been accustomed to putting up fruits and vegetables are now turning beeves, calves, hogs and chickens into tasty canned roasts, steaks and stews. The economy of canning meats can bo proved \n dollars and cents says Miss Craig, the Home Agent. Allow ing for the worth of the animal at market, the cost of materials and a reasonable amount for one's own labor, there is still a tremendous difference in the value of the meat canned over what it would cost over the counter. Practically every farm family has some surplus animal which should be feeding them instead of their feeding it over the winter. But these surplus animals are getting fewer and fewer. During January eight meat canning demon strations were held and two hundred (200) No. 2 cans and two hundred fifty four (254) No. 3 cans of roastft, steaks, sausages, liver puddings, chickens, etc., were canned for winter days ahead. The February schedule for March canning is now being made up and anyone having meat to can should notify Miss Craig, the Home Agent, ;at once. Miss Mary Hayes, the Emergency Worker, and Jennie Carter, the color od Agent, are assisting: Miss Craig tvith the meat canning.. L AftWS OF INTERES? ABOUT THE ^'\$CLUB MARKET ? ? ;r ? , ? ? m . "? - ? ' "4 - -'-Since 'th* Club 'Market was reorg anized in September, T933 the salea have been steadily increasing. Many more of our rural homemakers are earning money by selling their gar den, dairy and poultry products. And many more of the homemakers of Camden are learning that they can always find fresh quality products at a price they can afford to pay. Each Saturday tho Market mem bers have a special on some product. Next Saturday's special will be can ned foods. Tho reduced prices on canned vegetables, fruits, jams, jellies and preserves of all kinds should be attractive to those visiting the Mar ket on tha day. ,A The Club women are continually improving the standards of their products and are therefore making larger sales. During the past fiv* months $829.36 worth of products have been sold at the Club Market. This does not include general sales. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES The following services are an nounced at tho First Baptist Church for week beginning February 11: Men's prayer meeting at 9:45 Sunday morning, Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogne'*, super intendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor at 11:15 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Morning subject: "Weakness Made Strong." Evening subject: ,rA Knowledge That Counts." Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. P. Y P Lf. Sunday evening at 6:30. A Sunday School Enlargement Campaign will bo conducted next week. Beginning with a religious census Sunday afternoon in which aTl the churches of the city are coope rating. There will be classes conduc ted through out the week each even ing at 7:30. Rev. George Smith will have charge of the campaign. The public is cordially invited fo attend all the services of this church. HONOR ROLL FOR MIDWAY IIIOII SCHOOL FOR FOTIRTII MONTH First Grade. Laura Loo Henry, Willien Horton, Petty West, T)ommio Y oung. j Second Grade. Myrtlo Corbett, Sarah Davis, Sarah Catherine Wat kins, John McCoy, Perry Lee McCoy, Ralph Young. Third Grade. Bessie Lee Corbett, C/oleno Hall. Fourth Grade. Troy West. Fifth Grade. Pauline Catoe, Lun nell Elliott, Myrtle Horton, Lewis Lee West, Freddie West. Sbriners Boost 4-H Poultry Raisers The poultry club members of the county who are planning to do a major piece of poultry work are being given a boost' by the Shrine Club d? Camden. A loan fund h.H3 been pro vided by the Snrfners which is being used in the purchase of baby chicks. The 4-H poultry club members have eagerly taken advantage of this co operative spir^ and started brooding several hundred chicka last week. Miss Sadie Craig, Home Agent of Kershaw County and Miss Juanita Neely, State Extension Poultry Spec ialist, have made all arrangements for carrying out this project. Even though market prices are low for poultry, the club members all over South Carolina have proven thai material profit can still be made from chickens, if precautions are used in keeping the production costs low. Under the supervision of Miss. Neely and Miss Craig, the 4-H poul try club members and th(yr parents are carrying oul all instructions in a low cost production program outlined under the followiij^ heads: 1. Start with chicks from known source parerit stock strong, vigorous good egg producers, possessing true breed characteristics, B. W. D. tested, free from other diseases, and from well managed hatchery. 2. Economical brooder house of sufficient capacity ? crowding most often results in brooder pneumonia, colds, feather picking, etc. A house 108 x 128 will brood 300-350 chicks. Five hundred chicks should be brood ed in a house 12 feet x 14 feet. The cost of .the house la a great aonsid eration, and varies with kind: at, lum ber used, labor, etc. is most desirable. Clay floo3F5ms proven very Satisfactory. To a wagon load of clay <l ton) add 1 p1c. lime and 1-2 pk. salt. DampW Slightly and pack in house tight and smooth. 3. Reliable and economical brood er. Brick brooder has been most pop ular during past four years? cheap and gives satisfactory results, lemperaturo ofbrooder houso very important. Hang thermometer on wall opposite side of broftder, two inches from floor and run at 70 degrees. 4. An economical and well bal anced ration necessary. 4-H records this year show that feed cost of rearing chicks to 10 weeks of ago vary from 7 cents to 9 cents per chick. All-mash formula used: 100 lbs. yellow corn mea; 50 lbs. wheat shorts; 12 1-2 lbs. meat scrap; . 1-2 lbs- salt- rtenty 0f milk is given in addition. 5. Carry out program of sanitary management, a. House and yards on fresh ground every year; b. Clean house every 3 to 5 days; ,? , Clean eeders and waterers every day; d. Keep yards plowed and growing in green feed; e. Construct hoppers that will keep chicks out of feed; f. Look out for signs of sickness. Take out sick chicks, kill and burn them. 6. Plenty of sunshino necessary or proper development of chicks. Add 1 percent Codolive oil if sufficient sunshine is not available. If weather is suitable get chicks in small yards in sunshine when a week to ten days of age. 7. Regular, systematic care of chicks necessary. Keep oven tern, pernture, and see that feed and water are always before the chicks. Emphasis is being placed on eeo. nomical equipment and home produc tion of feed in the poultry project. I he following members purchase/! j chicks this month and aro receiving assistance from the extension work ers: Emily McCoy, Marguerite An derson, Elizabeth McCoy, l>og*y Hol land and Eena Elliott. Sixth Grade. Ferris .Toyner, J. R. Teal, Margaret West, Margaret Yar borough, Archie Gordon, Ida I,ee Threatt. Seventh Cirado. Roddy Rosier, 'I*helma Brannon, Dolly Stokes. Eighth Grade. M^nrarette Ander- ' son, Sadie Corhett, Emily McCoy, 7/aurio Went, (Jene Cooper. Ninth Cirade. None. Tenth Grade. Archie Brannon, Margaret Holland, Martha IVfoseley, Floreo Rozier, Thelma Stokes, Blanche Threatt, Ruby Gay West, Will io C. Anderson. Eleventh Grade. None.