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Negro Confesses Slaying Youth Lancaster, March 23. ? Bernard Mc Cullen, 18, night operator at the Gate way filling station on highway No.' 621 on the Charlotte road, just about; 100 yards beyond the city limits, was ? found murdered in the station tonight about 10 o'clock. He had been hit on the head, his skull crushed by a .piece of iron pipe which was found lying near the body. His clothing had been saturated with gasoline and set afire and his body was badly burned from th? waist down. The tragedy was discovered by Mrs Jenette Ellis, sister of the owner of the station. She had called to take the youth to her brother's home. The cash register had been opened and looted of its contents, the exact amount of which was not known. Bob Williams told police that ho had stopped at the station and bought gaosline from young McCullen about a half hour before the body was found. McCullen was alone at that time as far as Williams could tell. McCullen had come to Lancaster a bout a year ago from Washington to work wilth his bro*her-in-law, J. W. Huggins, owner of the station. Lancaster, March 25. ? Officers said today an 18-year-old Negro farm boy, Cudjoo Jones, had com ess ? ed to the murder of Bernard McCul* ler., filling station employe, whose body was battered and then burned Friday night after his station had been robbed. Jones was rushed to tho state penitentiary in Columbia immediately after his confession; of ficers feared mob violence against. Jones, arrested Saturday afternoon, twice tried to hang himseli in jail hero before making thci concession officers said. Sheriff L. F. Dabney and Chic! r* Police Hughey Montgomery took t)~ Negro's confession. Jones was spirited out of town af ter officers had checked his story that he had robbed the filling station o! $34 and had hidden it in a stablo a bout two miles away. He had left $3.40 in the cash register. Thu $34 i was recovered. | Jones' victim was also 18. H i was night operator of the Gateway filling station located on the outskirts of Lancaster. Jones lived within a haK i.iiln of the station. McCullen's body was discovered a< bout 10 o'clock Friday night, tho hend crushed and the body badly burned. His clothes had been satu* rated with gasoline and set afire. Hur>d>-?ds visited the scene o I tho crime tod\y. Officers failed to connect Friday night's murder with a similar ono he'c a year ago at which time Oscar Will iams, also a filling statio". opera, tor, was discovered burned in front of his station, which was only a few hundred feet from the Gateway fill ing station. McCullen was a brother-in-law of Oscar Huggins, operator of tho sta tion, Tho body was discovered by Mrs. Jenette Ellis, a s'i.ter of Hug gins, who had gone to the station to take McCullen to the home of Mr and ' M'*s. Huggins where he had lived for about a year. McCullen was a native of Washing ton. Tho body was sent thoro today , for burial. W. C. Cureton Dies At Camden Hospital W. C. Curoton, well known Camden citizen, died at tho Camden hospital Thursday morning at an oarly hour, following an illness of a few weeks. Mr. Cureton was G7 years of age, having been born at Liberty Hill, in this county, November 0, 1857. He moved to Camden many years ago where ho had been engaged in farm ing. He is survived by four brothers: J. B. Cureton, of Camden; J. C. Cure ton, of Chester; A. C. (Cureton, of Liberty Hill; and E. B. Curoton, of Union. Funeral sorvicos woro held from the residence of his brother, J. B. I Cureton, on Che&nut street, at 10:30 1 Friday morning conducted by Rev. I A. 1). MoArn. of the Presbyterian church, and the burial* was in tho -o.' cemetery in bhla city.. The following gentlemen served as active pallbearers: John Whita ker, Sr., A. E. Kennedy, W. I). Whita ker, Walter L. Rush, L. J. Whltnkor and W. I). McDowall. The Maritime Provinces of Canada consist of New Brunswick, Nova Scotift Mid Prince Edward Island. 4 < Bethune News Items Bethune, 9. C., March 27. ? Mrs. D. M. Mays was hostesst to tho local Chapter U. 1). C. Wednesday after' noon. The opening ritual and pray* er were given by the president, Mrs. T. R. Bethune. Roll call response were names of living South Carolina writers. The Chapter voted to place I a set of Southern Literature consist* ing of ten volumes in tho school li brary and to subscribo to a Confed erate magazine for tho uso of the Chapter. The loving service com mittee reported that smoking tobac- I co, fruit and cards of cheer had been sent to Confederate soldiers. The program as arranged by the historian, Mrs. Margaret Marion, consisted of, a sketch of Timrod's life and one of his poems entitled Spring, ey Mrs. T. R. Bethune and "In thb Carolina?'1 by Mrs. by Mrs. L. B, Bass. Refreshments consisting of fruit salad with accessories was served during tho social hour.. Misses Isabello Pursley and Mil dred Bradford spent Saturday in Co lumbia and Camden. The first baesball m*>tch game of the season was played with tho Mo Bee school team Wednesday after noon at McBee. The scores piled up to 24-10 in favor of tho Bethune school team. Mesdames W. A. ^McDowell, G. fl. McKinnon and Miss Helen Garland spent Thursday in Columbia. Rev. J. T. N. Keels and Misa Ruth Rinnan t we.e guests ofrelatives in Columbia Wednesday. Misa Carrie Yarbrough oi th-i Bar. on DeKalb school faculty spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and , iJ. '1'. Yarbrough. Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough lef; Sunday afternoon to spend tho night with her] sisie.', Mrs. Kate McNaull in Colum bia, enroute to Trenton, Tenn., where' she will spend several months witft he/ daughter, Mrs, J. 1'. Johnston, j Clarenco Heustiss was tho weekend guest of his brother, W. E. Heustess, in Sumter. Miss Edith Clybum haa accepted a position with Belk'a department store in Camden. SEED LOAN OFFICE OPENED The Watoree Messenger has just received word that an emergency crop loan office has been opened in front of the Post Office above the Fashion Shop, and farmers desiring loans should apply between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M. According to the regulations under which the crop loans are to be made this year, any fatmer who secures a loan must obtain a statement form iho county production council, where one exists, that he does not intend to increase his acreage or production in violation of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration program. In counties where a county product ion council has not been set up, be fore any application for a loan wil'. be considered, the farmer who is ap plying will have to givo satisfactory evidence that he is cooperating with the production control program of the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration. Tho maximum of an emergency crop loan thai, may bo obtained by any one individual is .$250, the mini mum in $25. Applications for loans in any a mount from $25 to $150 may bo ac cepted by the emrgency crop loan of- 1 fico provided tho farmer dot*i not havo sufficient security to ofbtain a loan elsewhere. A farmer applying for $150 or more must first make application to the Production Credit Association for a loan from it. Rejection of this ap plication by the Production Credit Association will ho considered suffi [ cient evidence thnt other credit is not] j available and tho applicant may then [ I make application to the emergency crop loan office. HONOR ROM. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL First Grade. Vertio Mae Outlaw, Helen Outlaw. Second Grade. Ernest Brnnnon, Harold Hall, R. B. Anderson, Reath Outlaw. Third Grade. Leo Outlaw, Kennlo Outlaw, ITella Mao Cobb, Burnett Hall. Fourth Qrade. Tne/ McCaikiU. i Fifth Grade. Ruth Cobb. I Field Day Events To Be Held April 6 Along with the other events which are to be held on School Day for Krshaw County schools will be a number of very interesting field i events. The events are to be held at the Fair Grounds, begining at 1:00 P. M. April 6th. The program is given as follows: High School Boys ? Hundred yard dash, 'Shot-put (12 lb. shot), 220 yard dash, Running high jump, Run ning broad jump, Half-mile relay race (4 men to each team. High School Girls ? 75 yard dash, Running broad jump, Running high jump, 50 yard 3-logged race, 200 yard relay race (4 girls to each team). Boys 4 1-2 Feet High and Below ? 50 yard dash, Running high jump, Running broad jump. Girls 4 1-2 Feet High and Below ? 50 yard dash, Running broad jump, Running high jump. Boys Above 4 1-2 Feet High ? 100 yard dash, Running broad jump, Run ning high jump. Girls Above 4 1-2 Feet High ? 75> yard dash, Running broad jump, Run ning high jump. Each first plnce won counts 4, second place 3, third place 2, and i fourth place 1. Each school will be allowed only two entrants in each event except re lay races. No student shall be al lowed to enter over 4 events. No cash prizes will be given this year. Prizes will be as follows: 1st prize ? blue ribbon, second prize ? red ribbon, third prize ? white ribbon, and 4th prize ? green ribbon. Li^of names and events to be ent ered mu5t?4j^filed with J. G. Richards, Jr., Camden/^Sv C. on or before noon Wednesday befoVe the Friday of Field Day. Mr. Burns of .Bethune is general chairman of the High School Events. Under him are two other chairman, C. T. Baldwin for high school boys, and Miss Bruce, of Baron DeKalb for high school girls, Mr. John Lee has been placed in charge of all events of lower grades, with the following a9 chairmen of the different groups: C. P. Goodyear, boys 4 1--2 feet high and below; C. A. ? Byrd, boys above 4 1-2 feet high; Mr. | Shannon of AntVoch, girls 4 J-2 feet 1 high and below; and Mr. J. C. Foster of Bethune, girls above 4 1-2 feet high. KERSHAW CO. SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN FIELD EVENTS Plans are all completed for the va rious school day activties, which the four thousand white school children! of Kershaw County look forward to I each year. This is probably tho last county-wide event of tho school yea* and we urge all the parents to attend with their schools and see what fine, training these vents givo th>? boyn and girls for future citizenship. Winthrop College each year con ducts a ft at* -wide Spelling. Contest, and the winners in county contests will go to Winthrop for a day. Th<i Spelling Contest for High Schools will be given by a committee with Miss Etta Zemp as Chairman, and tho elementary contest with Miss Cor nelia Oliver, Chairman. The Primary and Elementary Ex pression and Declamation Contests ' will be held Friday afternoon Aipril ft, starting promptly at 4:00 P. M. The i first grade group will go to tho Meth odist Church. Second U.cJ third vil) uso tho Episcopal Sunday School Rooms and tho Elementary group will be in the High School auditorium. Mrs. L. T. Mills, Mrs. J. G. Richards and Mrs. Louise Cantey, with n numb- 1 or of teachers assisting, will havo ] chargo of theso program* All track events will bo held on City School grounds duo to the fact that work is being dono at Zemp Field. These events will start at 1 :00 P. M. Mr. J. G. Richards has chargo of thoso events. At 8:00 P. M. Friday evening tho events close with High School De. clamation and Expression. The eight high schools of tho County will likely enter two contestants each, and Mr. , C. T. Baldwin is Chairman of this ' program. I As a crowning evont all winners will be annoiyrfced and ribbons award ed to tho individual and to the schools making the highest total of scores a plaque with tho name of a eivio or ganization as donor engraved will bo awarded. Th?* plaqu* will used Charioteer Wins Carolina Cup Race Chariotteer, a 10-to-l shot with nc backers, c*ta? from nowheru to win the fifth I cup steep i before an 28,000 persi? On a day so , gelding owned ) 'run or freeze, ^Boston society of the Carolina Gold here this afternoon lblage estimated at was a case of tra. R. E. Proctor, ie handsome brown woman, choso to ris bit in the stretch and that's when h<i triumphed. W*S over th? last jump and down to the finish that Charioteer made his iJi r McCormick, gentleman jockey from Middleburg, Va., riding for the first time in the Camden classic drovo tho rank outside* ove/ the finish line a half length ahead of Hotspur II, Mrs. W. A. Wardsworth's n ly which finished second the se cond straight year. Chariotter, given a fine ride by the grinning, 21-year-old McCormick, ne fiVe minutes, 44 seconds, gotiated the three-mile timber-junm w hich was 8.8 seconds faster than the best previous, time, established by Pilkr J' Richard K. Mellon'. rik Tipped, which beat out Hotspur H last season. ? .J'a.U' Me'll>n's Drinmore Lad finish, edth.rd, Stuart janncy, Jr i|0, rr "? an:' J- E- "p ?? Mellon s Pittsburgh Flyer. Charlotte's victory over Hotspur by virtue of coming in the feature event of the day, was the outstanding thr.U in a thrill-Studded, six->ace two^H1' Whi'e the ***" chasea and two flftt races produced one inconse. quen^ spill, tho fiX ah i? fivc ZZ 't as a saddle girth, th. win ^h P?king his nose out ahead ^h^gu^h at the finijAjjig tape. /*; jjjaker. held out of tho Aifc week-end, " scratched. Some said the 1932 Car. olina cup winner did not go to' tho post because his owner wanted eavy track, others said becausu tho big brown was not in condition Fugitive, T. W. Durante highly regarded entry which finished fourth bioke on top and set the pace, from the far-away start, around the course the' h .?\th6 main ^aIlery and into the back stretch, but surrendered the lead momentarily to Alvin T Unter meyer's War Eagle, and finally to the pay off running of tho three fin ishing m tho money. Mrs. Somerville's Oliver C neck :fntr1k8rtho ieadera at th? Of the 18 barriers, stumbled and lost rider, in thc only mighap m Toutyan\?Wn ?ntry in thfl ev<?. out Droit was scratched alor^ with ^Trouble Makei. Benjamip\eW^ his Brose Hover, Mrs. T. W Du est 'l LWt,e, Car,eton Palm: est L. Woodward's Sunset II, Mri> c.rs Bo"1! ? Roi' "ohr's Outlaw, Ern izr' * oiivcr -??" w? r^agle also ran. ' Included in tho record-breakinK dull "r0Un<l th0 historfc SPrins dale course, seen, racin . * * more than 130 years ago, were Gover ed'tWMo', niack"00(1' wh? Present trjT 2f-y"ar-o''1 Qucc"" A""? ",p Wick thf- 4. WinnCr? Bosl ,, , th<.' ln^ernntionnlly /am.,,,, mTIi ^ n?tcd for 1,19 Ability aa a rider ,n fi?t rn<!C!l ?? we|, ^ y 2ty T? t?o*Z' '?'M" "" an/n, ? Vork, Boston, "?*?? >" PHar METHODIST CHURCH SERVICER Preaching at 11 :15 by tho pastor Thome "Lifo'a Biggost Question Answered". ?tipecial Easter Music will bo ren dered. Preaching at 8:00 o'clock by the Rev. J. T. Fowler ? ^Presiding Elder, after which will be held tho Second Quarterly Conference. ? C. E. Wim berly, Pastof. The day she was lOfl yean old, Mrs. Mary Barbre of St. Piul, Minn., announced that she desk-id to make a fourth try at maried life, hut she can't mako up her mind about her suitor, who fa only fiO. centinously and each year's winner will be engraved with the date w'on. Achievement Day for 4 -H Girls Saturday 4-H Club members throughout tho County aro looking forward to their annual Achievement Day which ia to be held in the American Legion Hall next Saturday afternoon, March 31st at 2o'clock. The entire program will be in charge :of the Club girls. Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, State Girl's Club Leader, and Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, County Superintendent of Education, will make the principal addresses. Mrs. Johnson will also present certi ficates to more than a hundred Club members who have satisfactorily com pleted last year's work. Mary Mc Coy, a national winner in tho Can ning Contest will receive a diploma for having completed five years of club wor? Each year a silver Loving Cup is given the Club having the largest at tendance at Achievement Day. In years past this Cup has been award ed to Charlotte Thompson, Pine Grove, and Wateree Clubs. A num. ber of clubs are planning to get the attendance cup this year. The meeting will be presided over by Blanche Threatt of Midway Club. The Reverend A. D. McArn, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will con duct the devotional. Greetings from the various Extension organizations will be gfven by Mrs. Kate B. Gettys for the County Council of Farm Worn en, Mrs. Henry Belvin for tho Senior 4-H Club, and Mr. H. D. Green for the Boys' 4-H Club. Miss Hey will bring greetings from tho Public Health Department. Mary Laney will give the response. Annette Hasty of the Wateree Club, who is secretary of the Junior 4*H Council will call the roll by Clubs ajid read Hie minutes of tho last meeting. The visitors will be intro ? duced,by?Lila Dixon of tho Charlotte Qlub. Jflfery MoCoy wilt ^^ her-exiferte^g5^hr 4vH % Club >work and Floride Vincent of Thorn Hill will tell a'bout her club work dur ing the two years she has been a member. Ruth Holland from DeKalb Club will talk on the high spots at the State Short Course, and Lena Sin clair of the "Malvern Hill club will *peak on Camp 4-H activtity. Peggy Holland of the Antioch Club will tell about her 4-* Poultry project. Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, County Superin tendent of Education will bo the next speaker. Mrs. Watts will be follow ed by Dr. A. W. Humphries of the Health Department. After Mrs. Johnson's address and the awarding of tho certificates a short business session will he held and officers for tho comii.g year will bo elected. Every 4-H Club girl in Kershaw County is expected to attend the Achievement Y)ay exercises in tho American Logion Hall next Saturday afternoon March 31st at 2 o'clock. ERNEST BROOME KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dixon of Kershaw Kershaw, March 24. ? In a head-on collision between two automobiles on tho Kershaw-Camden highway, Ern est. Rroome, textile worker of Great Falls and formerly of near Kershaw, was kill of! . ftis companions in the car, Otis Pittman and Mr. and Mrs. Ren Dixon of Kershaw county were both seriously injured, and Ernest Dixon e scaiped with minor injuries. Tho occupants of the other car, WiT Ham McOarty and a Mr. Turner <i T Augusta, Ca., were injured seriously enough to he carried to a hospital fn Lancaster. Pittman and Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were taken to a hospital in CamdeTl. Mrs. Dixon had a dislocated should#!* and other injuries. Mr. Rroome was driving the car prointf towards Camden. The aeoi'' ''it occurred aboul flvo miles sou f Kershaw About noon. "Tako it or leavo it," said A'ex Maddox, 77, ne^ro farmer of Star City, Ark., as ho forked ovor $4,01?) pennies to pay his taxes. TleoAURo ho allegedly "cussed'' out loud in church, John Valley was ar rested in Cavele, Calif. rt Historians estimate Sir Walter Raleigh spent moro than $1,000,000 in hi* unsuccessful attempt to colon Is# North Carolina. Seriously Hurt Liberty Hill News Liberty Hill, March 27. ? The light of morning on last Tuesday revealed a snowcovered landscape making the third fall of the season. It waa light and feathery, and tho warm rays of the morning sun soon caused it to disappear. The friends of Mr. W. C. Curetoil will be sorry to hear of hia death which occurred on Thursday last at the Camden Hospital after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Cureton waa a former resident of Liberty Hill, but had been living in Camden for a number of years past. Ho was a quiet, unassuming man and had many friends and relatives who re gret his passing. Interment was in the Camden cemetery on Friday. Mr. R. J. Wardlaw whoso health has not?been good for some timo went to Chester on Monday last to consult his attending physician. Mr L. P. Thompson was chaperon for a party of young people who at tended "the movies" in Camden on Thursday night. Mr. T J. Peach suffered a stroko on Sunday of last week and was still in a serious condition at last reiports on Thursday following. Dr. Settle of Great Falls was attending him. We hope he is much better now. Your reporter left homo on Friday morning last, for Columbia and other points in the southern part of tho Stave, in Camden we accepted tho kind offer of Mr. Pace ? a son of Mr. Henry Pace of Kershaw ? to ride with him to Columbia and had as a very pleasant traveling companion Mrs. Pace and three other ladies. At tho Capitol City we spent soma tima in the Hall of Representatives while the body, was in session, and then visited the Senate, and after that body adjourned we had tho pleasuie of riding down with the youthful Senator of Dorchester county, the Hon. J. D. Parler, who had as travel -iog. companions for the trip Solicitor Hydrick of Orangeburg and Miss Frances Mitchum, student at Colum bia College. Senator Parler is a very affable and accommodating young man, having driven eight miles ovre his trip to deliver us at our des tination, the home of Mr. and Mrs. A Down here much corn has been plant ed and other farm work done. The tobacco beds are green and irish po tatoes coming up, but tho weather is quite cool and cloudy. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES The following services are an nounced for tho week beginning Apr. 1, at the Tlrs't Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. 0. Stogner, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by tho pas tor J. B. Caston at 11:15 A. M. and 8 P. M. Morning subject: The Sig nificance of Vaster. Evening sub ject: The Gafe of Heaven. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at H, B. Y. P. U. Sun<*iy evonin^ at 7 o'clock. Tho public is cordially invited to attend alT the services of this church. SEVEN FACTS ABOUT LIFE'S GTtEAY^ST ISSUE This will }>e the theme of the ad dress to f^ivpn by Dr. Wimberly to the Men's *H)le Class of the Meth odist church, which meets at 10:00 o'clock promptly. Tho class con tinues in interest and the work of tho class. In a class of eighty, wo want an average attendance to at lesat sixty. If all will tr\ke hold and in vite their friends, it can bo dono. Hoar this, another one, of Dr. Wim herly's tfreat addresses. ? Jack Moore, Secretary. ?? CORN-FIOO AGREEMENT FOR ONLY CNE Y?51AR Tho corn-hopf production adjust ment atfroment now 1>cinK signed hy farmers is of only one year's duration and does not apply to the 1935 or lat er crop years. The aKrer<mcnt calls for a reduction hy individual signers of 25 percent in hog production and 20 percent in corn production during tho one-year, period, Deceml>er 1, 1933 to December 1, 1934. It. contains cer tain other limitatioiis imposed for tho 1934 season to holip asstiro that tho outcome of the corn ho k program will not Increase production of other agri cultural products. ? Henry D. Green, County Agwit